Rick Mastracchio, a 1987 graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a NASA astronaut currently aboard the International Space Station, took questions from Rensselaer students Friday. The event was coordinated with Mastracchio’s three alma maters – Rensselaer, UConn, and University of Houston-Clear Lake. Six students from each institution were selected to ask Mastracchio questions and the […]
Student creativity and entrepreneurial thinking have received funding from the Rensselaer Class of 1951 Student Entrepreneurship Award.
The Rensselaer Orchestra will join forces with The Saint Rose Symphony Orchestra for a special spring concert performance at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 1, at EMPAC.
Michael Heller, a graduate of Rensselaer, will be joined by another acclaimed writer, Jessica Treat, at the reading.
On Wednesday, April 23, nearly 90 students representing Greek Life sororities and fraternities at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will participate in a fire safety training program.
EcoLogic, the environmental student organization, plans to host its annual EarthFest event on from 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, on the Rensselaer Union patio.
To encourage Rensselaer undergraduate and graduate students to develop this essential skill, the Emerging Ventures Ecosystem (EVE) and the Office of Technology Commercialization will host the fourth annual Elevator Pitch Competition.
Lirong Xia, a researcher whose work is improving voting and online recommendation systems, has joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as an assistant professor of computer science.
(Rensselaer civil engineering students shared some thoughts about their experience at the 2014 Geo-Wall competition, held this February in Atlanta by the American Society of Civil Engineers. The Rensselaer team placed third!) Every year, Rensselaer Professor Tarek Abdoun encourages his students to form a team and participate in the GeoWall competition, which is held annually […]
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and GlobalFoundries will host the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP) 2.0 Regional Meeting on April 24.