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Deepak Vashisht has been appointed director of the Rensselaer Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies.

Twenty-three students have been inducted into the Rensselaer Phalanx Honor Society for 2013.

Peter Dinolfo, assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology in the School of Science, has won a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation.

A daily challenge faced by the community of Sandubidi in Panama is access to clean water. Rensselaer chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB-RPI) has been working with the community to develop a solution.

The emerging genre of bio-art explores new frontiers of life made possible through biotechnology—transgenic species, cells grown on artificial scaffolds, or formed into organs using 3-D printing—and our increasing ability to start, stop, and form life at will. Bio-artists often use techniques developed in the lab in their work, and there are several artists in […]

GM Week is an annual student-run event, focusing on the election of new student government representatives, with the Grand Marshal serving as the highest elected official in student government.

GameFest: Four collegiate game design programs, 40 student-designed video games, speakers from five game design companies and one rollicking concert of game music favorites.

A team of architecture students took home the “Structural Ingenuity” award at the 2013 Canstruction event at the New York State Museum.

Celebrated innovator and metallurgist Hugo. S. Ferguson, Class of 1956, will receive the prestigious Davies Medal for Engineering Achievement from the School of Engineering.

Rep. Lewis will join a group of high-level business, military, and nonprofit foundation leaders who will participate in the graduation ceremonies.