Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

It has six schools: Architecture, Engineering Science, Humanities & Social Sciences, Information Technology, Management, and Science. RPI is a tech oriented university and all of the dorm rooms have hard-wired high speed internet access. The current President of RPI is Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson. RPI also had the United States' first on-campus high-tech business incubator. Notable alumni include Washington Roebling[?] (1857), who was the chief engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge; George W. G. Ferris[?] (1881), who invented the Ferris Wheel; Dr. Allen B. Dumont[?] (1924), who perfected the cathode ray tube and is considered the "father of modern TV;" Paul Severino, founder of Wellfleet Communications,which merged with SynOptics Communications to become Bay Networks, now owned by Nortel; and Bobby Farrelly[?], famous director, writer and producer of such films as "Shallow Hal" and "There's Something About Mary."

External link

• RPI website (http://www.rpi.edu/)