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Rongjie Lai has been appointed assistant professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences within the School of Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

The Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) programs at Rensselaer are elective programs for students who desire commissions in the United States Armed Forces. This year, 28 students will be graduating from the ROTC program. 

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute was named as a 2015 winner for overall fundraising performance and overall fundraising improvement, for fiscal years 2012-2014, among private research/doctoral institutions with endowments under $1 billion, by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).

A team including researchers at Rensselaer have discovered an innovative approach to the optofludic fabrication process, which can be regarded as a rapid 3-D prototyping method. 

Among the factors that drew doctoral candidate Joshua McLane to Rensselaer was a personal connection, hometown appeal, and “the name Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.”

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D. today named former Vice President for Student Affairs at Northeastern Illinois University, Frank E. Ross III, Ph.D., Vice President for Student Life.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D. today named Vice President for Enrollment Management at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Jonathan D. Wexler, Vice President for Enrollment Management, effective July 15, 2015.

The 2015 AT&T Tech Valley Civic App Challenge winners were announced on May 14 by AT&T, along with community partners including Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Elias Darham chose Rensselaer for his graduate degree in architecture because it offered “a reflexive education.” 

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) professor Nikhil Koratkar has been honored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) and Pi Tau Sigma for his pioneering work on nanomaterials.