Data Scientist Joins Rensselaer Tetherless World Research Constellation
Peter Fox bridges the divide between scientists and the data that separates them
Intel To Sponsor Rensselaer Robotics Tournament for Local Middle Schools
Intel Corporation today announced plans to sponsor the 2008 FIRST LEGO® League (FLL) Climate Connections Challenge taking place at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The global competition — scheduled for Dec. 6 — puts eight weeks of research, design, and programming to the test, giving local middle school students an opportunity to understand the common themes that connect science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Just Scratching the Surface: New Technique Maps Nanomaterials as They Grow
The new technique maps the surface of a nanomaterial as it grows. In this figure, a surface pole figure has been created for magnesium nanoblades. Credit: Rensselaer/Gwo-Ching Wang
Solar Power Game-Changer: "Near Perfect" Absorption of Sunlight, From All Angles
A new antireflective coating developed by researchers at Rensselaer could help to overcome two major hurdles blocking the progress and wider use of solar power.
Trustee Makes Donation To Start New Solar Energy Research Center at Rensselaer
Thomas R. Baruch ’60 gift to launch research on cutting-edge sources of solar energy
Rensselaer Alumni Association Honors Fraternity With Community Service Award
In a tribute for an outstanding commitment to community service, the Rensselaer Alumni Association (RAA) will recognize Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity with its Community Service Award for Greek Life tonight — Tuesday, Oct. 21 — at center ice during the first intermission of the Rensselaer vs. UMASS hockey game.
Rensselaer's Lally School Featured in Princeton Review's "Best 296 Business Schools"
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Lally School of Management & Technology is an outstanding business school, according to The Princeton Review. The New York-based education services company features the school in the just-published 2009 edition of its “Best 296 Business Schools.”
Outshining Edison: New NSF Engineering Research Center To Advance "Smart Lighting"
Rensselaer to host $18.5 million ERC dedicated to energy-efficient lighting and photonics A new research center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, funded by a five-year, $18.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation, aims to supplant the common light bulb with next-generation lighting devices that are smarter, greener, and ripe for innovation.
Rensselaer Opens the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC)
Experimental center to explore nexus of arts, science, and technology — virtual and real Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today opens the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC), an unprecedented experimental center dedicated to the integrated pursuit of the performing arts and sciences.
Historic Rensselaer Capital Campaign Reaches Goal Nine Months Ahead of Schedule
$1.4 billion campaign goal reached just days before EMPAC grand opening Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today announced that it has surpassed the $1.4 billion Renaissance at Rensselaer capital campaign goal. The announcement comes nine months in advance of the campaign’s target end date of June 30, 2009, and just days before the opening of the new Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC), launched under President Shirley Ann Jackson’s ambitious Rensselaer Plan.