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Area high school women explore high-tech careers at Rensselaer’s annual “Design Your Future Day” Troy, N.Y. — Nearly 300 11th grade girls from the Capital Region, New York state, and across New England will participate in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s “Design Your Future Day” (DYFD) program on Saturday, April 19. The event is designed to engage students in activities to inform and excite them about career opportunities in science, technology, engineering, math (STEM) disciplines, and architecture.

Troy, N.Y. — A handheld device to detect skin cancer and a disposable robot capable of removing land mines are two of the five winning ideas in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s spring 2008 Change the World Challenge contest.

Rensselaer alumnus Sheldon Weinbaum to receive prestigious engineering award

REACH program will create new opportunities for study abroad, overseas fellowships and internships Troy, N.Y. — To better prepare tomorrow’s leaders with the global perspective and multicultural sophistication that will be necessary to tackle the grand challenges facing humanity the 21st century, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will now expect all undergraduate engineering students to participate in an international experience. 

Troy, N.Y. — William Pomeroy ’66, founder and CEO of CXtec, has been selected as the 2008 William F. Glaser ’53 Rensselaer Entrepreneur of the Year. Pomeroy’s company, based in Syracuse, N.Y., is a multimillion-dollar global provider of new and certified pre-owned networking, cable, and voice technology equipment. The company has been helping customers reduce the cost of their networking infrastructure and technology equipment for over 30 years.

Troy, N.Y. — In an ever-changing world of increased turbulence, uncertainty, and global competition, how can today’s business leaders learn, grow, adapt, and lead through unknown business challenges?  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Lally School of Management & Technology today hosted an inaugural program titled “Forum on Business, Technology, and Ethics.” The program focused on the theme of leadership in controversy.

Troy, N.Y. — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Lally School of Management & Technology is number one in the nation in the area of corporate strategy, according to BusinessWeek. 

Troy, N.Y. — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s graduate programs in engineering and the fine arts rank among the best in the nation, according to the 2009 U.S.News & World Report guide to “America’s Best Graduate Schools.” The publication is scheduled to hit newsstands on April 1, 2008.

Troy, N.Y. — Fengyan Li, assistant professor of mathematical sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been named a 2008 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow. Li is among a group of 118 fellows from 64 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada who have been recognized for conducting research at the frontiers of physics, chemistry, mathematics, neuroscience, economics, computer science, and computational and evolutionary molecular biology. 

Left to right: political analyst, editor, best-selling author, and Harvard professor David Gergen; president of Princeton University Shirley M. Tilghman; veteran Marine Corps astronaut and space shuttle pilot Major General Charles F. Bolden Jr., USMC (Ret.)