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Lamya Karim, a graduate student in biomedical engineering, is exploring new directions in osteoporosis research by investigating the role of proteins in the damage and repair of bone. She works in the laboratory of Deepak Vashishth, professor and depart...
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Xi-Cheng Zhang, the J. Erik Jonsson ’22 Distinguished Professor of Science and director of the Center for Terahertz Research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has received the William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award from the IEEE Photonic Socie...
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Esteemed Geotechnical Engineer and Educator To Be Awarded Highest Honor Given to a Rensselaer School of Engineering Alumnus
Esteemed geotechnical engineer and educator James K. Mitchell, Class of 1951, will receive the prestigious Davies Medal for Engine...
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Advanced computer vision technology detects subtle cell movements that are impossible to discern with the human eye.
New method decodes cell movements, accurately predicts how cells will divide
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The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS) will jointly present the inaugural Ken Kennedy Award to Francine Berman, vice president for research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Berman is being recognized fo...
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Tuesday Fisher: Military doctor-in-training paves her own path to success
While many Rensselaer students can claim work experience, even the most accomplished among them likely can’t admit to helping deliver two babies. Tuesday Fisher, a senior graduat...
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Melissa Kemp: Young scientist conducts research with world-changing implications
During her time at Rensselaer as a doctoral student in biochemistry and biophysics, Melissa Kemp has worked on research that has drawn international attention and could help...
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Megan Salt: Charting a new course for cancer research
Ask Megan Salt to look to the future and she talks about influencing the direction of cancer research, either as the principal investigator in an academic or industrial setting or as head of a researc...
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Jeffrey Martin: Grad student has sweet success with invention of artificial golgi
A graduate student at Rensselaer has learned very quickly that a spoonful of sugar really does help the medicine go down. In fact, with his invention, the sugar may actuall...
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Amanda Waite Lund: Epitomizing interdisciplinary education at Rensselaer
Amanda Waite Lund has grown as a scholar as the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS) has grown as a new research platform at Rensselaer. Lund, who will ...
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When a promising cancer drug reached clinical trials in the 1990s, researchers were disappointed by the debilitating side effects that limited the trials. The drug inhibited a family of enzymes known as matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). Now, researchers a...
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Two children have a seizure. One child never has another seizure. Twenty years later, the other child has a series of seizures and is diagnosed with epilepsy. A study being led by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is looking at what could po...
