Education for Working Professionals

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DR. Rainey Authors book   David L. Rainey, Ph.D., Chair and Associate Professor, Hartford Department of LALLY, has authored the book, Product Innovation: Leading Change through Integrated Product Development, recently published by Cambridge University Press. For more....

Michael Shur Elected as 2005 AAAS Fellow   Michael Shur, the Patricia W. and C. Sheldon Roberts ’48 Chaired Professor in Solid State Electronics at Rensselaer, has been elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Shur is one of 376 newly elected fellows recognized for their efforts to advance science applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished, according to AAAS. The announcement was made in the Oct. 28 issue of Science.   For more....

$1 Million Gift Gives Boost to Electric Power Engineering Education   Rensselaer has received a gift of $1 million from the Grainger Foundation of Lake Forest, Ill., to endow the Grainger Electric Power Engineering Student Award Program for undergraduate and graduate students.

Rensselaer President Shirley Ann Jackson Honorary Chair for National Women’s Hall of Fame 2005 Induction Ceremony     Rensselaer President Shirley Ann Jackson served as honorary chair for the National Women’s Hall of Fame 2005 induction ceremony, Oct. 7 and 8, in Seneca Falls, N.Y. The 2005 inductees included: Betty Bumpers, former first lady of Arkansas, health and peace advocate; United States Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, first First Lady to be elected to the United States Senate and New York state’s first woman senator; Dr. Rita Rossi Colwell, first woman and first biologist to head the National Science Foundation; and Maya Y. Lin, architectural designer of the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial, and other commemorative installations.

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