To: The Rensselaer Community From: Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D. President, Professor of Physics, Professor of Engineering Sciences It is with sadness that I write to inform you of the recent passing of Professor Emeritus Ernest F. Nippes '38, an alumnus of the Institute and a beloved professor and administrator for many decades. He was 92.
To: The Rensselaer Community From: Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D. President, Professor of Physics, Professor of Engineering Sciences It is with sadness that I write to inform you of the recent passing of Professor Emeritus Ernest F. Nippes '38, an alumnus of the Institute and a beloved professor and administrator for many decades. He was 92.
More than 300 10th and 11th grade girls from the Capital Region, New York State, and across New England will participate in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s “Design Your Future Day” (DYFD) program on Saturday, April 17. The event is designed to engage students in activities to inform and excite them about degree programs and career opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute successfully sold $357 million in tax-exempt and $205 million in taxable bonds, in order to retire substantially all variable rate bonds outstanding, and to terminate all integrated interest rate swaps.
Student Semifinalists Seek To Eliminate One-Third of Worldwide Mercury Pollution The core of OroClean is a small-scale, hand-powered centrifuge that builds on proven technology for separating gold from silt.
Class of ’51 Entrepreneurship Award Supports Innovation in Solar-Powered Pasteurization, Waste-Powered Hot Water Heat and Zero-Waste “Pets”
NASA astronaut Richard “Rick” Mastracchio — a 1987 graduate of Rensselaer — returned to space this week with the successful launch of space shuttle Discovery on the STS-131 mission to visit the International Space Station. Mastracchio and fellow astronaut Clayton Anderson were scheduled to conduct three spacewalks to perform critical space station assembly tasks. These include transferring a new ammonia tank from the shuttle’s payload bay and installing it on the International Space Station.
Following reports that an alleged armed suspect was seen around Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s East Campus Athletic Village and LINAC facilities during the morning of April 6, Rensselaer employed its RPIAlert emergency communications system to initiate a campus lockdown. The first message was sent to all students, faculty, and staff in the Institute's emergency communications network via email, text message, and an automated phone call around 9:30 a.m.
Following reports that an alleged armed suspect was seen around Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s East Campus Athletic Village and LINAC facilities during the morning of April 6, Rensselaer employed its RPIAlert emergency communications system to initiate a campus lockdown. The first message was sent to all students, faculty, and staff in the Institute's emergency communications network via email, text message, and an automated phone call around 9:30 a.m.