The Rensselaer Center for Future Energy Systems (CFES) was selected to receive a state grant redesignating the center as part of the New York State Center for Advanced Technology (CAT) Program.
Steven Cramer, the William Weightman Walker Professor of Polymer Engineering at Rensselaer has received an American Chemical Society award in Separations Science and Technology.
A team of international scientists involved in the XENON100 project have demonstrated the sensitivity of their detector and recorded results that challenge several dark matter models and a longstanding claim of dark matter detection.
In this Approach blog, the Rensselaer news team spoke with alumnus Paul A. Bleicher, M.D., Ph.D., (B.S. ’76), who is the 2015 Rensselaer Entrepreneur of the Year, and chief executive officer of OptumLabs, about entrepreneurship, resilience in leadership, and his time at Rensselaer. Q: What drew you to biology at Rensselaer and how has science […]
New research shows that a single conserved mechanism governs the movement of two structurally distinct variants of kinesin-14 – a class of molecular motors that moves materials and facilitates chromosomal separation within cells.
To celebrate the launch of Art_X@Rensselaer, a series of concerts co-sponsored by the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences and the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies will take place in Oct.
To support its groundbreaking work in the emergent field of “exposomics,” the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded two grants to research teams from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
To support innovative strategies to strengthen the U.S. manufacturing competitiveness, Rensselaer has launched a new certificate program for graduate students in advanced manufacturing.
Jeffrey M. Schanz, Ph.D., assistant vice president for alumni relations, will participate in a panel discussion on the “Future of Alumni Relations – Opportunities and Threats” at the Graduway 2015 Global Leaders Summit.
Rensselaer will host Reunion & Homecoming festivities Oct. 1-4. This year, a series of events pay homage to the theme of space, and explore Rensselaer connections to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).