The Pentaquark: The Strongest Confirmation to Date

Troy, N.Y. — An international team of physicists has provided the best evidence to date of the existence of a new form of atomic matter, dubbed the "pentaquark." The research team confirmed the existence of pentaquarks by using a different approach that greatly increased the rate of detection compared to previous experiments. The results are published as the cover story in today's issue of the journal Physical Review Letters.

Rensselaer's Lally School Introducing New MBA Curriculum

Troy, N.Y. — The Lally School of Management and Technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is introducing a new MBA curriculum for the fall 2004 academic semester. The new curriculum does not follow the traditional MBA approach in which each course focuses on a specific business discipline, such as marketing or accounting; rather, it combines coursework into year-long classes that capture the complexity of the real-world business environment.

Women's Hockey To Be Elevated to Division I

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) President Shirley Ann Jackson announced today that the Institute is planning to elevate the women’s ice hockey program Division III to Division I. A timetable is being developed for the move.

Book Penned by Rensselaer Professor Kim Fortun Wins Anthropology Prize

Troy, N.Y. - The American Ethnological Society (AES) has awarded Kim Fortun, associate professor of science and technology studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the organization's Sharon Stephens Prize for her work titled Advocacy After Bhopal: Environmentalism, Disaster, New Global Orders (University of Chicago Press, 2001). The Sharon Stephens Prize recognizes a junior scholar's first book "that speaks to contemporary social issues with relevance beyond the discipline and beyond the academy."

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