Supporting Budding Entrepreneurs
The Lally School will host its annual business plan competition for undergraduate and graduate students Feb. 26-27.
Student Innovator Aims To Make Bridges and Buildings More Resilient to Earthquakes
Navid Attary’s innovation could help save countless lives and prevent billions of dollars of damage around the world every year.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Moving Smarter Lighting Systems from the Laboratory to the Marketplace
Lighting industry leaders will deliver a pair of keynote addresses today at the Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center (ERC) fourth annual Industry-Academia Days.
Connecting Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Students With Successful Capital Region Entrepreneurs
The Severino Center and the Albany-based Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) are collaborating to connect students with local, highly successful entrepreneurs.
Student Team Earns First Place in U.S. Health Data Platform Competition
Four graduate students in the Tetherless World Constellation at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute recently earned the top prize in a national health data platform challenge designed to create new functionalities for the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) repository for open health data: healthdata.gov.
White House Appoints Laurie Leshin to National Air and Space Museum Advisory Board
President Barack Obama has appointed Laurie Leshin, dean of the School of Science, to the advisory board of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum.
Guest Blogger Laurie Leshin: Messengers from Space – Friend or Foe?
(In the wake of this morning’s headlines about a meteorite blast in Russia, the Institute’s own Laurie Leshin, dean of the School of Science and space science rock star, wrote this post for The Approach. Enjoy!) This morning people in Russia got a loud reminder that Earth isn’t really a blue marble floating peacefully in […]
Google Doodle Salutes Famous Alumni George Ferris
Whenever anyone remarks at the wonder of a Ferris wheel, they are indeed invoking the genius of a Rensselaer engineer. George W.G. Ferris is among the most notable alumni of our university, and there’s certainly an argument to be made that his is the most widely-recognized name of all the Institute’s graduates. Today, Google paid homage to […]
Rensselaer Students of Architecture and Arts Present “The Machine Starts”
An interactive performance piece at EMPAC incorporating video, parkour, a cappella, and audience participation.
In The Lead
With a mix of electronic arts, computer science, and one of the best game design programs in the country, Rensselaer students produce a regular fount of polished, professional video games, and we hear regularly from students and graduates of the Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences (GSAS) program who’ve made good in the game design world. (To see some of those […]