Walé Adeosun, chief investment officer of Rensselaer, has been named chair of the New York State Common Retirement Fund’s (CRF) Investment Advisory Committee (IAC) by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.
Rensselaer Assistant Professor Leila Parsa has been named a winner of the Office of Naval Research 2009 Young Investigator Program. As part of the award, Parsa will receive a three-year, $500,000 research grant for applying her investigations into the design and control of energy and power electronics converters toward the development of new shipboard power systems of interest to the U.S. Navy and its Office of Naval Research.
Sleep disturbances increase as we age. Some studies report more than half of seniors 65 years of age or older suffer from chronic sleep disturbances.
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Robert J. Linhardt, the Ann and John H. Broadbent Jr. ’59 Senior Constellation Professor of Biocatalysis and Metabolic Engineering Drug safety research noted for “guiding science for humanity”
Rachele Louis Fourth-year architecture student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rachele Louis has been awarded the 2009 Gensler African-American Internship & Scholarship (GAAINS) from the global design and architecture firm Gensler.
Nathan G. Freier Special journal issue explores interaction, development, and design issues
Paul Marthers will serve as vice president for enrollment and dean of undergraduate and graduate admissions at the Institute
Linhardt’s new compound (green spheres) blocks both the N (pink spikes) and H (blue spikes) portion of the flu virus. The compound prevents the infection of the cell and the spread of the flu to other cells like no other compound before. Photo Credit: Rensselaer/Melissa Kemp.
Critically acclaimed architect and design scholar Evan Douglis joins the Institute