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Innovation in Media Panel: Market Fragmentation, Explosion of Online Content Transform Media Business

Professor T. Ravichandran hosted a panel of industry experts for “Understanding the Transformations in the Media Industry.” The forum explored issues facing the industry, including new technologies to create and distribute content, proliferation of choice, shifts in consumer attitudes and usage, and convergence of media formats. Panelists also talked about how revenue streams and cost structures of media organizations have changed, causing them to rethink their long-standing business models.

Experts Identify Opportunities for Innovation in the Business of Health Care

On October 21, The Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship and the Lally School gathered experts from different sectors of the health care industry to share insights on challenges and opportunities for innovation in the business of health care. Dr. Gina O’Connor, Associate Professor of Marketing at Lally, moderated the panel, which included: Sue Ellen Wagner, Executive Director, Health Care Trustees of New York State; Eileen Murphy, COO, Price Waterhouse Cooper SMART Practice; Dr. John Bennett '74, President and CEO, Capital District Physician’s Health Plan; Omid Moghadam, Personal Geonomics Researcher, Harvard Medical School; and Dr. Patrice Milos '84, VP and Chief Scientific Officer, Helicos Biosciences.

Herman Fellows Victoria Kruse MBA ’11 and Cara Jones ’01, MBA ’09 Attend Women Entrepreneurs Reunion with Mike Herman ’62

Fellowship Sponsors Michael and Karen Herman hosted the annual Herman Family Fellows Reunion November 6 at the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Lally Assistant Dean Jill Terry also attended. The reunions allow current and former Herman Fellows to network and discuss their entrepreneurial efforts, and also include a panel of visiting female entrepreneurs.

Lally Student Leaders, Including Grand Marshal, Volunteer for Troy Community Service Project

Lally undergraduates Michael Zwack ’11, Phil Sarid ’12 and Joe Young ’12 were among a group of 13 student volunteers participating in the Student Senate’s cleanup of the People’s Avenue Approach to the Rensselaer Campus. Zwack, a Lally junior, is also Rensselaer’s Grand Marshal, the highest elected office in the Rensselaer Student Government, who serves as the leader and chief spokesperson for the Rensselaer Union.

Spotlight on Technology Commercialization and Entrepreneurship

Lally School Collaborates with Eleven Rensselaer Departments and Albany Law School to Offer Technology Commercialization & Entrepreneurship Program. Speaking at the Lally Innovation Series, Deans Advocate Cross-disciplinary Preparation for a New Generation of Entrepreneurs; Rensselaer Student Ventures Showcased

Lally’s New Center for Global Business and Political Economy Presents Faculty Research on International Team Behavior, Global Case Studies

The Center for Global Business and Political Economy was created to advance understanding of the interdependency of business and the global political economy, and to help people learn how to do business in diverse environments around the world. The Center will support research as well as innovative curriculum development and delivery. The Center was inaugurated with presentations of ongoing and recently published international research by Lally faculty members. Research covered behavior in multinational teams as well as case studies on doing business in Argentina, Egypt, and Sri Lanka.

New Clermont Featured in Scientific American—Students Complete 240 km Voyage Powered by Hydrogen

In 1807, Robert Fulton built the Clermont, the world's first commercial steamboat, and made the trip from New York City to Albany, proving that steam was a viable source for water transportation. Fulton’s voyage launched the age of steam, and put steam power at the forefront of transportation technology. Just as Fulton sought to prove the feasibility of steam power, the New Clermont Project aimed to prove the viability of green, pollution-free hydrogen fuel cells as a power source. Rensselaer students spent the spring and summer fitting the New Clermont boat with a unique engine modified to accept power from hydrogen fuel cells. Then, this fall, the New Clermont retraced Fulton’s famous voyage, powered not by steam, but by hydrogen. Three Lally Students were members of the crew: Will Gathright MS ’10 Management and PhD Candidate in Materials Science & Engineering, Leah Rollhaus MBA ’10, and Michael Mullaney MBA ’11. The project raised public awareness of hydrogen energy and showcased the tenacity and entrepreneurial ethic of RPI students.

