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May-July 2007
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* Ken Ralph
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Rensselaer Athletic Director Steps Down, Accepts New Position at Colorado College
July 24, 2007:
Rensselaer has announced that Athletic Director Ken Ralph will resign from the post he has held since 2002 in order to accept the position of athletic director at Colorado College. The decision is effective Aug. 16, at which point Rensselaer Sports Information Director Kevin Beattie will assume Ralph’s duties as acting athletic director until a national search is completed.
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* Robert Palazzo
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As FASEB President, Palazzo Urges Sustainable Vision for Science
July 12, 2007: Federal agencies in the United States need to provide sustainable funding streams to maintain the nation’s competitiveness and nourish the next generation of scientists, according to Robert Palazzo, provost of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and incoming president of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB). Palazzo laid out his vision for the biomedical sciences at a July 10 event at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
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The Class of 2011: Rensselaer Gears Up To Welcome First-Year Students
May 24, 2007: The incoming Class of 2011 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute promises to be an exceptional group, with the average SAT score up almost 20 points from the previous year, and more than 65 percent of the students coming from the top 10 percent of their high school classes. The high-achieving group also includes a significant increase in the number of women, the national and international profile of the student body, and those who are interested in new areas of Rensselaer’s expanding curriculum.
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* Thomas Friedman
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Thomas Friedman Challenges Graduates To Shape the World With Creativity, Innovation
May 19, 2007: Emerging scientists, mathematicians, and engineers will play a critical role in the future success of the United States, Thomas Friedman told the graduating Class of 2007. The Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist addressed nearly 1,500 graduating students and their families May 19.
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*  President Shirley Ann Jackson
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Shirley Ann Jackson Elected Member of the American Philosophical Society
May 8, 2007: President Shirley Ann Jackson has been elected a member of the American Philosophical Society, the oldest learned society in the United States. The honor puts her in the company of some of history’s most distinguished scholars — a noteworthy membership that includes the founders of the American republic and more than 260 recipients of the Nobel Prize.
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