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Troy, N.Y. - Jong-Shi Pang has joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as the Margaret A. Darrin Distinguished Professor in Applied Mathematics. In August 2003, Pang received the prestigious George B. Dantzig Prize, the world's top prize in the area of mathematical programming. The prize is awarded once every three years and is issued jointly by the Mathematical Programming Society and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

Troy, N.Y. - President Shirley Ann Jackson today joined with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's trustees, leadership team, faculty, and alumni along with guests representing the nation's political and technological leadership in celebrating the opening of the Institute's Washington, D.C. office.

Troy, N.Y. - Experts from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Lally School of Management and Technology will examine the stock market by industry and offer in-depth investment analysis in a Wednesday, Oct. 1 seminar titled, "Will the Stock Market Recover… and If So, When?" The Lally School-sponsored event will be held from 3 to 5:30 p.m. in room 318 of Rensselaer's Darrin Communications Center. It is free and open to the public.

Troy, N.Y. - President Shirley Ann Jackson, Rensselaer trustees and administrators, and community leaders gathered today to break ground for the new Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The ceremony took place at the Folsom Library, near the site of the future EMPAC building.

Troy, N.Y. - Myles Brand, president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumnus, will deliver a lecture on "The Ethical and Academic Challenges of College Sports" on Friday, Sept. 19 at 4 p.m. on the Rensselaer campus. The event, which will be held in room 3303 of Rensselaer's Russell Sage Laboratory building, is free and open to the public.

Troy, N.Y. - Executives from eight area biotechnology firms will discuss their businesses and the state of the industry in the Capital Region at the "Showcase of Local Biotechnology Companies" on Wednesday, Sept. 17 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in room 324 of Rensselaer's Darrin Communications Center. To encourage networking among business leaders and students, Rensselaer's Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship will host half-hour receptions before and after the forum.

Troy, N.Y. - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute recognized its newly remodeled Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center (RNC) on Monday, Sept. 15, 2003. The RNC was founded in April 2001 under the direction of Richard W. Siegel, Rensselaer's Robert W. Hunt Professor of Material Science and Engineering.

Troy, N.Y. - A coordinated effort to stop an NCAA proposal to eliminate the waiver that allows Division III schools sponsoring a Division I sport to offer athletics scholarships was announced today following a meeting of the athletics directors from seven of the eight institutions affected by the proposal.

President Shirley Ann Jackson and Leading China Researchers to Speak Sept. 6

Troy, N.Y. — Orthopedic, dental, and other bone implants are becoming commonplace, but they are not yet trouble-free. John Brunski, professor of biomedical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and co-researchers Jill Helms and Celine Colnot at UC San Francisco and Antonio Nanci at the University of Montreal have been awarded a new $1.9 million, four-year grant from the National Institutes of Health.