A simulation developed with MilkyWay@Home shows the formation of several stellar streams (Sagittarius, Orphan, and GD-1) around the Milky Way. The animation represents four billion years in the Milky Way, ending at the present day.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Alumnus To Discuss “Soft Modernism & The Nature of Circumstance” Photo courtesy of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
$30,000 Lemelson-MIT Collegiate Student Prizes Awarded to Students Nationwide; Four Leading Institutes Celebrate Winners
Deanna Thompson Is Working To Develop New Treatments for Brain Injury and Illness Deanna Thompson
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Program Ranked in Top 15 Out of 150 Programs in U.S. and Canada The Rensselaer Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences program has been named among the top 15 out of 150 undergraduate game design programs in the United States and Canada, according to a new survey from the Princeton Review. The Princeton Review developed its “Top Schools for Video Game Design Study" list in partnership with GamePro magazine, one of the most respected brands in the video game industry.
“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.