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Other names. RPI deficiency [1] 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 ...
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.
Under Eaton, the Rensselaer School, renamed the Rensselaer Institute in 1832, was a small but vibrant center for technological research. The first civil engineering degrees in the United States were granted by the school in 1835, and many of the best remembered civil engineers of that time graduated from the school.
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 ...
Here's to Old RPI. " Here's to Old RPI " is the Alma Mater of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. It is sung at various formal events. It is also played by the RPI Pep Band at Hockey games (when it is traditional to stand and sing along while the band is playing). It was written in 1897 by Edmund Fales, and was published in the first book of ...
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, US; Richmond Professional Institute, merged into Virginia Commonwealth University; Science and technology. Raspberry Pi (RPi), a UK single-board computer; Reticulocyte production index, a blood test result; Ribose-5-phosphate isomerase (Rpi), an enzyme; Organizations
William Gurley (1839), and Lewis E. Gurley, brothers and founders of Gurley Precision Instruments. J. Erik Jonsson (1922), co-founder and former president of Texas Instruments Incorporated, and mayor of Dallas. William Mow (1959), founded apparel maker Bugle Boy in 1977. Nicholas T. Pinchuk Chairman & CEO of Snap-on.
Tau Kappa Epsilon ( ΤΚΕ; TEKE), founded at RPI as the Gamma Epsilon chapter in 1949. Located at 1661 Tibbets Avenue, Troy, NY. Theta Xi ( ΘΞ; or locally as Zoo), Alpha chapter, founded on April 29, 1864. Alpha chapter of Theta Xi is the oldest active fraternity at RPI.