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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has risen in its rankings among all national universities in the annual U.S. News & World Report list of “America’s Best Colleges,” weighing in at 41st, up from 44th last year. This is the ninth year in a row Rensselaer has been counted among the top 50 universities in the nation.

Eight years ago the first graduates of the master’s program in information technology (IT) at Rensselaer entered the work force. Today, they work at some of the top Fortune 500 companies and straddle the important divide between the business and technical side of international companies. Now, the success of the master’s program in IT and its graduates has drawn the attention of one of the top IT publications, Computerworld magazine.

Ravi S. Kane, professor of chemical and biological engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has won the 2008 Young Investigator Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum.

Larger amounts of fully synthetic heparin could be ready for use in patients in five years

Rensselaer researcher is using fluid mechanics to help athletes sharpen strokes

New research could help isolate genetic basis for disease, population variation

Last year, more than 90 percent of the graduating class went on to work or pursue graduate studies. Many of these recent graduates now enjoy working at some of the top technology companies in the world including Google, DreamWorks Animation, Microsoft, and Cisco Systems. But, it is Rensselaer graduates’ earning power and potential that has most recently been recognized by Forbes magazine. 

Agreement establishes formal ties between entrepreneurial centers at each institution