Anyone who has experienced a midafternoon energy slump or suffered from jetlag has felt the effects of their body’s circadian rhythm. This internal clock helps regulate many of our physiological processes, including sleep, metabolism, and even how the brain functions. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute anticipate a future in which a combination of smart wearables and algorithms assess each person’s circadian rhythm and provide personalized feedback as to what light, sleep, and work schedule would be ideal for their particular internal clock.

Members of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Class of 2024, who recently began their first year of higher education in the midst of a pandemic, bring a wide range of expertise and experience to the campus.

Recent research co-authored by three faculty from the Lally School of Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute revealed that credit default swap contracts affect the dynamic of the lender-creditor relationship in the financial industry.

Jude Abu Zaineh, an electronic arts doctoral candidate at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been awarded the William and Meredith Saunderson Prize for Emerging Artists from the Hnatyshyn Foundation.

A third-year Science and Technology Studies doctoral student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has been awarded two distinct honors that reflect the growing importance of STS approaches to the field of artificial intelligence.

Cellphones, televisions, and computers all rely on the wireless spectrum, a series of signals that travel through the air by way of radio frequencies. Ever-increasing demand for this finite resource requires that policies and protocols aimed at coordinating spectrum use be updated and optimized.

Students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are back on campus for the start of the fall semester due to significant testing and tracing protocols that have been implemented to minimize the risk of COVID-19 transmission, and maximize health and safety.

Tucker Babcock, a doctoral student in aeronautical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been awarded a NASA fellowship.

The Lally School of Management has named Clint Ballinger, lecturer and executive entrepreneur-in-residence, as the interim director of undergraduate programs beginning Sept. 1, 2020. 

As classes begin at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute this week, not only has the COVID-19 pandemic changed the format of some courses, it has also assumed a prominent focus in the content of many courses throughout the university. In keeping with the Institute mission to prepare the next generation of world-changing leaders, students will learn how a range of disciplines might respond to the most pressing global health challenge of the modern era.