Action taken after meeting with student leader The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Board of Trustees, at its meeting Dec. 3 on the Troy campus, voted “unanimously and unequivocally” to endorse President Shirley Ann Jackson’s leadership, and “committed itself to full support of Dr. Jackson’s presidency and The Rensselaer Plan.”
Annual Rensselaer Office of Entrepreneurship Competition Highlights Student Creativity and Draws Technology, Social, and Business Ideas From Across Campus A system to increase intravenous therapy, a breakthrough in detecting bacteria in water, an innovation that prevents disease and creates jobs and cogeneration water purification for China are just a few of the winning ideas in the Fall 2011 Change the World Challenge at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Lally School of Management and Technology Award Supports Women in Entrepreneurship Cathy Wheelock
Biomedical Engineering Expert Honored for Work in Bone and Tissue Engineering Deepak Vashishth
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Researchers Partner on NSF Program T o Create New Technologies for Sharing, Storing, and Preserving Data
Discussion by Rensselaer Professor Michael Century offers an introduction for general audiences. A new lecture series traces the path between contemporary electronic art and more established media arts. Michael Century, professor of new media and music in the Arts Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will speak on “From Virtuality to Virtuosity” on Nov. 29, from noon – 1 p.m. in the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) Theater. The event is free and open to the public.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Engineering Researchers Overcome Decade-Old Hurdle Hampering Development of Nanostructure-based Gas Sensors
Competition Administered at Rensselaer Promotes Effective and Sustainable Use of Outdoor Lighting in Public Urban Areas The Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is administering a Latin American Student Luminaire Design Competition sponsored by the AES Corporation and Philips Lighting. The objective of the competition is to promote the effective and sustainable use of outdoor lighting in public urban areas throughout Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.
Rensselaer Professor Michael Mascarenhas Explores Nonprofit Water Development in Project on Globalization Supported by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation