A Night To Remember: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Set To Light a Torch for Cancer
More than 1,100 members of the Rensselaer community, along with family and friends, will participate in the seventh annual Relay For Life event.
Viewpoints: Making Medicine Personal
(Below is an opinion piece by our own Jonathan Dordick on the need for personalized medicine. Dordick is the Howard P. Isermann Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Director of our Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies. This winter he spoke at World Economic Forum in Davos about pharmaceutical safety and development. He shares [...]
Rensselaer Professor Georges Belfort Named to Scientific Advisory Board of Max Planck Institute, Elected Member of Institute of Bologna Academy of Sciences
Georges Belfort visited Germany and Italy last month as part of two prestigious honors from elite European scientific societies.
Yaron Danon To Lead New Gaerttner LINAC Center at Rensselaer
Nuclear engineering expert Yaron Danon has been named director of the new Gaerttner Linear Accelerator (LINAC) Center .
Mind Games
Students in the Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences (GSAS) program labor over the course of an entire academic year (and sometimes longer) to build the video games showcased at the annual GameFest at Rensselaer. Every year, it seems, student-designed games break new ground for GameFest, introducing emerging technologies like augmented reality, real-world applications in education, [...]
Digital System at Rensselaer Will Allow Performers to Recreate Acoustics of Cistern Used in Iconic 1988 Recording
In celebration of Oliveros’ 80th birthday, the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is hosting an exceptional concert.
Of Montmorillonite and Men
Decades ago, Rensselaer chemist James Ferris created long chains of RNA molecules in the lab using simple clay materials and basic organic molecules as a catalyst. The discovery helped launch a theory on how life on Earth may have arisen so many years ago – a theory that still stands strong today. Many astrobiologists support [...]
Rensselaer Celebrates Graduates Who Engineered Fenway Park
As Boston Red Sox celebrate the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park’s inaugural game, Rensselaer cebrates two alumni who played a key role in designing and building the storied ballpark.
Astrobiology Conference Session Dedicated to Seminal Origins of Life Researcher James Ferris
Students, mentees, and scientific collaborators of Professor of Chemistry James Ferris gathered at a special session of the 2012 Astrobiology Science Conference in Atlanta, Ga., on April 19 to honor the scientist.