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Ribose-5-phosphate isomerase deficiency (RPID) is a rare human disorder caused by mutations in ribose-5-phosphate isomerase, an enzyme of the pentose phosphate pathway.With only four diagnosed patients over a 27-year period, RPI deficiency is the second rarest disease known as of now, being beaten only by Fields Condition affecting two known individuals, Catherine and Kirstie Fields.
The history of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) spans nearly two hundred years beginning with its founding in 1824. RPI is the oldest continuously operating technological university in both the English-speaking world and the Americas. [1] The Institute was the first to grant a civil engineering degree in the United States, in 1835.
One of the religious clubs that can be found at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is RPI-Sage Hillel. This is a Jewish club that incorporates both Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Russell Sage College. [151] [152] Hillel club is a club that is part of a much larger international organization called Hillel International. Hillel's purpose is ...
R. Byron Pipes. Robert Byron Pipes (born 1941) is an educator, researcher in polymer sciences and was the seventeenth president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He was born on August 14, 1941, in Shreveport, Louisiana. He and his wife Ruth Ellen (whom he married on June 27, 1964) had two children: Christopher and Mark.
The RPI Engineers are composed of 21 teams representing Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, and track and field. Men's sports include baseball, football, and golf. Women's sports include field hockey, and ...
The Richard G. Folsom Library ("Folsom Library") is a research library in the Rensselaer Libraries system constructed in the Brutalist style located on the campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. It is named after Richard Gilman Folsom, the President of the Institute from 1958–1971. The Folsom Library offers a variety of ...
Cost. $17,800,000. Technical details. Floor count. 7. Lifts/elevators. 2. The Jonsson Engineering Center (often simply referred to as the JEC ), is home to the School of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. It is named for J. Erik Jonsson and was dedicated on 7 October 1977.
Added to NRHP. October 25, 1973. West Hall is a building on the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus in Troy, New York, United States. It is currently home to the Arts Department at RPI. It was previously a hospital, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Old Troy Hospital .