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A glowing quantum computer enclosed in a glass chamber sits inside a restored chapel space. Stained-glass windows line the marble walls behind the illuminated system, highlighting the contrast between historic architecture and advanced computing technology.

RPI Featured in Project Chapel Documentary

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).

RPI Researcher Discovers Single-Celled Organism That Transforms Into Cannibalistic Supergiant

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.

Explore Two Centuries of Campus History, Architecture, and Landscape Legacy at RPI

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.

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Finding My Way: How RPI Taught Me to Write My Own Story

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. 

The Path That Led Me To Cancer Research

By Jayashree Balaraman ’26, dual major in computational biology and biochemistry

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What Being Part of So Many Communities Taught Me

By Vivian Rost-Nasshan ’26, dual major in industrial and management engineering and sustainability studies 

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What I Gained From a Schedule That Never Slowed Down

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.  

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What Finishing an MBA While Starting a Family Taught Me

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.

The image depicts two figures with highlighted neural pathways: one with red pathways indicating neuropathic pain and another with blue pathways signaling pain relief. A molecular structure labeled "GlyT2" is central, with chemical structures labeled "org25543" and "RPI-GLYT2-82" connecting to it.

RPI Researchers Develop New Approach to Treating Chronic Neuropathic Pain Without Side Effects

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.

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No Wrong Turns: From Law to the Lab

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. 