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Lack of a Comprehensive Global Energy Security Roadmap Putting the U.S. at Risk

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Rensselaer President Shirley Ann Jackson spoke at the Commonwealth Club on July 22, describing the economic opportunities, geopolitical hazards, and need for national leadership in crafting an energy policy linked to addressing climate change.
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Humanities at the Half Century
Marking its 50th anniversary, the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences has come into its own

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For over a half century, the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences has been building bridges from the liberal arts to the disciplines of engineering and science through the study of technology’s role in society. This year it celebrates 50 years of granting degrees on the Rensselaer campus, as well as the adoption of a new name that better articulates its academic strengths. The school continues to build upon its strengths in arts and design — valuable dimensions of interdisciplinary work in the humanities and social sciences — while always anticipating the expanding role of the humanities in the 21st century.  Read more
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$1 Million Scholarship Supports Future Engineers
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Rensselaer has received a gift of $1 million to establish the Paula and Jeffrey R. Gural ’64 Scholarship for undergraduate students in civil engineering. Through the scholarship, Jeffrey Gural said he intends to help ease the financial struggle many students face to meet college costs.
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NSF Grant Brings Rensselaer
Graduate Students to Local Classrooms
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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.
Energy and the Environment
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New Scholarship Opportunities Recognize Academic Excellence and Leadership
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Two new annual scholarships for prospective students recognize academic excellence in mathematics and science, and leadership, service, and devotion to peers, schools, and communities. They are the Hugh O’Brian Youth (HOBY) Leadership Scholarship and the Girl Scout Gold Award Scholarship.
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Professor B. Wayne Bequette Elected Fellow of AIChE
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Modeling, design, and controls expert B. Wayne Bequette, professor of chemical and biological engineering, was recently elected a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). The AIChE will honor Bequette at the group’s annual conference this November in Philadelphia.
B. Wayne Bequette
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Top Economist Becomes Head of Economics at Rensselaer
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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 is currently senior vice president for the research and statistics group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Arturo Estrella
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ExxonMobil Bernard Harris
Summer Science Camp for Middle School Students
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While schools around the Capital Region were ending the year, a group of 50 middle school students kicked their academic interests up a notch by participating in the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp at Rensselaer.
ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp
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Study Suggests Human Visual System Could Make Powerful Computer

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Scientists have been scrambling to develop successful ways to use genetic code for computation. Now, new research from Mark Changizi suggests that if we want to carry out artificial computations, all we have to do is literally look around.
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New Approach Sheds Light on Ways Circadian Disruption Affects Human Health

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A study by researchers in Rensselaer’s Lighting Research Center provides a new framework for studying the effects of circadian disruption on breast cancer, obesity, sleep disorders, and other health problems.
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