New program allows students to use Rensselaer ID card for purchases at local businesses With a plethora of cultural cuisines and eateries to choose from, the menu of downtown Troy, N.Y., has never been better. Today, with the implementation on a new off-campus dining program, the students of Rensselaer will find it easier than ever to enjoy the restaurants and other local businesses that the historic downtown has to offer.
Some look at issues such as healthcare, energy and education and see almost insurmountable obstacles. Satish Nambisan at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute sees something else: an opportunity to foster collaboration, innovation and the resulting social change.
For the 10th year in a row, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has been named among the top 50 universities in the nation, according to the annual U.S. News & World Report list of “America’s Best Colleges.” The Institute is ranked 42nd among all national universities. In addition, a Rensselaer education was given top marks for quality and affordability, ranked 30th on the list of “Great Schools, Great Prices.” The undergraduate engineering program at Rensselaer continues to be ranked in the top 25 in the country, ranked at 23 overall.
Geotechnics and earthquake expert Tarek Abdoun has been named the Judith and Thomas Iovino ’73 Career Development Professor in Civil Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The endowed professorship is one of the highest honors bestowed on a Rensselaer faculty member.
Institute among more than 500 colleges, universities, and public institutions participating in new Post 9/11 GI Bill Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has joined a national effort to make new resources available to military veterans and their dependents to attend college. Last June, Congress passed the Post 9/11 GI Bill designed to help participants pay for private colleges, state public institutions, and graduate programs. At Rensselaer, qualified applicants will be able attend the university at little or no cost.
Systems and infrastructure engineering expert William “Al” Wallace ’61 has been named the Yamada Corporation Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The endowed professorship is one of the highest honors bestowed on a Rensselaer faculty member.
Rensselaer Associate Professor Michael Symans and incoming Dean of Engineering David Rosowsky are among the team of researchers who will converge in Japan next week to perform the largest earthquake simulation ever attempted on a wooden structure.
Gwo-Ching Wang, professor and head of the Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been appointed the Travelstead Institute Chair. This endowed chair was established with a gift from G. Ware Travelstead ’60.