Nobel Laureate Ivar Giaever PhD ’64 Speaks to Lally Students about Entrepreneurship, Taking Risks, and Biotech R & D

Dr. Giaever spoke to Lally students in Professor Pier Abetti’s Management of Research and Development Class about winning the Nobel prize, his career in research, his experience as an inventor, and the challenges of founding and running a technology-based company. Dr. Giaever shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1973 for his work in solid-state physics. In 1991, he co-founded and currently serves as Chief Technology Officer of Applied BioPhysics, a company that manufactures an instrument for monitoring the behavior of cells in tissue culture.

Lally Featured in Princeton Review’s “Best 301 Business Schools: 2010”

The Princeton Review -- known for its college rankings based on how students rate their schools – has rated Lally as an outstanding business school. The education services company features Lally in the new 2010 edition of "The Best 301 Business Schools."

Lally Launches Innovation Scholarship Competition for MBA Applicants

The Lally Innovation Competition invites prospective MBAs to develop creative business solutions to societal problems in the areas of entrepreneurship, finance, and global leadership. Winners will receive up to $60,000 in a full or partial tuition scholarship to the Lally School MBA Program.

Lally Holds Forum on Innovation in the Business of Energy: Electricity

As one of its signature thrusts, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has committed to research and appreciation of the relationship between energy and the environment. As part of the Lally Innovation Series, this panel discussion explored innovation in the distribution of electricity--the key source of energy in the modern economy.

Congratulations Sarah McCaslin ’12, Winner of the RPIdol Interviewing Competition!

The RPIdol competition offered a fun way for Lally students to hone their interviewing skills with coaching from the pros. McCaslin was one of five student finalists selected to compete before a panel of senior HR Executive ‘judges.’

Professor Pindaro Demertzoglou Publishes New Guide to Access 2007

 

Lally’s MS FERA Program Participates in National Financial Mathematics Career Fair

The Lally School’s Financial Engineering and Risk Analytics (FERA) program is among a select group of Financial Engineering programs participating in the National Financial Mathematics Career Fair on October 30 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in New York City.

Lally Professor Aparna Gupta Part of Research Team Receiving $318K NSF Grant through American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

Gupta’s research collaboration with Professor Koushik Kar in the Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering received one of 19 ARRA grants awarded to Rensselaer totaling $4.8 million. Gupta and Kar will be working with Saswati Sakar, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. Their multidisciplinary research project will examine the rapidly growing market for wireless transmission services.

Alum Christina Bapst '02--One of 28 IT Professionals Named a “Rising Star” by Federal Computer Week

 

Speaking at Lally, NYSE Chairman Marshall Carter Calls for Improved Ethics and Risk Management

More than 300 students, alumni, faculty, staff, and community professionals attended the Jerome S. Reinert ’56 Visiting Executive lecture by NYSE Chairman Marshall Carter at Rensselaer’s EMPAC theater on September 2.

Professor Pier Abetti Featured in Talouselämä, Finland’s Leading Business Magazine

Abetti was featured in a two page article in the August 14th issue of Talouselämä, the largest weekly business magazine in the Nordic countries, often compared with Business Week or The Economist. His message was “The shyness of the Finns hinders their entrepreneurship.”

Renmin Business School Dean Yi Visits Lally to Discuss Exchange Programs

Dean Yi Zhihong of the School of Business of Renmin University in Beijing, China, visited Lally the week of August 10.

U.S. News & World Report Ranks Rensselaer 42nd Among the Top U.S. Universities

 

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Lally Executive MBAs Travel to Beijing for International Residency

During the last week in August, Lally EMBA XXII class members will study at Renmin University in Beijing, China, participating in classes, international team research, and visits to various corporate sites.

Thomas Reithinger ’09 Uses Financial Modeling to Analyze Capital Markets During Internship at Dix Hills Partners

Reithinger, majoring in Management and Computer Science Engineering, is also a member of the Lally Hedge Fund Group. He interned as a Capital Markets Analyst for the summer.

Professor Satish Nambisan’s Research Featured in Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR)

Nambisan’s article, published in the SSIR Summer 2009 issue, is entitled “Platforms for Collaboration.”

