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A global business leader, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, a pioneering entrepreneur and prominent art collector, and a renowned strategic consultant to corporations and countries will share insights on taking “The Long View: Leading and Thriving in Challenging Times,” in a conversation convened and moderated by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Shirley Ann Jackson. This President’s Commencement Colloquy will be held on Friday, May 15, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., in the Concert Hall of the Curtis R.

Mark Wentland Discovery may lead to further development of compounds to treat nervous system disorders and addiction

Photo Credit: Rensselaer/Mark McCarty Libby Stehr has a vision of a greener, more sustainable future.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will host a colloquium next week to discuss and explore the evolving convergence of art and science. Four renowned researchers and artists will convene to tackle questions about the evolution of aesthetic perception, and how art, music, science, and technology enhance our understanding of human sensibilities, communication, and cognition. 

It is with great sadness that I write to inform you that Rensselaer Trustee Warren H. Bruggeman ’46 passed away yesterday morning. He was 84 years old. Mr. Bruggeman served as a member of the Rensselaer Board of Trustees from 1989 through 2000, and continued to serve over the past nine years as an honorary member. He was chairman of the Board’s Community Relations Committee and the Rensselaer Technology Park Committee, and an instrumental figure in the growth of our Tech Park into one of the region’s most successful economic engines.

Frank Spear, professor and head of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, has been appointed as the Edward P. Hamilton Distinguished Professor of Science Education.

President Barack Obama today appointed Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Shirley Ann Jackson as a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).  The announcement came in a speech at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. 

The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute graduate programs in engineering and the fine arts rank among the best in the nation, according to the 2010 U.S. News & World Report guide to “America’s Best Graduate Schools.” The publication is scheduled be available on April 28, 2009.

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