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 “Taking the Mystery Out of Executive Compensation” with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Alumnus Thomas Cooley Thomas F. Cooley ’65, a professor of economics at New York University, will speak at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Wednesday, March 9. Cooley, who received a bachelor’s degree in management from Rensselaer in 1965, will also be presented with the Rensselaer Alumni Association (RAA) Thomas W. Phelan Fellows Award.  

Tristan Lawry Is One of Three Finalists for the $30,000 2011 Lemelson-MIT Rensselaer Student Prize Tristan Lawry Video Podcast

Sevan Goenezen Is One of Three Finalists for the $30,000 2011 Lemelson-MIT Rensselaer Student Prize

Another Record Year for Applications to Rensselaer

In an effort to increase engagement with the public, surrounding business community, and Rensselaer community in the life-saving and high-tech research ongoing at the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS) at Rensselaer, a series of regular open sessions with Rensselaer researchers will begin on March 10. The first forum, “Making Medications Safer,” will begin with a light breakfast outside the CBIS Auditorium at 8 a.m. The new series will be called the Biotechnology Public Interest Forums.

Benjamin Clough Is One of Three Finalists for the $30,000 2011 Lemelson-MIT Rensselaer Student Prize

Rensselaer alumnus Hugo S. Ferguson and his wife, Evelyn, of Clearwater, Fla., have made a $1 million gift to the Institute.

Researcher Honored for Innovative Research and Technical Achievements Toward the Design and Realization of 3-D Integrated Computer Chips. James Jian-Qiang Lu