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Posted July 31st, 2007

Professor Griffis to serve on policy committee of national civil engineering society

Fletcher H. (Bud) Griffis has been appointed to the National Infrastructure and Research Policy Committee of the American Society of Civil Engineers for a one-year term beginning on Nov. 3. Griffis,...

Posted July 20th, 2007

Teachers meet at SUMMIT

Twenty teachers from all over New York State converged on Poly this week for a four-week program designed to make them better able to teach engineers of the future. Providing them with the...

Posted July 19th, 2007

Doctoral student wins green chemistry award

Jennifer S. Haghpanah, a first-year doctoral student in Assistant Prof. Jin Kim Montclare’s laboratory, received the 2007 Kenneth G. Hancock Memorial “Promising Young Investigator” Award during the...

Posted July 19th, 2007

Poly's President joins other academic leaders in opposing call for boycott

  President Jerry M. Hultin has endorsed a statement by Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger criticizing a British union’s move to boycott Israeli academics and institutions....

Posted July 16th, 2007

Studying the epidemiology of pipes

Annie Vanrenterghem-Raven thinks a lot about water pipes these days. Not the ones used for relaxation. The research assistant professor of civil engineering’s ongoing concern is the infrastructure...

Posted July 16th, 2007

Levon to serve on prestigious national peer review board

Professor Kalle Levon Kalle Levon has been appointed to the Biomaterials and Biointerfaces Study Section of the National Institutes of Health’s Center for Scientific Review for a four-year term...

Posted July 16th, 2007

How Maureen Braziel fought her way into history

Many Polythinkers think they know Maureen Braziel. A fixture at the University for a quarter century, she serves as head judo coach and athletic director. What many people may not know is that she is...

Posted July 16th, 2007

Where in the world is Stephen Arnold?

Potts-Othmer Senior Fellow and University Professor Stephen Arnold has been very busy lately, educating audiences in three countries. Upon invitation by the Royal Society, he gave a lecture at the...

Posted July 13th, 2007

1 + 2 + 1 = Success

A unique foreign exchange program at Poly is showing that exposure to America can also be a formula for academic success. The Dual Degree Program, led by Associate Provost Harold Sjursen, encourages...

Posted July 11th, 2007

New York Times' David Pogue to be guest on Associate Provost Fortino's radio show

WHAT: New York Times personal technology columnist and all-around tech guru, David Pogue, will be a guest on “Tomorrow’s Technology Today,” a radio talk show hosted by Dr. Andres...