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Troy, N.Y. — James M. Tien, the Yamada Corporation Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will leave the Institute to accept a new position as dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Miami. Tien, a Rensselaer alumnus, was founding chair of the Department of Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems (DSES) and currently holds a joint appointment in the Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering. He will assume his new role in Miami on Sept. 1.

Discussion among 2007 Commencement honorees tackles “knife-edge” issues

Troy, N.Y. — For the eighth year in a row, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has been counted among the top 50 universities in the nation, according to U.S.News & World Report. The Institute was ranked 44th among all national universities and listed as one of the top 25 colleges in the publication’s “Great Schools, Great Prices” category.

Nataliya Lyzikova serves as manager of business development for Yuzhnoye, an international company from the Ukraine. The company sought to enter U.S. markets in order to commercialize more than 300 former defense technologies.

Troy, N.Y. — Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new energy storage device that easily could be mistaken for a simple sheet of black paper.

Troy, N.Y. — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Shirley Ann Jackson will co-chair a national “Energy Security, Innovation & Sustainability Initiative” of the Council on Competitiveness. She will be joined by co-chairmen James W. Owens, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Caterpillar Inc., and D. Michael Langford, National President of Utility Workers Union of America, in the initiative designed to enhance U.S. competitiveness and energy security.

Troy, N.Y. — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute officials have announced that the Institute’s faculty governance structure will be reviewed and modified in order to strengthen the role of tenured and tenure-track faculty members in the faculty governance process.

Continues call for investment in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics talent and research to sustain the national capacity for innovation

Beattie named acting director Troy, N.Y. — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has announced that Athletic Director Ken Ralph will resign from the post he has held since 2002 in order to accept the position of athletic director at Colorado College. The decision is effective Aug. 16, at which point Rensselaer Sports Information Director Kevin Beattie will assume Ralph’s duties as acting athletic director until a national search is completed.

New discovery at Rensselaer could lead to faster, cooler interconnects Troy, N.Y. — A key discovery at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute could help advance the role of graphene as a possible heir to copper and silicon in nanoelectronics.