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	August 26 , 2002

Four New Department Chairs Named

	Photos by Thomas Griffin

	Michael Century Department of Arts		Robert Palazzo Department of Biology

	Selmer Bringsjord Department of Cognitive Science		Donald Siegel Department of Economics

Rensselaer has announced the appointment of four new department chairs. Michael Century, McGill professor and art-and-technology consultant from Canada, has been named chair of the Department of Arts. Robert Palazzo, former professor of molecular biosciences at the University of Kansas, has been named professor and chair of Rensselaer's Department of Biology. Selmer Bringsjord, director of the Rensselaer Artificial Intelligence and Reasoning Lab, has been named chair of the Department of Cognitive Science. Donald Siegel, a distinguished professor in England, has been named chair of the Department of Economics.

Elizabeth Large Named Pillar of Rensselaer
Elizabeth Large, director of student services in humanities and social sciences, received the 2002 Pillars of Rensselaer Award, the highest honor Rensselaer gives to a staff member. More

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