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New Education Center Opening at the
Darrin Fresh Water Institute
The lodge at the Darrin Fresh Water
Institute has been transformed into a modern learning
facility that will benefit the Rensselaer and Lake
George communities, as well as the larger environmental
community. Updates include a state-of-the-art computing
center, year-round student/visitor residence rooms,
and a refurbished public space suitable for the many
environmental education programs at the Institute.
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Research
Funding Seeks to Provide More Time for Anthrax Treatment
Researchers at Rensselaer have been
awarded a new federal grant to develop experimental
compounds that may someday extend the period during
which a person exposed to anthrax can be treated successfully.
Ravi Kane, assistant professor of chemical and biological
engineering at Rensselaer, has been awarded a grant
of $500,000 from the National Institutes of Health’s
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
(NIAID) to develop inhibitors of the anthrax toxin.
The inhibitors will be tested in collaboration with
Dr. Jeremy Mogridge at the University of Toronto.
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President
Shirley Ann Jackson Discusses the "Graying"
of American Science on NPR's Science Friday*
President Shirley Ann
Jackson joined NPR’s Science Friday
host Ira Flatow in a discussion on the "graying"
of American science. Calling it a "quiet crisis,"
President Jackson emphasized the need to attract more
students into the sciences, mathematics, and engineering
to fill the predicted gap as a growing number of engineers
and scientists retire. She discussed her hope of creating
"a national dialogue and ultimately a national
will to ensure that we maintain and build the kind
of capability that we need, and that it involves all
young people, including...the underrepresented majority."
To hear President Jackson's discussion with Science
Friday host Ira Flatow click
here.*
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link will require an audio browser plug-in.
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