Monthly Archives: May 2012
DEAN OF STUDENTS MARK SMITH EXPLAINS the rationale behind the Handbook revisions at an open meeting with the Senate.Monday, the Student Senate endorsed changes to the Rensselaer Handbook of Student Rights and Responsibilities regarding academic integrity, sexual assault, and sexual harassment, and postponing a decision on the more controversial revisions regarding off-campus jurisdiction. The policy on “Academic Dishonesty” … Continue reading
With commencement just around the corner, campus has been abuzz with controversy surrounding the awarding of U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia with an honorary degree from the Institute. Various people around RPI have passed around a petition hoping … Continue reading
Not many people have gone through their RPI experience for the past four years without seeing the results of the efforts of Anasha Cummings ’12, or at least having seen his smiling face and epic red beard. A strong proponent … Continue reading
JUNIOR CAPTAIN SHANNON MAGUIRE DASHES through the William Smith College defense in the league’s title game on Saturday. RPI’s victory give it an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.For only the second time in program history, the women’s lacrosse team will be heading to the Division-III NCAA tournament later this week after earning an automatic bid from winning the Liberty League Championship. Led by Head Coach Leslie DeLano … Continue reading
MEMBERS OF THE CAPSTONE DESIGN TEAM from left to right: Kyle Gleken ’12, Casey McEvoy ’12, David Hackett ’12, Andrew Chung ’13, Nelson Lim ’12, ESW member Alex Worcester ’12, Elliot Kim ’12, Dylan Martinez ’12, and professor Michael Jensen.Over the course of the past few months, RPI’s chapter of Engineers for a Sustainable World, in conjunction with a senior capstone design team, has conceived, designed, and constructed what they hope to be a sustainable way to house Haitian … Continue reading
By this point in my RPI career, I am essentially done with the computer science curriculum. My next year will be spent taking courses for my co-terminal master’s degree in Information Technology and Web Science. Because of this, I feel … Continue reading
Do you have stuff that you no longer need, but is not worthy of a trip to the landfill? Do you attribute merit to the old saying: “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure?” Then you should make a trip … Continue reading
RPI took the longer road to the title game and fought against the University of Rochester to the final game of the double elimination tournament, but in the end they were not able to come away with the win on … Continue reading
PROFESSOR GEORGES BELFORT STANDS next to a notice about his lecture at the Institute of Bologna Academy of Science.Over the last two months, Institute Professor of the Howard P. Isermann Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Georges Belfort has become a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems. … Continue reading
Introduction to Engineering Design is a class that many at RPI are unfortunately familiar with. It’s a class that, and this is despite speaking with several different class years of attendees, I have yet to hear a kind word about … Continue reading