#rpi week

"Researchers in the field of finance have found that corporate decisions of female executives are significantly different from those of male executives."

Today on Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Week: Qiang Wu, associate professor of financial accounting and corporate finance, explores the differences between the sexes in this role.

"As of now, no medical interventions exist that treat the core symptoms of autism."

Today on Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Week, Juergen Hahn, professor of biomedical engineering, looks to the blood to find a solution.

"There is a huge interest in capturing green means for energy without using fossil fuels. One way to do that is to increase the size of wind turbines[.]"

Today on Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Week: Miki Amitay, associate professor in the department of mechanical, aerospace and nuclear engineering, discusses this statement.

"In 2017 alone, over 115,000 people were on the waiting list with only 28,000 organs available. As a result 20 people die every day in the U.S. while waiting for donors."

Today on Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Week on The Academic Minute, assistant professor of chemical and bioengineering, explores new ways that science is pushing the boundaries to fill this gap.

Today on Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Week, Kevin Rose, assistant professor of biological sciences, looks into what we don't know about climate change.

"Interfering with the circadian clock is a serious affair; research shows that people who regularly function out of sync with their circadian clocks...exhibit increased rates of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and many more ailments."

Today on Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Week we kick off with Jennifer Hurley, assistant professor of biological sciences, who talks circadian clock disruption.