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Rensselaer in Brief
RPI hosts contest
The Rensselaer Union McNeil Room hosted a middle school pollution control competition this past Saturday. Hundreds of seventh- and eighth-grade students from twenty-one area schools took part in the second “Future City” competition, in which they were challenged to design a city that reduces pollution using biotechnology.
The students’ projects began last fall as simulations using the popular computer program SimCity, and progressed to a model constructed out of various recycled materials that included cardboard, aluminum cans, and computer parts.
The competition was aimed at fostering interest in math, science, and engineering while educating students on the promises and limitations of biotechnology. Participation in this event has nearly tripled from last year. Business competition
The Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship has announced a new business plan competition that is open to all full-time students that attend colleges and universities in the 17-county Tech Valley region.
First-, second-, and third-place winners will receive $5,000, $4,000, and $3,000 in cash, respectively. In addition, the winning team will have the opportunity to receive an additional $20,000 in incremental seed funding, plus an additional $8,500 in legal counsel and patent application services, and will be sponsored by the Center at a national competition.
Business plans must be submitted by March 5, and they will be presented to a panel of venture capitalists and businessmen on April 9. A full list of the submission requirements is available at http://scte.mgmt.rpi.edu/springbpc.html.
Finance offices move
Several finance offices have moved their operations to the Rice Building in downtown Troy at the intersection of River and First streets. The offices of disbursement operations, financial Reporting, financial data administration, internal audit, and purchasing (including payroll, accounts payable, labor accounting, and nonresident alien tax processing) have moved.
Accounts payable, payroll, labor accounting, nonresident alien tax processing, and financial reporting are located on the fifth floor while financial data administration, internal audit, and purchasing are on the fourth.
Employee’s paychecks may be picked up at the Rice Building from 8:30 am to 5 pm, while student paychecks will be available at the Rensselaer Union on paydays from 9 am to 4 pm.
If it is necessary to transport confidential information to these offices, red mailbags are located on the fifth floor of the Troy building and in the Office of Human Resources. Documents placed in these locked bags will be delivered in 24 hours or less. Startup workshop
The Lally School of Management and Technology will host a workshop on writing successful business plans on January 22 from 6 to 8 pm. Free to all participants, the event is sponsored by Rensselaer’s Severino Center and will be held at the Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce in Colonie.
Professors Andrew Corbett and Nicholas Young will walk students through the process of writing a business plan while offering advice and tips on creating a viable plan that can capture the attention of venture capitalists.
Interested students must RSVP to the Severino Center at 276-2650 or severino-center@rpi.edu by January 20. Insights into galaxy
A team of scientists at Rensselaer has discovered a previously unseen band of stars beyond the edge of the Milky Way galaxy.
Hidden behind stars and gas on the same visual plane, this ring is believed to be a remnant of a separate galaxy that collided with our own approximately 10 billion years ago.
This new ring of stars is the largest of a series of similar structures that are still being found. The unexpected discovery has revolutionized galactic models, and stimulated debate over whether the galaxy was formed at one time or built up slowly via mergers of dwarf galaxies. Snow parking plan
Rensselaer is offering to provide some relief for drivers during city snow emergencies. Students, faculty, and staff who would otherwise park on the city streets will be able to park in the last four rows of North Lot when the City of Troy declares a snow emergency on city streets. Vehicles must display a snow emergency permit, obtained free of charge from Rensselaer’s Parking Office.
“We want to help drivers avoid city fines and towing costs, as well as facilitate snow removal from the city streets,” said Claude Rounds, vice president of administration.
Parking is allowed for the duration of the snow emergency. Permits are valid for the entire semester, including during semester breaks. |
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