Matthew Goodheart, an assistant professor of music composition in the Department of Arts in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will present “Berlin Head Metal IV” at the virtual StreamFest Streaming Music Festival on Friday, December 18 beginning at 7 p.m.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the President’s Holiday Concert at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will — for the first time ever — be an entirely virtual experience this year. The concert will be available for free public viewing beginning on Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 3 p.m.

Nancy Campbell’s latest book, OD: Naloxone and the Politics of Overdose, was chosen as one of the outstanding academic titles for 2020 by Choice, a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Libraries.

The final episode of the third season of Why Not Change the World? The RPI Podcast explores the challenges and opportunities associated with working remotely, something that has suddenly become very common during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A cross-disciplinary team of faculty at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have launched the Alzheimer’s Prevention Project and created a website designed to encourage citizens to engage in activities that scientific research has identified will reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.

The latest episode of Why Not Change the World? The RPI Podcast features excerpts from three lectures that were part of the Engineering the Anthropocene speaker series held at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Adam Fellows, a second-year student of Economics in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was recently honored with a national service award from Hormel Foods.

Carolyn Tennant, an electronic arts doctoral candidate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has curated the first American solo retrospective of the pioneering British audiovisual artist Vicki Bennett for Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center in Buffalo, New York.

As classes begin at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute this week, not only has the COVID-19 pandemic changed the format of some courses, it has also assumed a prominent focus in the content of many courses throughout the university. In keeping with the Institute mission to prepare the next generation of world-changing leaders, students will learn how a range of disciplines might respond to the most pressing global health challenge of the modern era.

A new program in Biotechnology and Health Economics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will equip students destined for a science-based career with the quantitative and modeling knowledge in economics needed to succeed in industry and consulting.