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OUTSMARTING THE UPSTARTS:  HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PRESS PUBLISHES NEW BOOK 

BY LALLY SCHOOL PROFESSORS

Radical innovation happens in big corporations - but it's the exception 

rather than the rule. In their new book, Radical Innovation: How Mature 

Companies Can Outsmart Upstarts, a team of six Lally School professors lays 

out a manifesto for managing corporate innovation.  Full story at: 

http://www.rpi.edu/web/News/press_releases/2000/sloan.html



SHOWER POWER

Students success at running a business out of a former shower stall is 

highlighted in Entrepreneur's Start-Ups Magazine.   Full story 

at: 

http://www.entrepreneurmag.com/Magazines/MA_SegArticle/0,1539,283389----1,00.html 



RECOMMENDATIONS PRESENTED FOR ENRICHING FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE

The First-Year Experience Task Force has completed the final draft of its 

report on restructuring student orientation and enriching the overall 

experience of first-year students. The need to improve the experience of 

first-year students is a first-year priority of the Rensselaer Plan. Among 

the recommendations by the task force, chaired by Rick Hartt '70, is to 

establish an Office of the First-Year Experience, which would work with all 

campus departments to establish the most effective programs for all 

first-year undergraduate, transfer, and graduate students.   Full story at:

http://www.rpi.edu/web/Campus.News/nov00/nov_6/home.html#3



PLANNING UNDER WAY FOR ELECTRONIC MEDIA AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

A task force has been appointed to begin planning for a new 1,500 seat 

electronic media and performing arts center called for in the Rensselaer 

Plan. Design of the new facility is part of the Plan's "first-year 

priorities." The facility will house Rensselaer's prominent and expanding 

program in electronic media and will create a high-quality venue for campus 

events.  Full story at:

http://www.rpi.edu/web/Campus.News/nov00/nov_13/home.html#2



RPIdeaLAB HELPS STUDENT COMPANIES GET OFF THE GROUND

The Rensselaer Alumni Association has recently provided funding to support 

the RPIdeaLab, a new resource available to Rensselaer students interested 

in starting new ventures.  The RPIdeaLab is housed in the Incubator Center 

on campus, and will provide up-and-coming student-entrepreneurs with 

opportunities and expertise to help move their venture interests and 

concepts into well-formulated plans and start-up enterprises.  The 

RPIdeaLab is currently seeking the expertise of alumni in various new 

start-up, business and technical areas as resources for students.  If you 

are interested, please contact Incubator Center Director, Bela Musits '75 

at (518) 276-6658 or musitb@rpi.edu



TUNE UP THE SKATES - SATELLITE HOCKEY IS COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU!

On Saturday, February 10, 2001 at 7:00 p.m. (EST), the Rensselaer Engineers 

will meet the Clarkson Golden Knights for the 9th Annual Satellite Hockey 

Telecast. The game will be seen live from Clarkson's Cheel Arena in more 

than 50 sites across the United States. The pre-game show begins at 6:45 

p.m. and at 7:00 p.m., the puck will drop for one of the most exciting and 

competitive games in the ECAC.   Telecast cities 

at:  http://www.alumni.rpi.edu/hockey/sathock.html

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