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$40 million Gift Provided by Rensselaer Trustee Curtis Priem ’82 Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center to be named in Priem’s honor

TROY, N.Y. — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has dramatically expanded its Department of Biology with the appointment of eight new faculty members over the last two years, most of whom are arriving on campus during this term. The new faculty provide expertise fundamental to the new research programs to be carried out at Rensselaer’s Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, a $100 million research facility opening Sept. 10.

TROY, N.Y. — World-renowned biotechnology experts and science policymakers will join the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute community at a series of events Sept.

TROY, N.Y. — The 1,090 members of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Class of 2008 begin arriving on campus today. Nearly two-thirds of the students come from the top 10 percent of their high school classes, a record 26 percent of the freshman class are Rensselaer Medalists, and the class’s average SAT score of 1321 is also a record for Rensselaer.

Troy, N.Y. — U.S. News & World Report has ranked Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 46th among the nation’s top universities, up from 48th last year. The Institute also ranks 26th in the “Best Values” among national universities, up from 29th last year and 34th in 2002.

Map courtesy of Gary Wall and Elizabeth Nystrom, USGS. 

Device designed to detect toxic gases and chemical warfare agents Schematic of the prototype.

Filters remove nano-scale germs from water, heavy hydrocarbons from petroleum Aligned multiwalled nanotubes of the filter wall (scale 100 micrometers).

Troy, N.Y. — Researchers at Rensselaer are working to develop a new medical imaging technique designed to determine the relative stiffness of soft tissue for the diagnosis of injury and disease.

LED omni-directional reflector developed by Rensselaer researchers could brighten LEDs enough to replace the conventional light bulb Troy, N.Y. — A research team at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has created a new type of reflector that has dramatically improved LED (light-emitting diodes) luminance. The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded the research team a three-year, $210,000 grant to move the patented omni-directional reflector to market.