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RPI Study Suggests Incentives Are a Valuable Alternative to School Cell Phone Bans

As schools increasingly move to ban smartphones in classrooms, new research from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) suggests that there may be a more effective way to boost focus and academic engagement.

RPI Names Steven Tait, Leading Chemist and Educator, as Dean of the School of Science

Professor Steven L. Tait, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Chemistry, Herman T. Briscoe Professor of Chemistry, and Associate Director of the Electron Microscopy Center at Indiana University (IU), has been appointed Dean of RPI’s School of Science following a nationwide search.  

RPI Professor Nikhil Koratkar Named Royal Society of Chemistry Fellow

Nikhil Koratkar, Ph.D., the John A. Clark and Edward T. Crossan Professor of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), one of the highest professional distinctions awarded by the world’s oldest chemical society.

Three people interact with a digital interactive display table at the "World of Plankton" exhibit.

Learning Through Play: RPI Game on Freshwater Science Installed at ECHO Leahy Center

World of Plankton, an interactive educational game developed by faculty and students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), has been permanently installed at the ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain as part of the center’s newly renovated Into the Lake exhibit.

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Professor Jian Shi Shares Perspective on a Unique Light-Matter Interaction in a Promising New Class of Semiconducting Material

Non-centrosymmetric halide perovskites are a class of semiconducting material containing a structural asymmetry with potentially transformative implications for several major industries.

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RPI Mathematician Models the Physics of Undersea Waves, Paving the Way for More Accurate Climate Predictions

Professor Yuri V. Lvov, Ph.D., and a team of oceanographers develop a first-of-its-kind model of internal wave dynamics that lays the foundation for new, more reliable models of ocean circulation.

Left: Jianxi Gao stands on River Street downtown Troy on a bright day. Right: A sepia-toned historical photo of the same street, severely flooded

Universal Law Governs Urban Transport Adaptation in Extreme Floods

When a 100-year flood hits a city, traffic doesn't suddenly stop or disappear — it adapts.

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RPI's Ge Wang Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award for Innovations in Medical Imaging

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) is proud to announce that Ge Wang, Ph.D., Clark & Crossan Endowed Chair Professor and Director of the Biomedical Imaging Center at RPI, has been named a recipient of the 2025 Edith H. Quimby Award for Lifetime Achievement in Medical Physics by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM).

RPI Announces New Business Degrees with a STEM Focus

The Lally School of Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has launched several new STEM-designated degree programs designed to mold a new generation of leaders fluent in the emerging technologies reshaping American society.The programs include Bachelor of Science degrees in finance and marketing, as well as an MBA focused on AI and advanced computing.  

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RPI Awarded $19.5 Million in State Funding to Advance Smart Manufacturing and Clean Energy Research

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has been awarded two Center for Advanced Technology (CAT) grants from NYSTAR, the Division of Science, Technology and Innovation within Empire State Development (ESD), New York State’s chief economic development agency.