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Memo to the Rensselaer Community from Francine Berman, Vice President for Research I am delighted to announce that Dr. Jon Morse, Director of the Astrophysics Division in the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters, will join the Institute as Associate Vice President for Research/Physical and Engineering Sciences starting October 3, 2011.

Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have found that when just 10 percent of the population holds an unshakable belief, their belief will always be adopted by the majority of the society. The scientists, who are members of the Social Cognitive Networks Academic Research Center (SCNARC) at Rensselaer, used computational and analytical methods to discover the tipping point where a minority belief becomes the majority opinion. The finding has implications for the study and influence of societal interactions ranging from the spread of innovations to the movement of political ideals.

Rensselaer Set To Host Fourth Annual ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp for Middle School Students

Nanoengineered Graphene Coating Harvests Energy From Flowing Water, Powers Microsensors Used To Detect Underground Oil and Gas

Student To Conduct Research in Architectural Acoustics at Aalto University of Science and Technology in Helsinki, Finland

Three Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute professors of chemistry and chemical biology have been named 2011 fellows of the American Chemical Society (ACS).

New Storage Infrastructure From NetApp and IBM Will Provide EMPAC With the IT Flexibility Required To Address Media Applications at the Intersection of Media, Arts, and Science