The advisory board of the Quantitative Finance and Risk Analytics (QFRA) master’s program in the Lally School of Management will host a panel discussion with business experts and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni for potential co-terminal students on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at noon.
The New York Delta chapter of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute was recently recognized at the Carlson Leadership Academy, the fraternity’s national awards ceremony, in Parsippany, New Jersey.
TROY, N.Y. — When Sergio Pequito thinks about the brain, he visualizes a piano. The keys represent different parts of the brain, and the pressure applied by the pianist’s fingers represents the outside stimuli that promote brain functions.
In an effort to support over 1,200 students for the second complement of Arch away opportunities following the summer of 2020, the Center for Career and Professional Development at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute continues to engage and build partnerships with top industry employers.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will host its 20th Black Families Technology Awareness Day on Saturday, February 22. The program is designed to expose talented middle school students in grades 6-8, as well as their families and educators, to educational and career opportunities in what are often referred to as the STEM fields – science, technology, engineering, and mathematics – as well as the arts.
TROY, N.Y. — With the support of a recent $3 million grant renewal from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), Mariana Figueiro is perfecting a treatment she developed for older adults with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias that helps to regulate sleep and reduce symptoms of depression — and requires no drugs, only light.
Detroit Lions head coach and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumnus Matt Patricia ’96 will be the keynote speaker at the Rensselaer Joint Service ROTC Military Ball in Troy on Friday, February 14.
If members of the Rensselaer community are considering getting a new car, an electric vehicle (EV) might be a good option. They can get assistance from Drive Green with National Grid, which recently updated their program to make it easier to connect with a local dealership that just might have the perfect EV.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has awarded a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute team $15,000 for an app called MortalityMinder, which identifies social conditions contributing to declining life expectancy at a community level.
TROY, N.Y. — Architect, entrepreneur, and author Dennis Shelden has been named the new director of the Center for Architecture Science and Ecology (CASE) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute — and he is joining the boundary-pushing organization at a critical moment for the future of the human-made environment.