Researchers Create Synthetic Version of Heparin for Use in Kidney Patients
Researchers at Rensselaer and UNC have created a synthetic form of heparin that can be reversed in cases of overdose.
Newly-Formed Graduate Student Group To Host Peter Galison At Interdisciplinary Colloquium
Graduate students from across HASS are hosting a speaker whose expertise will resonate throughout the Rensselaer community.
Rensselaer To Partner With Optum Labs Research Collaborative
Rensselaer will join as a charter partner of Optum Labs, the collaborative research and innovation center founded by Optum and Mayo Clinic.
Suit Up: Working To Help Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Students Plan for Future Careers
To help Rensselaer students identify, plan for, and achieve future career goals, the CCPD is hosting the annual Spring Career Fair.
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised… but a documentary about it will (updated)
Rensselaer professor Eddie Ade Knowles will be featured in a documentary about renowned jazz and soul artist Gil Scott-Heron airing Wednesday night. Knowles, an accomplished drummer, was a member of Gil Scott-Heron and the Midnight Band in the 1970s. He played the conga drums that were the beat behind one of Scott-Heron’s most notable works, “The […]
New Media Theorist Lev Manovich To Speak at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Feb. 20
New media pioneer Lev Manovich will present his most recent research on Big Data visualization at 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20.
Computational Mathematics Expert William Henshaw Joins Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as Margaret A. Darrin Professor
William Henshaw has been named the Margaret A. Darrin Distinguished Professor in Applied Mathematics at Rensselaer.
Advancing the Frontier of Energy Storage, Efficiency, and Grid Resiliency
John B. Rhodes will give the keynote address this week at the 2013-14 Annual Conference of the Rensselaer Center for Future Energy Systems (CFES).
Expanding the Range of Nature’s Catalysts for Industrial Applications
The NSF has awarded a 1.7 million grant to George Makhatadze for research to help understand the speed at which proteins fold and unfold.
A Sonar Tour of Lake George
On Lake George, from the deck of the survey ship Mintaka, the threat to boats cruising past Shelving Rock near The Narrows is apparent in high resolution detail. Lurking beneath the water, where charts indicate consistent (if shallow) water, are intermittent formations of jagged hull-ripping rock ledge. Although the educated boater would be warned from […]