Technology continues to challenge many established assumptions about privacy and identity, as everyday activities such as checking e-mail or using a credit card contribute to a growing “paper trail” of personal digital data. To discuss this and other topics from his new book, Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion, Harry Lewis will speak at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 19 in room 324 of the Darrin Communications Center (DCC).

Launch for this green collaboration held at Seven World Trade Center

Peter Fox bridges the divide between scientists and the data that separates them

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.

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

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.

Thomas R. Baruch ’60 gift to launch research on cutting-edge sources of solar energy

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 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.”

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.