Academic news from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. http://www.rpi.edu/news/academics/index.html en-us Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2007 August 6, 2008: Rensselaer graduates’ earning power and potential has recently been recognized by Forbes magazine. The business publication ranked Rensselaer graduates as some of the top earners in the country when compared with other university alumni. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2478 06 Aug 2008 15:00:00 EST August 5, 2008: The Lally School of Management & Technology at Rensselaer and the School of Management at Zhejiang University signed a five-year agreement to enhance and strengthen the global reach of each university’s entrepreneurial business and technology programs. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2474 08 Aug 2008 15:00:00 EST July 14, 2008: Rensselaer has received a gift of $1 million to establish the Paula and Jeffrey R. Gural ’64 Scholarship for undergraduate students in civil engineering. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2469 14 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EST June 24, 2008: An internationally renowned economist with a 25-year history at one the country's leading Federal Reserve Banks will join Rensselaer as the new head of the department of economics. Arturo Estrella, who is currently senior vice president for the research and statistics group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, will steer the department in a new direction, building interdisciplinary links with the department and other strong Rensselaer programs. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2462 24 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST June 16, 2008: A program entitled “Energy and the Environment,” funded by a new 2.7 million five-year NSF grant, will place science and engineering graduate students from Rensselaer in high school classrooms across New York’s Capital Region. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2458 16 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST May 30, 2008: Rensselaer announced two new annual scholarships for prospective students in recognition of their academic excellence in mathematics and science, and leadership, service, and devotion to their peers, schools, and communities. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2454 30 May 2008 12:00:00 EST May 29, 2008: Rensselaer has announced a $1.5 million gift to the endowment to create the P.K. Lashmet Career Development Professorship. Lashmet is a retired professor of chemical and environmental engineering. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2453 27 May 2008 12:00:00 EST May 14, 2008: To better prepare students to meet the growing demands of industry and the marketplace, Rensselaer will offer undergraduates the opportunity to extend their financial aid and earn both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in five years. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2447 14 May 2008 12:00:00 EST April 11, 2008: To better prepare tomorrow’s leaders with a global perspective, Rensselaer will now expect all undergraduate engineering students to participate in an international experience. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2422 9 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EST March 28, 2008: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Lally School of Management & Technology is number one in the nation in the area of corporate strategy, according to BusinessWeek. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2419 28 Mar 2008 12:00:00 EST March 28, 2008: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's graduate programs in engineering and the fine arts rank among the best in the nation, according to the 2009 U.S.News & World Report guide to "America's Best Graduate Schools". http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2418 28 Mar 2008 12:00:00 EST March 12, 2008: Rensselaer will add more than $10 million in new financial aid resources for undergraduate students during the coming year. The action responds to the need to ensure that Rensselaer remains accessible to academically talented students from the full range of family financial circumstances. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2411 12 Mar 13:00:00 EST February 29, 2008: BusinessWeek has ranked Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Lally School of Management & Technology 26th in the nation among the magazine’s 2008 list of top 50 undergraduate business programs. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2407 28 Feb 2008 13:00:00 EST January 17, 2008: More than 11,000 high school students have filed applications to attend Rensselaer. The record number of applications for 2008 is up 10 percent from the previous year, and it is more than double the number received just three years ago in 2005. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2391 17 Jan 2008 09:00:00 EST October 16, 2007: A leading expert in Web research, Deborah L. McGuinness, joins Rensselaeras an endowed chair of the Tetherless World Research Constellation. She is one of the creators of the Web language that is ushering in the next generation of the World Wide Web. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2327 16 Oct 2007 09:00:00 EST October 12, 2007: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has been counted among the 60 “most forward-thinking design schools” in the world, according to BusinessWeek magazine’s second annual survey of the best design schools around the globe. The ranking appears in the publication’s Oct. 15 issue. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2326 12 Oct 2007 09:00:00 EST September 10, 2007: A new partnership between Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Sandia National Laboratories, and a select group of leading universities and corporations will present Rensselaer graduate students with a host of new cutting-edge internship and research experiences. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2305 10 Sep 2007 09:00:00 EST August 20, 2007: The 2007 President's Commencement Colloquy, which featured four individuals who have shaped the international discourse on some of today's most pressing issues, is scheduled to air twice in the coming week on WMHT-TV. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2284 20 Aug 2007 08:00:00 EST August 17, 2007: For the eighth year in a row, Rensselaer has been counted among the top 50 universities in the nation, according to U.S.News & World Report. The Institute was ranked 44th among all national universities and listed as one of the top 25 colleges in the publication's "Great Schools, Great Prices" category. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2283 17 Aug 2007 08:00:00 EST July 5, 2007: Senior Phillip Bracken scored a front-row seat June 8 to watch the space shuttle Atlantis take off and embark on its 11-day mission. He is one of only 18 college students from across the nation to be accepted into a summer internship program at NASA's Goddard Academy. