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Corporate social responsibility and labor turnover
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
This paper aims to estimate empirically the effect on the voluntary turnover (quit) rate of employees when a large public corporation already judged as an outstanding employer is also ranked …
- Posted Aug. 2, 2017
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CASE: Center for Architecture Science and Technology
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
The Center for Architecture Science and Ecology (CASE) is addressing the need for accelerated innovation of Built Ecologies through the development of next-generation building systems. A multi-institutional and professional research …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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BS Environmental Engineering
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
The Rensselaer bachelor's program in environmental engineering builds upon a broad base of studies in chemistry, life sciences, and engineering sciences culminating in a uniquely structured course sequence. This sequence …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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BS in Sustainability Studies
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
Sustainability Studies responds to national and global developments that have made sustainability a key public concern. It also responds to vocal demand by students at Rensselaer for sustainability curricula, paralleling …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Environmental Science (BS)
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
This curriculum leads to a B.S. in environmental science. A typical four-year program is illustrated below. However, the order in which students take courses within the first two years is …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies Bachelor
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
Students are encouraged to take 20 basic courses in their first and second years. The courses and their order will be selected with the guidance of an adviser, chosen from …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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PhD in Ecological Economics
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
The Ph.D. degree in Ecological Economics requires 90 credits beyond the Bachelor's degree and 60 beyond the Master's degree. The minimum residency requirement for the PhD is 45 credit hours. …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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PhD in Environmental Engineering
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
This research degree includes the preparation of a dissertation that carefully documents the original contribution of the student’s research. The Ph.D. program consists of a total of 72 credit hours …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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MS in Ecological Economics, Values, & Policy
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
The Departments of Science and Technology Studies and Economics jointly offer an EEVP master’s program. The program builds on Rensselaer’s nationally recognized expertise and course offerings in the economic, political, …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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MS in Environmental Engineering
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
This research degree is open to students with undergraduate degrees in engineering or the physical or natural sciences. In addition to the satisfactory completion of an approved set of advanced …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Interschool Minor in Energy
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
Rensselaer is uniquely able to offer students in any undergraduate major an opportunity to learn about the wide variety of issues involved in understanding energy. The interschool minor in energy …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Minor in Environmental Engineering
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
Students not majoring in environmental engineering may receive a minor in this discipline by completing 15-16 credit hours of study beyond the Introduction to Environmental Engineering course.
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Minor in Sustainability
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
Students pursuing degrees across campus can take a minor degree in Sustainability Studies, offered through the Science and Technology Studies Department (STS). The STS approach to sustainability connects social, scientific, …
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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A Sustainability Fund at Rensselaer: A Policy Analysis and Guide for the Future
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
The sustainability fund, also known as a green fund, has been introduced at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada in the past two decades as a methodology …
- Posted Feb. 24, 2016
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10 kW Three-Blade Wind Turbine
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
Power from the 10-kilowatt, three-blade wind turbine is being transmitted to the campus power grid. The project is funded by Rensselaer and NYSERDA. The wind turbine is attached to an …
- Posted May 18, 2012
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50 kW Rooftop Array: East Campus Athletic Village
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
The East Campus Athletic Village (ECAV) has a 50-kilowatt photovoltaic array installed on the roof. The innovative design for the ECAV stadium employs a solar shading screen to control glare …
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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Groundmaking: Class of 2010 Green Roof at Rensselaer
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
In the spring of 2011, after almost 16 months of planning, members from the entire Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute community joined hands in planting 18,000 small plants on a 6,000 square …
- Posted June 25, 2011
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