PayScale Ranks Rensselaer Degree in Top 15 for Best Return on Investment

The New York Times reports that a survey by PayScale shows that Rensselaer is highly competitive with elite U.S. universities when comparing graduates’ salaries throughout their careers. PayScale, a website that collects data on salaries in different professions, says the purpose of releasing the data is to show which colleges are the ‘best investment.’

Herman Family Fellowship Awarded to Victoria Kruse

The Lally School has awarded the prestigious Herman Family Fellowship for Women in Entrepreneurship to Victoria Kruse, an MBA student entering Fall 2009.

Lally Alum Elizabeth Doran MBA ’04 Named Managing Director of Tim Robbins’ The Actors’ Gang

Lally grad and Herman Fellow Elizabeth Doran MBA ’04, former Managing Director at Albany’s Capital Repertory Theatre, was recently selected as the Managing Director of The Actors’ Gang, one of Los Angeles’ most enduring theater ensembles.

A Lally MBA Intern’s Experience at NYSTAR

Sabeer Khan, MBA ’10, is working as an intern for NYSTAR, the New York State Foundation for Science Technology and Innovation. NYSTAR supports technology development, innovation and commercialization leading to economic growth in New York State.

Lally Announces ESP Competition MBA Scholarship Winner

Congratulations to incoming MBA student Jason Doran, winner of the Lally School’s first ESP (Economic Stimulus Package) MBA Scholarship Competition! Jason’s proposal, entitled, “A Business Venture That Co-Develops and Brings to Market the First Technologically Advanced Decontaminant Products in Nearly a Century,” identified the public health problem of Healthcare Associated Infections and their cost to society, and outlined a product line of next generation surface decontaminants to address the issue.

Lally’s MBA Intramural Soccer Team Takes Division Runner-Up Title

The Lally GMSA Soccer team finished the season in 2nd Place overall in their division of 24 teams.

New Clermont Project Update: Lally Students Work to Launch Hydrogen-Powered Boat Sailing from NYC to Albany

To celebrate the 200th Anniversary of Robert Fulton’s Clermont, the first steam-powered ship to sail up the Hudson River, students will fit the “New Clermont” with a unique engine powered by hydrogen fuel cells, and retrace Fulton’s famous voyage from New York to Albany.

Alumni Volunteer for International Team Behavior Research

Lally Graduates will participate in a pilot simulation of a new research program focusing on decision behavior of multinational management teams.

Professor Jason Kuruzovich Selected as Finalist for AMCIS 2009 Conference

Kuruzovich’s paper, “Responding to Technology-Enabled Organizational Transformation,” is one of three finalists selected for the Best Paper Award from among over 1050 papers submitted for the 15th AMCIS Conference in San Francisco.

Eduniversal Awards Lally 4 Palmes as a Top International Business School

 

Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship (SCTE) Announces Tech Launch Pad Program

Tech Launch Pad is an accelerated training program designed to power new business concepts to the next level.

Severino Center Receives Kauffman Grant to Build Entrepreneurship Case Study for Entrepreneurship.org

Lally’s Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship (SCTE) has been awarded a Kauffman Foundation grant to build entrepreneurship Case Studies and an Online Educational Resource Section for Entrepreneurship.org. The Severino Center’s Biotechnology Management Seminar Series will soon be available online.

Lally Students Help Launch Green, Hydrogen-Powered Boat Sailing the Hudson from NYC to Albany

Leah Rollhaus MBA ’10, Will Gathright MS ’10 and PhD candidate, and Michael Mullaney MBA ‘11 are part of a Rensselaer team working on the New Clermont Project. To celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the voyage of Robert Fulton’s Clermont, the first steam-powered ship to sail up the Hudson River, group members will fit a boat dubbed the “New Clermont” with a unique engine modified to accept power from hydrogen fuel cells, and retrace Fulton’s famous voyage from New York to Albany on Labor Day weekend.

Lally School of Management & Technology Poised to Re-Engineer Future of Finance

By Iftekhar Hasan, Cary L. Wellington Professor of Finance, Lally School of Management & Technology

Lally Top Ranked in 3 National Surveys

In April, Lally’s graduate and undergraduate business programs received top rankings from U.S. News & World Report, Business Week and Entrepreneur magazine.

