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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. 

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Troy, N.Y. — Twenty-four students have been inducted into the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Phalanx Honor Society. Phalanx honors student leadership, service, and devotion to the university, and celebrates those who have “worked to better the standing of Rensselaer both on and off campus.” New members are selected — or “tapped” — by the student members of Phalanx.

Class of ’51 Scholarship Fund supports innovations in law enforcement, online purchasing Troy, N.Y.  — Ideas for a “wired” law enforcement badge and an online ordering platform have both received funding as the winners of Rensselaer’s Class of ’51 Entrepreneurship Fund, established to help transform student ideas into sustainable ventures. 

Troy, N.Y, — Toh-Ming Lu, the R.P. Baker Distinguished Professor of Physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been named a lifetime fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS). The MRS has recognized Lu for his contributions to the advancement of materials research, specifically his “seminal contributions to the fundamental understanding of thin film morphological evolution.”

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Troy, N.Y. — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will add more than $10 million in new financial aid resources for undergraduate students during the coming year. The action responds to the need to ensure that Rensselaer remains accessible to academically talented students from the full range of family financial circumstances.

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Troy, N.Y. — BusinessWeek has ranked Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Lally School of Management & Technology 26th in the nation among the magazine’s 2008 list of top 50 undergraduate business programs. The Lally School also is ranked as one of the top five in the Northeast, and the program came in at number 19 on the list of private institutions offering students the biggest return on their investment.

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