Rensselaer graduates command some of the highest salaries of any undergraduate degree holders in the nation, according to a new study from PayScale.

Law enforcement veteran Jerry Matthews, who served at Rensselaer as director of public safety and emergency management from 2005 to 2009, will return to the Institute to assume the role of interim director of public safety. The appointment is effective October 1. Mr. Matthews will serve in the role on an interim basis while Rensselaer conducts a national search for a regular director of public safety.

Reid Wiseman ’97, a NASA astronaut currently stationed aboard the International Space Station (ISS), is scheduled to join the Reunion & Homecoming weekend festivities via video call for a special conversation with fellow alumni at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, in the concert hall of EMPAC.

Rebecca Rouse, an assistant professor of communication and media in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS) has co-edited a new collection of essays on World's Fairs, Meet Me At The Fair: A World’s Fair Reader.

William C. Dudley, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, will give a talk titled “The National and Regional Economy” to students, faculty, and staff at Rensselaer on October 7. 

The Division of Strategic Communications and External Relations has appointed Mr. Christopher Nolin as Director, Community and State Relations, in the Office of Government and Community Relations, effective October 6, 2014.

Ms. Karen S. Long has been appointed by President Shirley Ann Jackson as Acting Vice President for Enrollment Management, effective immediately. In this capacity, Karen will assume responsibility for leading student enrollment, admissions, and financial aid.

Rensselaer researchers have developed a new nanomaterial to address the limitations of lithium-ion battery technology.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute biologist Sandra Nierzwicki-Bauer was recently honored by The FUND for Lake George with the James D. Corbett award for her work on a committee tasked with preventing the introduction of invasive plant and animal species into Lake George.

A national expert on the legal, medical, and social implications of U.S. drug policy and the author of an acclaimed scientific memoir on the subject, Carl Hart, will speak at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Sept. 30.