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Renowned CUNY Professor To Receive Davies Medal
April 16, 2008: Sheldon Weinbaum ’59, CUNY Distinguished Professor of Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering at The City College of New York, will receive the prestigious Davies Medal for Engineering Achievement from the Rensselaer School of Engineering. |
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Rensselaer To Host Lecture by PalmPilot Inventor Jeff Hawkins
November 8, 2007: Jeff Hawkins, best known as the co-founder of the Palm and Handspring companies and as the architect of computing products such as the PalmPilot and Treo smartphone, will discuss a new technology platform based on a theory of the human neocortex. |
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Rensselaer Hosts Annual Women in Entrepreneurship Symposium
October 24, 2007: Rensselaer’s Severino Center’s Women in Entrepreneurship Symposium, “Entrepreneurial Women Designing the Future,” featured rising stars who are making their marks on higher education, business, government, and the international landscape. |
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Rensselaer Celebrates Grand Opening of World-Class Supercomputing Center
September 7, 2007: In the true spirit of the computer age, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today celebrated the grand opening of the world’s most powerful university-based supercomputer with a “virtual” ribbon-cutting ceremony. The celebration, which was held on the Rensselaer campus, began with a presidential colloquy. |
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“Design Your Future Day”
April 21, 2007: More than 300 11th grade girls from the Capital Region and across New England participated in the 11th annual “Design Your Future Day” (DYFD) on Saturday, April 21. The event is designed to engage students in activities to inform and excite them about career opportunities in engineering, science, architecture, and technology. |
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2007 Accepted Student Celebration
April 14, 2007: Rensselaer hosted more than 3,000 visitors to campus for the Accepted Student Celebration on Saturday, April 14. The visitors included more than 1,000 accepted students from 34 states, as well as Canada, South Korea, and Denmark. |
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Highlights From Grand Marshal Week
April 2, 2007: Last week, the campus was buzzing with activity as students and members of the Rensselaer community participated in a series of events to celebrate student life and government, cultural diversity, and the performing arts. Grand Marshal Week 2007, a week of campuswide celebrations and student elections, was held from March 24-31. This year’s theme, “Institute of Rock,” focused on celebrating student life and culture with the spirit of “all things Rockstar!” The GM Week Committee developed a comprehensive schedule of events featuring more than 100 Rensselaer Union student organizations. |
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Graduate Accepted Students Celebration
March 30, 2007: The office of graduate admissions recently hosted 90 accepted graduate students to participate in the 2007 Graduate Accepted Students Celebration. According to George Robbins, director of graduate admissions, “this was the largest attendance we’ve had since the inception of the GASC event.” |
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