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2218 05 Jul 2007 08:00:00 EST June 28, 2007: Robert E. Palazzo, director of the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, and professor of biology at Rensselaer, has been appointed to the position of provost after a rigorous national search. Palazzo assumed his new position July 1. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2203 28 Jun 2007 08:00:00 EST June 1, 2007: When it comes to identifying, planning for, and achieving career goals, undergraduate students are getting a head start from the Career Development Center at Rensselaer. For their efforts, the center won a National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Excellence Award for developing its "Sophomore Career Experience" program. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2176 01 Jun 2007 08:00:00 EST May 15, 2007: More than 1,470 students will receive degrees from Rensselaer on Saturday, May 19, at 9:30 a.m. on the Harkness Field. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2151 15 May 2007 08:00:00 EST May 11, 2007: Since his freshman year at Rensselaer, Zane Van Dusen has played in 13 bands — and he founded 11 of them. He has combined his passion for music with computing skills to create a device that allows people, regardless of physical mobility, the opportunity to experience music's positive effects. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2142 11 May 2007 08:00:00 EST May 10, 2007: Armed with a microscope, sharp eye, and knack for design, Caitlin Piette isn't shy about letting her creative side influence her work in the laboratory — and vice versa. Piette will graduate May 19 with a major in biology, bioinformatics, and molecular biology. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2140 10 May 2007 08:00:00 EST May 9, 2007: To educate and nurture today's would-be entrepreneurs, universities across the country face a difficult question: Can innovation, risk-taking, and originality be taught in the classroom? For more than 180 years, students at Rensselaer have been developing technologies, creating innovations, and forming business ventures to translate scientific discoveries into practical applications. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2139 09 May 2007 08:00:00 EST May 7, 2007: Matthew Pelliccione came to Rensselaer as a freshman in 2003. After only four years, he is leaving with two bachelor's degrees, a master's degree, and a set of prestigious fellowships to continue studying physics at Stanford University. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2135 07 May 2007 08:00:00 EST May 4, 2007: Sky-rocketing oil prices, rising demand for reliance on renewable resources, and an increase in environmental consciousness have placed a newfound focus on "green" solutions to global energy issues. Following his graduation on May 19, student inventor Eben Bayer hopes to alleviate some of those growing issues — by growing. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2122 04 May 2007 08:00:00 EST May 3, 2007: No one can say Abigail Eldridge wasted any time during her four years at Rensselaer. Along with conducting cutting-edge bioengineering and nanotechnology research, she served in student government, played on three varsity sports teams, and loaded up on extra classes. She also managed to sneak in a pair of internships, including one at the prestigious Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2116 03 May 2007 08:00:00 EST May 1, 2007: As an Eagle Scout, it is no surprise that Gregory Ten Eyck would be an innovator with a deep respect for the environment. But he has taken these values to a whole new level, developing inventions that could lead to better fuel cells, reduce the impacts of carbon dioxide, and create the next generation of super-efficient microelectronics. http://news.rpi.edu:80/campusnews/update.do?artcenterkey=2107 01 May 2007 08:00:00 EST April 30, 2007: Three teams of budding student entrepreneurs from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Union College will vie to win the final round of Rensselaer's $50,000 Tech Valley Collegiate Business Plan competition on May 3. The competition will be held on Rensselaer's campus in the Center for Industrial Innovation, room 4050, beginning at 6 p.m. The competition is sponsored by Rensselaer's Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship at the Lally School of Management and Technology. http://news.rpi.edu:80/campusnews/update.do?artcenterkey=2106 30 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST April 30, 2007: José González is fluent in the international language of science. Born the son of a medical doctor in Puerto Rico, he has been speaking this language since he was a child. On May 19, González will take the next step in a long journey as he crosses the platform at Rensselaer's 201st Commencement. http://news.rpi.edu:80/campusnews/update.do?artcenterkey=2106 30 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST April 18, 2007: Three student submissions were recently honored as winners of Rensselaer's "Change the World Challenge" idea competition for spring 2007. Created in 2005 by Rensselaer alumnus Sean O'Sullivan '85, the competition is intended to support entrepreneurship education and inspire ideas to improve the human condition by providing a $1,000 cash award for ideas that will make the world a better place. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2090 18 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST April 17, 2007: BusinessWeek staffers asked 80,000 business majors at 123 schools to rank their programs on a scale of one to five in different academic categories. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Lally School of Management & Technology came in at number two in the nation in the area of corporate strategy. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2089 17 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST April 16, 2007: Throughout the Institute's history, Rensselaer researchers have produced ground-breaking advances in a broad range of important areas. 64 budding undergraduate researchers had a chance to showcase their work during the 2007 Undergraduate Research Forum and Awards Program. http://news.rpi.edu:80/campusnews/update.do?artcenterkey=2088 16 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST April 5, 2007: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute recently garnered approval from the New York State Education Department to offer a doctoral degree in electronic arts. Now one of only a handful of universities in the United States to offer a Ph.D. program in this emerging field, the Institute will begin admitting students in fall 2007. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2061 05 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST April 2, 2007: Rensselaer's graduate programs in engineering, applied mathematics, and the fine arts rank among the best in the nation, according to the 2008 U.S. News & World Report guide to "America's Best Graduate Schools." "These rankings are another validation of our ongoing transformation to a world-class technological research university with global reach and global impact," said Rensselaer President Shirley Ann Jackson. http://news.rpi.edu:80/campusnews/update.do?artcenterkey=2056 03 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST