RPI Science and Technology Studies

Congressman Tonko congratulates Professor Abby Kinchy of RPI's STS Department for her new NSF grant! Dr. Kinchy says: “This project will make it possible for communities to investigate soil contamination in their own neighborhoods, understand pathways for exposure, and discover the social and political dimensions of soil pollution and cleanup. As a social scientist, I am proud to lead this multidisciplinary collaboration that involves the natural sciences, engineering, and the arts—as well as community partners in Troy, NY and northern Chile. I believe that collaborating across disciplines, with the public, and across international boundaries is essential if we are to address the urgent environmental challenges that we face today and in the future.”

Tonko Heralds $7.3 Million in Science Grants Awarded to Capital Region ALBANY—Congressman Paul D. Tonko announced today that the National Science Foundation (NSF) is awarding Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and SUNY Polytechnic Institute a group of scientific research grants totaling $7,377,474.

Exciting STS@RPI alumni news: Kirk Jalbert (PhD, 2015) was awarded a 3-year Harvard JPB Environmental Health Fellowship. The purpose of the fellowship is to promote a new generation of multidisciplinary researchers dedicated to finding solutions to complex environmental health problems. Congratulations, Kirk!

Kirk Jalbert Assistant Professor School for the Future of Innovation in Society School of Computing, Informatics, & Decision Systems Engineering Arizona State University Tempe, AZ [email protected] Kirk …

RPI STS grad students at Drexel University's "Identifying Gaps, Building Bridges: Fostering Critical Exchange Between Socio-Legal Studies And STS" workshop, catching up with former RPI professor David Hess.

“Jim Malazita, an assistant professor of science and technology studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, believes higher education has played a role. He thinks there’s something about how the STEM disciplines are taught — science, technology, engineering, and mathematics — that discourages students from considering ethical questions as they learn the skills they need to work for big technology companies. But if colleges and universities are contributing to the problem, then they can also help fix it.“

Can Higher Education Make Silicon Valley More Ethical? An assistant professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute hopes to infuse ethics lessons into core computer-science courses.

The amazing students from Harlem Academy vistied RPI for three days and explored the social, cultural, environmental and scientific aspects of the textile industry, exploring natural dyes as sustainable, generative pathways to synthetic dyes!

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Today's Earth Week program

Also, today's events at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute:

This Saturday, April 22 (Earth day) is March for Science! Faculty, graduate students and undergrads from RPI will be marching at March for Science, Albany NY, and we will also contribute some activity tables!