Justine and Jim Mullen ’80 have generously donated to RPI in support of several research projects and a workshop in computational biology, with emphases in artificial intelligence, and quantum computing—all priorities outlined in the RPI Forward strategic plan.
Now streaming on PBS, Project Chapel chronicles the installation of the world's first IBM Quantum System One on a university campus at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have discovered a microscopic organism that can transform into a cannibalistic "supergiant" that drastically changes size, shape, and behavior, and abandons filter-feeding to hunt and consume their genetically identical relatives.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) will be featured as a tour site in What’s Out There Weekend Upper Hudson Valley, a regional celebration of historic and designed landscapes organized by The Cultural Landscape Foundation's (TCLF). The free, expert-led walking tour of the RPI campus is scheduled for Saturday, June 6, from 2 to 3:30 p.m., alongside more than two dozen tours of parks, cemeteries, estates, and campuses throughout the region.
By Ryan Cheng ’26, psychological science major. I came to RPI as a biology major. This was mostly out of circumstance, in all honesty. I was directionless, and biology seemed like a catch-all for me to figure out what I wanted to do. Not to discount any biology majors out there — it is hard work. That first year was one intense wake-up call, and when I got my transcript back at the end of freshman year, I was devastated. I thought I was done for.
By Jayashree Balaraman ’26, dual major in computational biology and biochemistry As a child, I was always asking questions. I was the kid who loved mad-science camps, fascinated by the idea that the world could be understood if you kept asking "why?" and “how?”. My high school math teachers Mrs. Raisa Berkovich and Mrs. Maria Cisnero taught me to see learning as not just acquiring knowledge, but as a way to think deeply and to create and contribute meaningfully.
By Vivian Rost-Nasshan ’26, dual major in industrial and management engineering and sustainability studies. Before I attended a single class at RPI, I found myself learning about a sport most people have never heard of, and meeting students who were pushing the bounds of manufacturing on campus. I didn’t know it then, but those two moments would become just as defining as everything I’d study over the next four years. Graduating with a dual degree in industrial and management engineering and sustainability studies gave me an interdisciplinary lens, but it was the clubs and organizations at RPI that truly taught me how learning from different communities and backgrounds can reshape your perspective entirely.
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.
Chronic neuropathic pain remains one of the most challenging conditions to treat, with current therapies offering limited benefit and being over-reliant on opioids. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), along with collaborators from the University of Sydney and the University of Copenhagen, have developed an approach that offers a clearer path towards safer, non-addictive pain therapies.