Features: Jan. 28, 2002

Rensselaer has recently received national attention in a number of national news outlets.

The Associated Press (AP) writes about Rensselaer's "unique solution" for community renewal linked with Institute revitalization—an idea President Jackson has deemed "Communiversity." HUD recently awarded Rensselaer $400,000 toward the initiative. In another wire service release, AP writes about astrophysicist Heidi Newberg's galactic discovery with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. She, along with Brian Yanny of Fermilab, uncovered information that could lead to a new model of the Milky Way.

Industry Week named professors Jonathan Dordick and Martin Glicksman '57 among 30 R&D "Stars to Watch." The magazine says it "celebrates the contributions of individuals who drive innovation and provide the initial spark to economic growth."

CT Business featured Susan Smith's work in bioinformatics, the science of extracting vital information from huge storehouses of biological data.

The Hartford Courant quoted Alan Balfour, dean of the School of Architecture, on the World Trade Center. The towers, he said, represented "all the optimism and ambition of the '70s."

A New York Times article on the effects of technology on culture featured Japanese-American dancer and ethnomusicologist Tomie Hahn. Hahn uses a wireless interactive dance system created by her husband, Curtis Bahn, assistant professor of arts at Rensselaer.