Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) student Chloe Sharp ‘26, an Environmental Engineering major, has been awarded a 2025 Goldwater Scholarship, one of the nation’s most prestigious honors for undergraduate students in science, mathematics, and engineering.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) is proud to announce a special event celebrating the life and legacy of one of RPI alumnus Garnet Douglass Baltimore 1881, a pioneering civil engineer, landscape architect, and the first African American graduate of RPI. A visionary in his field, Baltimore made lasting contributions to the Troy community through his innovative infrastructure projects and the design of some of the city’s most cherished landscapes. In recognition of his achievements, a New York State Historical Marker will be unveiled in his honor.  

Biotechnology researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) are working to further improve mRNA therapeutics, with the aim of reducing manufacturing costs and enabling additional therapeutic uses for mRNA technology.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) today announced two special honorands for its Bicentennial Commencement celebrations. Astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman ’97 will return to RPI as the Bicentennial Commencement Speaker, and Emily Warren Roebling, who led the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge to completion, will receive a posthumous honorary degree, the first to be awarded in the history of RPI.Reid Wiseman ’97

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has announced the addition of Thomas G. Capek ’86, senior vice president and chief engineer at Corning Incorporated, to Rensselaer’s Board of Trustees. Corning is one of the world's leading innovators in materials science and has a longstanding relationship with RPI supporting research, philanthropy, and student recruitment. Capek previously served on the Dean’s Leadership Council in RPI’s School of Engineering. As a Board of Trustees member, Capek sits on the Academic Affairs and Research Committee and the Student Life Committee.

We all remember 2020. At the grocery store, toilet paper shelves were empty. Cleaning supplies and disinfectants were treasured finds. Rattled consumers, concerned that they would run out of essential items, swiftly stockpiled products until they disappeared from shelves. In the media, it was referred to as “panic buying.”

Food access is one of the largest social problems in the United States. The challenge of accessing healthy foods is especially pronounced in communities of disadvantaged populations. Research led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) proposes to develop a local food cooperation (LFC) program that integrates a state-level food hub network to enable the coordination of multiple regional food hubs, and regional farm to institution programs that address regional food insecurity and inequity.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Teaching and Learning Collaboratory has awarded seed grants to teams developing innovative initiatives in Gameful Learning and Immersive and Embodied Learning.

As the demand for home deliveries from online purchases continues to increase, Cara Wang, an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Woojung Kim, a doctoral student in the same department at Rensselaer, recently published research showing that some, but not all consumers, will accept going to alternate delivery locations to get their packages rather than having them delivered directly to their front door.