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Heidi Newberg, professor of physics, applied physics

Prof. Newberg Named Fellow of APS

4/25/13 - Galactic astronomer Heidi Newberg, professor of physics, applied physics, and astronomy, has been selected as a fellow of the American Physical Society. (Photo courtesy of the Dudley Observatory)
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Prof. Dinolfo Receives NSF CAREER Award

4/15/13 - Peter Dinolfo, assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology, has won a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation.
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Hirsch Observatory Telescope Refurbished

4/12/13 - The School of Science has refurbished the optics on a Boller and Chivens 16-inch Cassegrain telescope, which is the largest telescope in the Hirsch Observatory, on the roof of the JSC.
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Ligon Research Explores Road Signs on the Intracellular Highway

3/19/13 - The road signs that direct traffic on the cell’s molecular highways—collectively known as the cytoskeleton—are now the subject of research for Lee Ligon, associate professor of biology.

Laurie Leshin Appointed to NASM Advisory Board

2/19/13 - President Barack Obama has appointed Laurie Leshin, dean of the School of Science, to the advisory board of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum.

IBM’s Watson to Join RPI Research Team

1/30/13 - IBM donated a version of its Watson system to Rensselaer, making it the first university to receive such a system. Students and faculty will explore new uses for Watson and ways to deepen its capabilities.

Applied Mathematician Donald Schwendeman Named Head of Mathematical Sciences

1/24/13 - Schwendeman's expertise lies in the general field of computational science and engineering. He is also a longtime champion of the Mathematical Problems in Industry Workshop (MPI).

Gift Awarded To Establish Fellowship in Astrobiology

12/20/12 - Rensselaer has been awarded a $480,000 gift from the Emily Landecker Foundation to establish the James P. Ferris Fellowship in Astrobiology, which will support graduate students in the School of Science.

Joyce McLaughlin Named Inaugural Fellow of American Mathematical Society

12/14/12 - The AMS recognized McLaughlin for her distinguished contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics.

Airborne Scientists Search Distant Stars for Complex Organic Molecules

12/10/12 - A team of astrobiology researchers—including two from Rensselaer—will use a series of nighttime flights on an airborne observatory to search newly born stars for the presence of precursors to life.

Study of Social Network “Check-ins” Shows That Geographic Proximity Is Still the Strongest Predictor of Friendship

12/5/12 - The closer you live to another person, the more likely you are to be friends with them despite the growing use and impact of social media.

Nature Materials Study: Boosting Heat Transfer With Nanoglue

12/4/12 - A team of interdisciplinary researchers has developed a new method for significantly increasing the heat transfer rate across two different materials.

Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professorship in Computer Science Established

11/30/12 - A five-year $499,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation has established the Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professorship in Computer Science. The initiative supports the Institute in advancing women in computer science.

Shawn-Yu Lin Named Fellow of the AAAS

11/29/12 - The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) cites Professor Lin for “pioneering and developing photonic crystals.”

Distant Stars, Giant Planets...
And an Exhibit on Capitol Hill

(The Approach Blog) 4/23/13 - More than 1,000 light years from Earth, a giant gaseous planet is in a tight and fast orbit around a star larger than the Sun, and, between the two of them, there’s something funny going on. The star is known as HAT-P-7 or Kepler 2, the planet is Kepler 2b, and Rensselaer physics and astronomy student Emily DeLarme has the latest clue in the mystery.

DeLarme—whose research was part of the April 24 Posters on the Hill exhibit on Capitol Hill, sponsored by the Council on Undergraduate Research—is studying data gathered by NASA’s Kepler space telescope. Kepler, launched in 2009 to search for Earth-size planets, gathers data on approximately 150,000 stars. Analysis of Kepler data has led to identification of 2,740 planetary candidates, and 115 confirmed planets.

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