By Kofi Arhin ’23, Ph.D. in Management Some years ago, Kalisha White applied for a job at Target. She never heard back from the hiring committee so she decided to modify her CV. She changed the name Kalisha to Sarah and changed some of the details on her CV to make Sarah look less qualified [...]The Rensselaer women's hockey team will play 34 regular season games during the 2023-24 season, including 19 at the Houston Field House. The schedule features six non-conference opponents, as well as the next installment of the Mayor's Cup on Saturday, January 27, 2024.
In this edition of Every Day Matters, Ryan Swingruber '10 describes how his time at Rensselaer's Lally School of Management fueled and inspired his entrepreneurial spirit and approach to problem-solving. His passion for real estate development ultimately led him to start his own firm, Heyday, which solely focuses on developing much-needed single-story, single-family rental homes.
The world we live in today is very smart. We have smart versions of literally everything — smart phones, smart watches, and even smart underwear. But one thing we failed to realize is that the smarter the world gets, the more we need electricity. It has become such a big part of our lives that whenever the power goes out, everything from WiFi to your microwave oven is disrupted.
Chunyu Wang, professor of biological sciences, chemistry, and chemical biology at Rensselaer, has dedicated his research to improving our understanding of diseases including Alzheimer’s and cancer so that we can achieve better outcomes for the millions of people who are diagnosed each year. Doctoral students Anqesha Murray and Nathan Smith, who have also made this their mission, are working in his lab to investigate the structural mechanisms of these diseases.
The Rensselaer men's hockey team will play 34 regular season games during the 2023-24 season, including 15 at the Houston Field House. The schedule features five 2023 NCAA Tournament teams, as well as visits from Minnesota State and the 46th Annual Big Red Freakout! against Colgate.
Daniel González is a doctoral student at Rensselaer working as part of the Artificial Intelligence Research Collaboration (AIRC), a joint venture between RPI and IBM focused on advancing artificial intelligence (AI) through interdisciplinary research. González is pursuing a Ph.D. in decision sciences and engineering systems and his area of expertise is human and AI collaboration and applying it to human-centered scenarios.
Following an expansive national search, ECAC Hockey has announced the hiring of Doug Christiansen as the league's new Commissioner. The announcement comes with the retirement of longtime ECAC Hockey Commissioner Steve Hagwell at the end of the month.