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Businesswomen to
Discuss Entrepreneurship at Rensselaer
Nov. 13
On Wednesday, Nov. 13, five successful businesswomen
will explore the role of entrepreneurship in start-ups and
corporations at the first Women in Entrepreneurship Seminar.
The free event, titled "Risks Taken… Lessons Learned,"
will take place from 8 a.m. to noon in the Russell Sage
Dining Hall , and is open to the public. It will be hosted
by the Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship
at Rensselaer's Lally School of Management and Technology.
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CenSSIS
Reaches Out to Kids at the Troy Junior Museum
The Center for Subsurface Sensing
and Imaging Systems (CenSSIS) at Rensselaer, in conjunction
with the Junior Museum in Troy, has launched a new educational
outreach initiative geared toward students in grades K-8.
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2002
Entrepreneur of the Year Honored
Rensselaer students, faculty,
and staff gathered to recognize John J. McDonnell Jr. '61
as the 2002 William F. Glaser '53 Rensselaer Entrepreneur
of the Year Nov. 8 at a breakfast meeting at the Heffner
Alumni House. More
On
the Road With President Jackson
In recent speeches and interviews,
President Shirley Ann Jackson shared her thoughts on obstacles
to females in science, ensuring the continued availability
of well-qualified individuals in the nuclear industry, and
the transformation process in higher education. More
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Jan
Stegemann is a biological architect of sorts. The Rensselaer
assistant professor of biomedical engineering is building
better three-dimensional scaffolds of naturally derived polymers
in order to create bioengineered tissues capable of replacing
damaged body parts (such as blood vessels) or, eventually,
entire organs (such as the pancreas and liver). 
