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Leadership for a Comprehensive Energy Roadmap: The First 100 Days

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President Shirley Ann Jackson will outline a 100-Day Energy Action Plan to guide the next Administration and Congress toward a comprehensive energy strategy when she addresses the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, September 9, 2008.
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* Rensselaer Welcomes Class of 2012 *
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From Aug 19-24, members of the Class of 2012 participated in a weeklong program of welcoming events and team-building adventures, known as “Navigating Rensselaer and Beyond.” The events are designed to help ease the transition to college life by connecting new students to each other and to resources available on campus and in the local community.
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Rensselaer Rises in Rankings of Nation’s Top 50 Universities
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has risen in its rankings among all national universities in the annual U.S. News & World Report list of “America’s Best Colleges,” weighing in at 41st, up from 44th last year. This is the ninth year in a row Rensselaer has been counted among the top 50 universities in the nation.
Rensselaer Rises in Rankings of Nation’s Top 50 Universities
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IT Master’s Program Catches Eye of Computerworld
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Eight years ago the first graduates of the master’s program in information technology (IT) at Rensselaer entered the work force. The success of the program and its graduates has drawn the attention of one of the top IT publications, Computerworld, which named Rensselaer’s IT graduate program in its list of “IT Schools to Watch.”
Information Technology
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Forbes Recognizes Earning Power of Rensselaer Graduates
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Forbes ranked Rensselaer graduates as some of the top earners in the country when compared with other university alumni. Rensselaer graduates were number 14 on the list of 20 top universities. The median salary for a Rensselaer graduate with zero to five years experience was $61,100 and $110,000 for those with 10 to 20 years experience.
Forbes Recognizes Earning Power of Rensselaer Graduates
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“Top Secret” Technology Helps U.S. Swimmers Trim Times at Beijing Olympics
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Rensselaer fluids mechanics professor, Timothy Wei, used experimental flow measurement techniques to help American swimmers sharpen their strokes, shave seconds from their lap times, and race toward a gold medal in Beijing.
Timothy Wei
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Inelegant Worms Provide New Clues About Gene
Required for Development
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The normal nematodes in Fern Finger’s lab move in beautiful S-shaped curves across their Petri dish. But the dish also contains worms with a very specific genetic defect, which are identified as the clumsiest dancers on the dance floor.
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Using Computers To Unravel Genetic Code
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Researchers have identified just 200 positions within the curves of the DNA helix that they believe capture much of the genetic diversity in European Americans. Their findings narrow the search for the elusive ancestral clues that cause disease and account for the minute variations in the European American population.
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* Study Says Eyes Evolved for X-Ray Vision *
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Study Says Eyes Evolved for X-Ray Vision

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The advantage of using two eyes to see the world around us has long been associated solely with our capacity to see in 3-D. Now, a new study from Mark Changizi, assistant professor of cognitive science at at Rensselaer, has uncovered a truly eye-opening advantage to binocular vision: our ability to see through things.
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Researchers Create Safer Alternative to Heparin

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At the national conference of the American Chemical Society, Robert Linhardt announced that his research team has created a safer alternative to the commonly used and controversial blood thinner heparin. Their creation is the largest dose of heparin ever created in the lab.
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