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More than 1,000 area students, families, teachers, and community organizations are expected to participate in the 14th annual Black Family Technology Awareness Day.

Rensselaer is launching a new undergraduate major in sustainability studies through the School of Humanities Arts, and Social Sciences.

Kim Lewis, assistant professor of physics, applied physics, and astronomy, has won a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Congratulations are in order for chemical engineering professors Steven Cramer and Shekhar Garde, who recently had their research featured on the cover of the Journal of Physical Chemistry B. The paper, which features beautiful scientific imagery and renderings, combines Cramer’s prowess in chromatography with Garde’s mastery of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. In the paper, Cramer [...]

Francine Berman was named a co-chair of the Board on Research Data and Information (BRDI) of the National Academy of Sciences.

Ryan Gilbert, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, has won a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

NYSERDA has given Rensselaer a High Performance Building Plaque for energy-saving investments that will reduce energy use and save the Institute $223,513 annually.

Neil Rolnick, composer and professor of music, will embark on a new project—a piece for pianist Vicky Chow—with support from the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University.

Nuclear safety expert Peter Caracappa, the campus radiation officer, will visit Capitol Hill Friday to brief congressional staffers on radiation and radioactivity.

Computer scientist Carlos Varela has received seed funding from the U.S. Air Force to help make flight data as updated, active, and accurate as possible.