At Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, students are challenged with the slogan, “Why not change the world?” Each semester since the fall of 2017, the Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship at Rensselaer’s Lally School of Management has hosted the Problem Pitch Competition. The goal is to encourage students to, first and foremost, identify problems if they want to become a change-makers.

Fifteen Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students from the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Information Technology and Web Science attended the AnitaB.org Grace Hopper Celebration in Orlando, Florida in September 2022. The annual conference “brings the research and career interests of women in computing to the forefront.”

Five computer science students from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute attended the CMD-IT/ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference in Washington, D.C., in September 2022. 

Advancement will save future scientists months of time and countless dollars

Gaetano Montelione shared his expertise on proteins, protein design, and their impact on humanity

Yael Erel, assistant professor in the School of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is participating in WAITING ROOM/Immersive Art for Wellbeing, an exhibition by six artists who use light, shadow, and movement to create immersive experiences. The show is hosted by HOT•BED, a gallery and creative lifestyle space in Philadelphia that unites art, horticulture, and design.

Nathan Meltz, a senior lecturer in the Department of Arts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, recently organized the Screenprint Biennial at Opalka Gallery at Russell Sage College in Albany, New York.

Peter Burr, a Ph.D. student in Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, recently appeared on the talk show Art and Technology.

In July, Rensselaer doctoral student Leaf Swordy presented a poster at the SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation conference in Montreal, Canada.

$160,000 grant will be used to increase the production of biofuels by leveraging the circadian clock in fungal systems