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Troy, NY – Following is the statement of Samuel F. Heffner, '56, Chairman, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Board of Trustees, regarding President Shirley Ann Jackson’s Compensation: When the Board of Trustees began a search for a new President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute over ten years ago, it was with the specific goal of finding a leader who would stabilize and revitalize this, the oldest technological research university in the country.

With $16.75 million in funding from the Army Research Laboratory (ARL), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will launch a new interdisciplinary research center devoted to the study of social and cognitive networks. The Center for Social and Cognitive Networks is part of the newly created Collaborative Technology Alliance (CTA) of the ARL, which includes a total of four nationwide centers focused on different aspects of the emerging field of network science.

With $16.75 million in funding from the Army Research Laboratory (ARL), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will launch a new interdisciplinary research center devoted to the study of social and cognitive networks. The Center for Social and Cognitive Networks is part of the newly created Collaborative Technology Alliance (CTA) of the ARL, which includes a total of four nationwide centers focused on different aspects of the emerging field of network science.

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS) will jointly present the inaugural Ken Kennedy Award to Francine Berman, vice president for research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Berman is being recognized for her efforts to build a national cyberinfrastructure.

Howard Littman, fluid mechanics expert and professor emeritus in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was recently named a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).

New study could lead to safer and longer-lived satellites, submarines, and nuclear reactors

Wayne Gray, acting dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been elected a fellow of the Cognitive Science Society.

Renowned materials scientist Robert Hull, the Henry Burlage Jr. Professor of Engineering and head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was recently named a fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS).

Thin film expert Joel Plawsky, professor of chemical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was recently named a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). The AIChE commended Plawsky for leaving a unique mark on the academic field and for “significant contributions to the chemical engineering profession.” 

Thin film expert Joel Plawsky, professor of chemical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was recently named a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). The AIChE commended Plawsky for leaving a unique mark on the academic field and for “significant contributions to the chemical engineering profession.”