Matt Lecky '23 named recipient of the 2022-23 Liberty League Scholar-Athlete of the Year award.

https://rpiathletics.com/news/2023/7/18/mens-cross-country-lecky-named-l...

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Dr. Jacob Shelley becomes Tenured Associate Professor of Chemistry

https://faculty.rpi.edu/jacob-shelley

 

 

Dr. Peter Bonitatibus becomes Tenure-Track Associate Professor of Chemistry

https://faculty.rpi.edu/peter-j-bonitatibus

 

 

 

Call for Code Hackathon: Natural Disaster Preparedness and Relief Code Challenge

How do we keep the lines of communication open in the face of disaster? Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is serving up fresh ideas as part of the “Call for Code” hackathon challenge in partnership with IBM, David Clark Cause, United Nations Human Rights, and The American Red Cross. ...read more

Jefferson Project Monitoring Harmful Algal Bloom on Skaneateles Lake

Lake George, N.Y. – The world’s most advanced environmental monitoring system – developed through The Jefferson Project at Lake George – is being used to understand and protect Skaneateles Lake, a central New York drinking water source now threatened by toxic algae. Building on a connection through the New York State Harmful Algal Bloom (HABs) Initiative launched in late 2017, the Jefferson Project installed a custom-designed robotic sensing platform on Skaneateles, and began collecting data just prior to an early-August HABs event this year. ...read more

Task Force Exploring Greek Life at Rensselaer

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Shirley Ann Jackson has appointed a task force to study and assess fraternity and sorority life at the university. The Greek Life Task Force will work with the community to identify what is necessary to enact a long-term, sustainable, and comprehensive culture change to preserve the positive aspects of the Rensselaer Greek system. ...read more

Improving Nature’s Tools for Digesting Plastic

Building on what nature has provided, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have improved the efficiency of a leaf and branch compost cutinase that  breaks down polyethylene terephthalate (PET), the plastic used in clear and colored plastic water bottles and many other products. ...read more

Herbie Hancock Tells Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2018 Graduates To Nurture Their Humanity

When legendary jazz pianist and composer Herbie Hancock took the podium at the 212th Commencement at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Saturday, he told a story from his own years as a young graduate, at a time when he was playing piano with the Miles Davis Quintet. ...read more

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