Lally MBA Student Team Wins $3000 in Price Chopper’s 2009 Ultimate Innovation Challenge with ‘Green’ Coupon Technology

A team of 4 first-year MBA students were finalists in Price Chopper’s Ultimate Innovation Challenge conducted by Golub/Price Chopper Supermarkets, a leader in Northeast U.S. supermarket retailing.

Lally Finance Day Kicks off New Finance Programs and International Research Center

Over 75 Alumni, students, faculty and staff members attended Lally’s April 22 Finance Day program to launch the new Master’s level program in Financial Engineering and Risk Analytics and The International Center for Financial Research.

A Day in the Life of a Lally MBA Student

2nd Year MBA Student Cullen Kasunic describes “a day in the life” at the Lally School. Follow Cullen around campus as he meets with a classmate project team, does some library research, attends classes and then relaxes at the weekly Graduate Management Student Association Pub Night.

Lally Alum Renée Ray MBA ’02 Has 2 Paintings Accepted to the 23rd Annual 2D-3D All Florida Juried Exhibition

The acrylic and mixed media paintings, entitled “The Trio” and “Horns of Plenty,” are part of Ray’s "In the Spirit" series, which pays homage to the sounds and movement of music and dance from the past to the present.

Lally Professor Andrew Corbett Elected as Representative for Academy of Management

Professor Andrew Corbett has been elected to a three-year term as Representative-at-Large for the Academy of Management’s (AOM) Entrepreneurship Division.

Radio. Who Knew It Could Be So Hot!

By Jonathan O’Brien, Assistant Professor of Strategic Management, Lally School of Management & Technology

Lally School’s Dean Gautschi Meets with Strategic University Partners across China

As part of the Lally’s strategic initiative to build global innovation partners, Dean David Gautschi travelled to China March 7 – 14 to meet with leaders at universities and economic development institutions. Dean Gautschi visited Beijing, Tianjin, Hangzhou and Wuhan, and met with over 400 students and faculty at 5 universities.

Sweet Success! Lally MBA Pathfinder’s R & D Ice Cream Product Reaches Market

As an undergraduate in Guyana, Saralise Ming MBA PF’11 worked in the R&D department of Sterling Products Ltd., the local ice cream company, to develop new ice cream flavors.

Business Week Specialty Rankings: #7 in Ethics, #7 in Calculus, #9 in Sustainability, and #12 in Quantitative Methods

 

From Lally to the Red Carpet: The technology that created “Slumdog Millionaire.”

“Slumdog,” winner of 8 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Cinematography, was shot using a digital camera developed by Silicon Imaging, a company started in 2001 at the Rensselaer Incubator, and currently headed by Lally graduate Ari Presler ‘87.

Lally School Ranks Among Top 15 B-schools in "Student Opinion Honors" in Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur Magazine, the nation's leading publication for and about entrepreneurs, reports in its April issue that the Lally School is among the MBA programs most highly rated by their students in six areas key to a successful career in business.

U.S. News & World Report Ranks Lally #27 in Entrepreneurship

 

Two Lally MBA Students Win “Change the World” Awards

Lally students Cullen Kasunic MBA ’09 and Peter Smith MBA ’09 won $1000 awards in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s spring 2009 Change the World Challenge contest.

Lally Scores Fulbright Hat Trick

For the first time in history, three Fulbright Scholars are enrolled in the same MBA class at The Lally School of Management & Technology. First year MBAs Madgledis “Maggie” Almanza and Rolando Binns both received Fulbrights from Panama; Atif Abdul Majeed is an honoree from Pakistan. They joined an increasingly global Lally MBA program, which currently hosts students from 13 countries, with PhD candidates adding another 5 countries to the mix.

Former Severino Center Visiting Scholar Leads Incubator Development in Vietnam

Thao Ly, the fall 2008 visiting scholar in-residence hosted by the Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship, returned to her native Vietnam in January, and is now the Program Manager of the Saigon Hi-Tech Business Incubator (SHBI). SHBI is currently in the start-up stage, and Ly is executing its marketing strategy to secure the Incubator’s first tenants. The SHBI’s primary focus is on training Vietnamese entrepreneurs in business administration, and to provide working facilities, IT services, and consulting and training assistance.

Professor Satish Nambisan’s Article to be Published in Stanford Social Innovation Review

Dr. Satish Nambisan’s article, “Collaboration Platforms for Social Innovation,” focuses on collaborative innovation involving public, private, and nonprofit organizations. It will be published in the Summer 2009 issue of Stanford Social Innovation Review, the world’s premier journal on social innovation.

Lally Fulbright Scholars Attend Social Entrepreneurship Forum

Fulbright Scholars Rolando Binns MBA ’10 and Magledis Almanza MBA ’10 have been selected to attend the 2009 Fulbright Enrichment Seminar from March 26th – 29th in Providence, RI.

RPI Startup Intellidemia Presents at Rice Business Plan Competition

Intellidemia, a startup managed by Lally MBAs and Rensselaer undergraduates, was selected to present at the prestigious Rice Business Plan Competition and also selected to present at the Carnegie Mellon McGinnis Venture Competition.

Lally School Launches New Program in Finance

The rapid and systemic changes unfolding in the global financial system call for renewed attention on the basics of finance. In response, The Lally School announces the launch of an ambitious new masters-level program that addresses financial engineering and risk analytics. A collaboration between Lally's Finance faculty and Rensselaer's departments of Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Decision Sciences and Engineering Sciences, and Economics, the program capitalizes on Rensselaer's signature strengths.

Fast Tracking New York's Energy Industry

By Margaret Zokowski, Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship

Lally Professor Appointed to Prestigious Entrepreneurship Conference Review Board

Professor Andrew Corbett has been appointed as a board member for the Babson College Research Conference Review Board, which oversees the annual Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, considered the world’s leading research conference on entrepreneurship.

Lally MBA Student Selected to Attend Biovision World Life Sciences Conference

Lally student Sheng Luo MBA ’10 is one of 100 fellows worldwide selected to attend BioVision.Nxt 2009 at the Biovision World Life Sciences Forum in Lyon, France from March 8-11.

Lally MBA Fulbright Scholar Presents Ideas at Washington, DC Conference

Atif Abdul Majeed, MBA ’10 and Fulbright Scholar from Pakistan, recently attended a conference in Washington, DC with 160 Fulbright scholars from 85 countries. Students were divided into 8 teams, which were each assigned an issue of global concern and asked to propose solutions. Atif’s group worked on economic development. Atif reported to Professor Ravichandran that his Lally training was put to good use.

The Cycle of Entrepreneurship: Pay It Forward

A.P. “Preetham” Parigi, travelled halfway around the world to accept the 2009 Rensselaer Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Parigi led the meteoric rise of Radio Mirchi, India’s leading radio network, using bold branding and innovative programming. Today, Radio Mirchi reaches more than 200 million listeners in 32 cities and 10 languages.

Lally Alumnus Frank James Receives Prestigious Lipper Investment Award

Frank James MS, PhD ’67 heads a fund which has won the prestigious 2009 Lipper Award for the Best Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Moderate Fund over a 10 Year period.

Lally Alums in the News: Peter Ryan, MBA '07 and Brian Zuercher, MBA '08

Lally grads use their MBAs in exciting new ventures.

Two MBA students Win Awards in RPI’s Change the World Challenge

Two Lally MBA Students, Lorenz Kraus MBA ’09, and Sarah DiNovo Pathfinder MBA’11, were among the eight $1000 winners in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s fall 2008 Change the World Challenge contest. Over 50 proposals, created by more than 175 students, were submitted.

Women of Innovation Keynote Address Given by Professor Gina O’Connor

Lally Professor Gina Colarelli O’Connor gave the keynote address at the 5th Annual Connecticut Technology Council’s Women of Innovation Awards.

Professor David Goldenberg Featured in New York Times Article

David Goldenberg, finance professor, provides his insight into, "Saving for College Amid the Financial Turmoil."