By Zisi Blades ’26, dual major in business and management and psychological science If my college application essay was my intro to RPI, this is my outro. Three years ago, I was a freshman beginning my journey — taking those daily walks across the bridge to class and trekking up to ECAV for practice, then stopping at BARH or Commons to grab food with my friends before a nighttime study session.
By Anisha Gurumurthy, master’s student in business administration When I began searching for an MBA program, I was looking for a specific kind of rigor. I didn’t want a degree for the sake of the letters. I wanted a program that spoke the language of my technical background — one that lived at the intersection of business and STEM. RPI felt right from the start.
By Rene Mai, Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering If you talk with me long enough to hear about my background, I’m sure you will have the same question everyone always does: why did you leave patent litigation to go to graduate school as an engineer? Most people do it the other way, leaving engineering for the lucrative world of patent law.
Six RPI students have been awarded fellowships from the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). A highly prestigious and competitive award, the fellowship supports full-time graduate students with the potential to make significant contributions in STEM.
Academy Award®-nominated director Robert Stone is coming to RPI’s campus for a special screening of his film Starman, followed by a live Q&A. The event is free and open to the public and will take place in the EMPAC Theater on April 29 at 4:30 p.m.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) leaders were in Florida last week to witness the historic launch of NASA’s Artemis II mission, which includes RPI alumnus Reid Wiseman ’97 as its commander.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) is hosting the Natural & Biobased Cosmetic Ingredients Conference April 7–9, 2026, at the university's Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS) in Troy, N.Y. The three-day event draws cosmetic scientists, biotechnologists, and product developers from both industry and academia to discuss emerging research and commercial developments in sustainable cosmetic ingredients.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), the nation's oldest technological university, today announced the inaugural winners of the Ajit Prabhu '98 Catalyst Fund Apex Awards, administered through the Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship. The three awards totaling $75,000 recognize the most promising student- and faculty-led innovations at RPI with the highest potential for real-world commercial impact.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) today announced that Darío Gil, Ph.D., Under Secretary for Science at the U.S.
RPI’s Contemporary Improvisation Ensemble will host “Constellations” on April 9, a collaborative performance with student musicians and renowned artist Nick Dunston. The free concert will take place at 5 p.m. in the Theatre of the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) on RPI’s campus.