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IED Presentation: Engineering
Home Safety
Forty-three student teams in Introduction to
Engineering Design (IED) will present their final projects Friday,
Dec. 7, from 4 to 7 p.m., in the Darrin Communications Center Great
Hall. The campus is encouraged to attend. More

Grant Funds Software That Combines
Math and Culture
Rensselaer Professors Ron Eglash and Lester Rubenfeld have received
a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education
(FIPSE) to train area school teachers and their students in grades 5
though 12 in the use of new software designed to encourage a multicultural
approach to mathematics. More

Football Players, Coach Honored
The Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association (UCAA) announced its year-end
football honors and numerous Rensselaer student-athletes, along with
the head coach, were recognized. Among those honored was sophomore quarterback
Dan Cole, who was named the Offensive Player of the Year, and Joe King,
who was chosen as the Coach of the Year. More

On the Ball: New Coach Heads
Women's Basketball Team
Rensselaer's women's basketball squad, which last season won a school-record
23 games (23-5), won the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament,
and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in the program's
25-year history, has a new head coach. More

Students
Tutor Local Youths
Rensselaer's Office of the First Year Experience has
established a new reading and math tutoring initiative on Saturdays
for youths in kindergarten through grade 9. More

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