Steven
Van Dessel, assistant professor of architecture at
Rensselaer, is combining home comfort with energy
conservation.
His patent-pending system, called
the Active Building Envelope (ABE), incorporates solar-cell
and thermoelectric technologies to turn the walls
of your home into an “intelligent” heating
and cooling system. More |
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Rensselaer
Shares in Mellon Foundation Grant for ConnectNY Library
Consortium
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has
awarded a grant of $40,000 to support planning for
a university library consortium that includes Rensselaer,
St. Lawrence University, Colgate University, Rochester
Institute of Technology, and Vassar College. The consortium,
called ConnectNY, allows the institutions to share
library holdings, making the collections of all five
readily available to students, faculty, and staff.
More
Lynn
LaChance Appointed Executive Director, Connecticut
Quality Council, Rensselaer at Hartford
Lynn LaChance has been appointed executive
director, Connecticut Quality Council (CQC), located
at Rensselaer at Hartford. The CQC Board of Governors
approved the motion for the appointment, after LaChance
had been serving as acting manager of CQC since March
2003. CQC is associated with the Professional Development
Programs organization at Rensselaer at Hartford. More
Alumni
Association Presents Annual Awards During Reunion
Weekend
The Rensselaer Alumni
Association (RAA) presented the 2003 RAA Awards at
its annual awards dinner Friday, June 13, as part
of Reunion weekend. The Distinguished Service Award,
the highest award the association bestows, was presented
to Harvey Zeve '52.
The Albert Fox Demers Medals, the second highest award
the association bestows, was presented to John Buckley
'49 (posthumously), Arthur Goldstein '53, Nancy Mueller,
and Paul Severino '69. More
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Approximately
1,100 alumni, family, and guests visited campus for Reunion
2003 June 12-15. While here, they attended a series of events,
dinners, talks, and more. On Saturday, they listened as President
Jackson delivered the annual “State of the Institute”
address, then took part in the annual Reunion parade. 
On
June 16, President Jackson and the staff of University Events
hosted a “thank you” picnic for members of the Rensselaer
community who volunteered at this year’s Commencement.
More than 200 people worked to help create the May 17 event.