News and information about the people, programs, and events at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

The 207th Commencement speaker and honorands, a Canstruction competition winner, using nanobiotechnology to kill listeria, a new Center for Sustainable Urban Freight Systems, new degree programs, a telescope upgrade, and more.

Researching our cellular highways, a record number of applications, Earth Week festival, program rankings, MOOCs, Exploring Engineering Day, and more.

Doctoral student Ming Ma's brighter, more energy efficient LEDs win the Lemelson-Rensselaer Student Prize, an interactive performance by Arts and Architecture students, Lally business plan winners, events, Wellness Day, and more.

Faculty awards, grants, accolades and recognition, Lemelson-Rensselaer Student Prize finalists, using light to control cell clustering, video games making names, Spring Career Fair, and more.

An IBM Watson system coming to Rensselaer, President Jackson speaks to Congress, an Intel Science Talent Search finalist, a gift to the School of Architecture, RPI Spirit Day, Black Family Technology Awareness Day, the Big Red Freakout Ice House, and more.

New works from Laurie Anderson at EMPAC, Prof. Schwendeman named head of Mathematical Sciences, Shark Tank's Daymond John coming to campus, the CCPD Spring Career Fair, LRC's 25th anniversary, Black Family Technology Awareness Day, Union events, and more.

The second annual RPI Spirit Day, "smart lighting" on campus, astrobiology news, a holiday concert, social media research, expanded hours for Evelyn's café, the Big Red Freakout Icehouse, and more.

Shawn-Yu Lin a fellow of the AAAS, Joyce McLaughlin a fellow of the AMS, a holiday concert at EMPAC, antibodies against Alzheimer's, battling brittle bones, student accolades and awards, a telethon for Sandy's victims, and more.

A Navy ROTC Midshipman receives a national award, President Jackson is inducted into the Royal Academy of Engineering, an international data sharing collaboration, National Football League scouts are active, breakthrough biomedical research, a new research center launched, and more.

Prof. Jim Hendler receives Strata's first "Big Data" award, a new LRC study offers hope for sleep-deprived teens, 2012 Honors Convocation, Family Weekend, a visit from Gov. Cuomo, National Manufacturing Day, accolades, and more.

"Nanospace" debuts online, a major new research center is launched, Homecoming and Reunion, a new lab is opened, faculty appointments, new books, and more.

The Rensselaer Entrepreneur of the Year, Institute rankings, ratings, and celebrations, educational science kits for high school, awards, accolades, and more.

A new ITWS director is named, Family Weekend, faculty appointments, video card supercomputing, destroying a levee, awards, a new catering option, events, and more.

The Rensselaer Entrepreneur of the Year, Institute rankings, ratings, and celebrations, educational science kits for high school, awards, accolades, and more.

The Class of 2016 arrives, Engineering named one of the best, a new stem cell research lab, ultra-thin graphene batteries, summer at RPI, awards, accolades, and more.

A new provost is named, the Chasan building is renovated, solar power technology licensing, faculty awards, new Trustees, Commencement 2012, RPI Guardian, and more.

In this issue: Rensselaer's 206th Commencement, sustainable housing from a 20-foot shipping container, new dept. heads, faculty awards, an artist-in-residence, and more.

In this issue: The engineering of Fenway Park, a new director for LINAC, a department name change, faculty awards and accolades, Habitat for Humanity, Relay for Life, and more.

In this issue: the new Center for Communication, Cognition, and Culture, faculty and alumnus awards and accolades, community service activities, medical imaging and cell research, campus events, and more.

In this issue: Political activism takes center stage during Grand Marshal Week, Commencement speaker and honorands, a Town Hall meeting report, awards, accolades, events, and more.

In this issue: a record total of applications, neutrino research results, a surprising cancer connection, cheaper, nimbler satellites, awards, accolades, events and more.

In this issue: The 2012 Lemelson-MIT Rensselaer Student Prize winner, the innovative Dimesimeter, student inventions, awards and accolades, the Spring Career Fair, upcoming events, and more.

In this issue: Architecture students' design concepts on exhibit, controlling protein function with nanotechnology, graphene research, implantable wireless sensors, events, awards, and more.

Faculty and student awards, a "virtual operating room", NYSERDA recognition, a new major in sustainability studies, international study opportunities, events, and more.

In this issue: A $2 million NIH grant, a new head of physics, applied physics, and astronomy, faculty accolades, campus events, bacteria research, graphene foam, ancient tobacco use, and more.

In this issue: a new program head of Nuclear Engineering, faculty awards and accolades, nanowiggles, thermal nanomaterials, a new method to design antibodies, upcoming events, and more.

In this issue: the Fall Town Meeting, a key discovery about the early atmosphere, several student awards, EMPAC commissions, international cuisine on campus, and more.

In this issue: "Sweet spots" for the formation of organic molecules in the galaxy, graphene nanoelectronics moves a step closer to reality, the 2011 Honors Convocation, a major solar energy conference, the Swing Syndicate dance studio opens, and more.

In this issue: a Rensselaer alumnus receives national recognition, a new way to make better heparin, Reunion and Homecoming weekend, a new home for Phi Sigma Kappa, and more.

In this issue: a complex carbohydrate biopolymer sequenced for the first time, a new AVP for research, the largest-ever nanoscale gold superlattice, appointments and accolades, lighting innovations, and more.

In this issue: faculty, staff, and student awards and achievements, hurricane disaster relief efforts, summer education programs, a supercomputing conference, new grad student housing, and more.

In this issue: a new supercomputer for the CCNI; a new director of the Rensselaer Union; using nanoblades for hydrogen storage; faculty accolades, and more.

In this issue: several faculty recognitions, a new VP for student life, the science of opinions, bone density research, the opening of Moe's Southwest Grill, and highlights from the incoming student NRB orientation programs.

It's been a busy summer here at Rensselaer - three new deans were appointed, a new research center was established, bacteria were launched into space, and a whole lot more.

It's the last episode of the semester! Meet the five alumni to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Learn about one of the recipients of a graduate research award from the NSF. See commencement pics, faculty accolades, and more.

The Commencement Issue: see how this year's ceremony is "green" and learn who won all the big awards. Also, new research about the global cooling and about radiation exposure. And RPI students excel at Earth wall design.

Learn who the new dean of the Lally School will be, take in scenes from the Relay for Life, see the latest faculty member to win a CAREER award, and more.

Watch the students fly without wings, hear from the new co-director of the gaming program, see the happy owner of a class ring lost over 50 years ago, and more.

Watch the student-built all-electric car, the beginnings of the green roof, scenes from the spring break Habitat for Humanity trip, and more.

(Archive) Rensselaer’s online research magazine, covering recent investigations, discoveries and innovation.

• Casey Hoffman (Mechancal, Aerospace, & Nuclear Eng.), Lemelson-Rensselaer Student Prize Finalist, discusses innovations in composites manufacturing.

• Javad Rafiee (Mechancal, Aerospace, & Nuclear Eng.), Lemelson-Rensselaer Student Prize Finalist, discusses using graphene as a material for hydrogen storage.

• Jiuru Xu (Physics), Lemelson-Rensselaer Student Prize Finalist, discusses polarization matching in white LEDS.

• An interview with Genericon coordinator Evan Minto '14.

• An interview with David Rosowsky, Dean of Engineering.

• An interview with Relay For Life student organizers Adam Gold '10 and Chelsey Hochmuth '11.

• An interview with Paul Marthers, Vice President of Enrollment, and Dean, Undergraduate and Graduate Admissions.

• An interview with NASA astronaut candidate Gregory R. Wiseman ’97.