As the second week of the school year winds down, Rensselaer continues to celebrate the largest and strongest incoming freshman class in the university’s 189-year history.

GE Global Research has joined the Data Science Research Center (DSRC) Industry Affiliates Program at Rensselaer.

Today marks the first day of the new school year here at Rensselaer! We at The Approach would like to take this opportunity to welcome our first-year students, welcome back our returning students, and applaud our ever-outstanding faculty and staff! Here’s to another great year! What better way to mark the occasion than with some […]

The international Daya Bay Collaboration has announced new results about the transformations of elusive, ghostlike neutrinos, particles that carry invaluable clues about the makeup of the early universe.

Starting classes, meeting peers, and exploring a new geographical area may seem intimidating for many first-year students. But, it doesn’t have to be that way.

The incoming Class of 2017 promises to be an exceptional group, with an increase in average SAT scores and 145 receiving a perfect 800 SAT critical reading, math, or writing score.

Liping Huang is an assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Rensselaer. We ask Liping about her work: Q: What problems are you trying to solve? A: Glasses are everywhere in our daily lives, functioning with excellent optical, electronic, mechanical, and bio-related properties. Yet, glasses are usually brittle; their service lifetime […]

IBM has added nine new academic collaborations to its partnerships with universities across the globe, focusing on Big Data and analytics.

Focus on a clean energy agenda and working collaboratively across the business, academic, and government sectors is key to sparking a resurgence in U.S. manufacturing.

Wan has been named a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences and recipient of a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award.