RENSSELAER POLYTEchnIC INSTITUTE

TROY, N.Y. — Approximately 2,700 students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute were named to the 2015 spring semester dean’s list.

Llocal students include: Alexandra Allen, of Wilton, who studies design, innovation and society; Hunter Belanger, of Dexter, physic; Victoria Butler, of Jefferson, applied physics; Benjamin Congdon-Jones, of Waterville, chemical engineering; Connor Fahy, of Hallowell,games and simulation arts and sciences; Erik Larrabee, of Jackson, aeronautical engineering; Jena Nawfel, of Waterville, biomedical engineering; Samuel Nielsen, of Manchester; civil engineering; Ryan Tozier, of Waterville, mechanical engineering; and Troy Violette, of Wellington, nuclear engineering.

The dean’s list recognizes full-time students who maintain grade-point averages of a minimum of 3.0 out of a possible 4.0 and have no grades below “C.”

Founded in 1824, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is America’s oldest technological research university. For nearly two centuries, the Institute has been a driving force behind breakthroughs in engineering and science in virtually every arena, from transportation and infrastructure to business, medicine, outer space, and cyberspace.

As it approaches its bicentennial anniversary, the institute continues to define The New Polytechnic, a new paradigm for teaching, learning, and research that uses advanced technologies to enable fresh collaborations across disciplines, sectors, and regions, in order to answer the global challenges of our day.