Rensselaer and the Sage Colleges have been named co-recipients of the Van Rensselaer Corporate Award by the Rensselaer County Chamber of Commerce. They are being recognized for their homeownership programs, which provide incentives for buying homes in and around the two institutions in Troy. The homeownership program is part of Rensselaer’s “communiversity” efforts. The Van Rensselaer Awards Dinner is Tuesday, Oct. 9, at the Franklin Plaza Ballroom in Troy. It is open to the public and begins at 6 p.m. For ticket reservations or more information, call 274-7020 or go to www.renscochamber.com. 9/2/03

Daniel Berg, Institute Professor of Science and Technology and professor of decision sciences and engineering systems, will receive the IEEE Educational Activities Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education during the IEEE Board of Directors Meeting Series in Seattle Nov. 14. Berg is being honored for “a lifetime of contributions to the education of working professionals through leadership in the establishment and growth of innovative distance learning programs and through distinguished teaching in such programs." The award recognizes IEEE members for the dedicated contribution to the design, delivery, and support of continuing education courses and programs in the fields of interest to IEEE members. 8/11/03

Andrew Corbett, assistant professor of management in the Lally School of Management and Technology, has edited a book of Fast Company articles titled Strategy (Wiley, 2004). The collection contains over 30 real-world examples of strategic analysis, formulation, and implementation at work in the management process, as well as several instructional pieces, and pages of questions for readers. The publication aims to show strategy as a flexible “co-mingling of resources, functions, and capabilities from which true competitive advantage can be achieved,” and is meant to supplement MBA classroom instruction. 8/11/03

Roger Grice, clinical associate professor of language, literature, and communication, has received the President's Award from the Society for Technical Communication "for his outstanding mentorship of new members of the society; for his guidance of society leaders; and for his personal skill and leadership that have helped transform the society into the open, forward-looking community that it is today." 8/11/03

Shirley Ann Jackson, president of Rensselaer, has been named an honorary member of the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE). According to NSPE, “an individual who is not eligible for any NSPE membership category, but has made exceptional contributions to the engineering profession and NSPE is eligible for NSPE Honorary Membership.” 8/11/03

William Luddy Jr., professor in the Lally School of Management and Technology at Rensselaer at Hartford and a member of the U.S. Delegation to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), recently participated in the UNCITRAL Working Group on E-Commerce at the United Nations headquarters in New York. This group has been consulting on the development of a new international instrument that would enable electronic commercial transactions and examining ways in which many international treaties could be harmonized to enhance global e-commerce. UNCITRAL, established by the UN General Assembly in 1966, is the core legal body of the United Nations in the field of international trade law. Its mandate is to further the progressive harmonization and unification of the law of international trade. 8/11/03

James Watt, professor and chair of language, literature, and communication, has been re-appointed to a three-year term as external evaluator of the graduate program in New Media at the City University of Hong Kong. He will review the program annually and conduct one on-site visit during the three-year term. 8/11/03

The men’s lacrosse program has been honored by U.S. Lacrosse with the Jim Adams Sportsmanship Award. This honor is bestowed on a team that displays the best sportsmanship in collegiate lacrosse as voted on by the Lacrosse Officials Association. This is the first time that Rensselaer has received this honor. 8/11/03