Kristin Kaczynski, an information technology and management dual major, has been selected to the 2002-03 Verizon District 1 College Division Women's Basketball All-Academic First Team as chosen by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Kaczynski is now eligible for National Verizon Academic All-American honors. A junior captain from Pleasant Valley, Conn., she currently leads Rensselaer in scoring (17.1 points per game), steals (58), and minutes (30.9 per game). She also has 74 rebounds (3.5 per game), 45 assists, and three blocks in 22 games for the Red Hawks. Kaczynski, who is also a member of Rensselaer's lacrosse team, has led the basketball team to a 14-8 overall record and an 8-4 UCAA mark. 3/3/03

William Luddy Jr. '74 and Peter Schroth '88, both professors in the Lally School of Management and Technology at Rensselaer at Hartford, were named co-editors-in-chief of the Journal of Legal Studies in Business, a blind-peer-reviewed journal with a national circulation and over 700 subscribing libraries. 3/3/03

Audrey Bennett, assistant professor of language, literature, and communication, was elected to the Board of Directors of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, Upstate New York Chapter, for a two-year term from 2002 to 2004. 2/24/03

B. Wayne Bequette, professor and acting chair of chemical engineering, has published a textbook on Process Control: Modeling, Design and Simulation (Prentice Hall, 2003). In January he gave an invited plenary talk on "Model Predictive Control of Nonlinear Processes" at an International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering and Control at IIT-Mumbai, India. While there he spent New Year's Eve with two former students, Phani Sistu and Ravi Gopinath (both Ph.D.s '94) and their families. He also presented a lecture at their company, TATA Consultancy Services. While he was away, Bequette's wife, Patricia Fahy, was elected president of the Albany School District Board of Education. 2/24/03

William Hart-Davidson, assistant professor of language, literature, and communication, was appointed program committee member for ACM SIGDOC 2003 Conference to be held in San Francisco Oct. 12-15. He was also appointed manuscript review coordinator for the journal Technical Communication. 2/24/03

Robert Klancko, adjunct lecturer, Department of Engineering and Science at Rensselaer at Hartford, was reappointed as a member of the Connecticut Emergency Response Commission by the Honorable John G. Rowland, governor of Connecticut. The commission implements the provisions of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act and designates local planning districts. In addition, the commission establishes local emergency planning committees for each local planning district. 2/24/03

Alan Nadel, professor of language, literature, and communication, is a member of the executive committee of the Society for the Study of Narrative Literature and attended a board meeting in New York City in December. 2/24/03

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