News

Troy, N.Y. — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute was recently awarded a $50,000 Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration (MATC) to support the continued development of Bedework, an open source, enterprise calendar system for higher education created at the Institute. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the MATC honors universities and other not-for-profit organizations who demonstrate leadership in the collaborative development of open source software tools with particular application to higher education and not-for-profit activities.

Area middle school students explore the tiny but vast world of nanotechnology

Troy, N.Y. — Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will continue to advance the frontiers of computational science with the help of IBM’s Blue Gene supercomputer. Awarded under IBM’s Shared University Research (SUR) program, this Blue Gene will complement the $100 million partnership between Rensselaer, IBM, and New York state to create one of the world’s most powerful university-based supercomputing centers.

Troy, N.Y. — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today announced the appointment of William N. Walker as Vice President for Strategic Communications and External Relations. Walker, who has been Vice President for Public Affairs at Dartmouth College since 2001, will take over the position in February 2007.

Program’s First Participants Hail from China Three Gorges Corporation-Developers of the World’s Largest Hydropower Dam

Troy, N.Y. — Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Gwo-Ching Wang, department chair and professor of physics, have been elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Jackson and Wang are two of 449 fellows elected this year in recognition of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications, according to AAAS. The announcement will be made in the Nov. 24, 2006 issue of Science.

Calls for expanded student exchange and research collaboration in speech at Beijing Normal University

Celery LLC — developer of user-friendly e-mail device — is among 100 top tech innovators honored for their breakthrough products and technologies 

Annual awards honor most creative and cutting-edge implementations of enterprise technology TROY, N.Y. — Rensselaer’s Data Warehouse Group was one of 100 organizations recognized by International Data Group’s (IDG) InfoWorld, the leading integrated media brand for IT solutions management, as a winner of its InfoWorld 100 awards. The annual awards honor IT projects that demonstrate the most creative use of cutting-edge technologies to further their business goals. 

Pulickel Ajayan named to “Scientific American 50,” wins prestigious MRS Medal