An ambitious and thoroughly dedicated group of students and volunteers have worked to keep the “con alive” on the Rensselaer campus. Genericon is an annual student-run sci-fi, anime, and gaming convention.
Admiral Michelle Howard, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, will address graduates on May 30 at the 209th Commencement Ceremony of Rensselaer.
Representatives from the international data community are convening this week in San Diego, California, to attend the Fifth Plenary Meeting of the Research Data Alliance (RDA).
Computer scientist and social choice expert Lirong Xia has won a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation.
A quick congratulations to RPISEC, the “resident computer security club and CTF team” at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Club president Markus Gaasedelen, a computer science student, confirmed a report that popped up on RPI Reddit claiming a top place finish in the 12th Information Security Talent Search, as organized and hosted by Rochester Institute of Technology’s […]
The Milky Way galaxy is at least 50 percent larger than is commonly estimated, according to new findings that reveal that the galactic disk is contoured into several concentric ripples.
Rensselaer continues to rank among the nation’s top schools for engineering, according to this year’s list of Best Graduate Engineering Programs by U.S. News & World Report.
Eric Ledet, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and his research team have been named the 2015 recipients of the prestigious ISSLS prize for lumbar spine research.
Zvi Rusak, professor of mechanical, aerospace, and nuclear engineering, at Rensselaer has been named a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
John Tichy, professor and former head of the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering received the Mayo D. Hersey Award by the American Society for Mechanical Engineers.