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Findings Offer Clearer View of How To Detect Unseen Matter in the Universe Dark Matter "Highway" (artist's conception)

Honorary degree recipients also include George Bugliarello, Donald Keck, and Charles Thornton.

Troy, N.Y. – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to expand its Molecularium project and take it to a global audience. The animated program is designed to spark children's interest in learning about atoms and molecules using planetariums in a new way for science education.

Troy, N.Y. — The School of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has implemented a new doctoral program. The Doctor of Philosophy in Architectural Sciences, approved by the New York State Department of Education, will be offered beginning Fall 2004.

Two Rensselaer teams among top 15 selected nationwide to exhibit March 20

Troy, N.Y. — In an age when there were no railroads operating in America, the Erie Canal was brand new, and the detachable shirt collar was soon to become popular fashion, Stephen Van Rensselaer founded the Institute that bears his name.

March 20 Event Designed To Inspire Future Engineers

President Jackson to open event with keynote address

Troy, N.Y. — The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $250,000 grant to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and four other independent colleges and universities in New York state to support development of a rapid and direct system of resource-sharing for academic libraries. The consortium of libraries, known as ConnectNY, shares library holdings, making the collections of all participating members readily available to students, faculty, and staff.

Troy, N.Y. - Kevin Craig, director of core engineering and associate professor of mechanical, aeronautical, and nuclear engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been named a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).