Jackson Tai '72, a leader in cross-border finance and risk governance, and his wife, Kay, have made a transformative $5 million gift to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), creating the Kay and Jackson Tai '72 Endowed Chair in Finance, Risk, and Advanced Computing at RPI's Lally School of Management.

Artificial intelligence isn’t just about algorithms and automation — it’s rooted in centuries of human fascination with consciousness, creativity, and what it means to be human.

What started as a yearlong social media tribute has grown into a landmark publication. The Center for Deep Listening at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has released A Year of Deep Listening: 365 Text Scores for Pauline Oliveros, a groundbreaking collection of listening scores created by over 300 artists in celebration of the late composer and RPI professor Pauline Oliveros.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) announced the winners of the 84th annual McKinney Writing Contest on April 9 with the help of award-winning author and director of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Lan Samantha Chang.

President Marty Schmidt ’81 and his wife, Lyn, invite the Capital Region to join them for the RPI Bicentennial Holiday Concert and Victorian Stroll Kick-Off, which will take place on Saturday, December 7, at 7 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) on RPI’s campus.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Frank Spear, Ph.D., professor of earth and environmental sciences and Edward Hamilton Distinguished Educator Chair, is the 2024 recipient of the Walter H. Bucher Medal from the American Geophysical Union (AGU). The medal is presented annually to a “senior scientist in recognition of original contributions to the basic knowledge of crust and lithosphere.” It is considered a recognition of lifetime achievement.