Welcome back, RPI alumni! #RPIRHC26 🎉
We are so glad to have you back on campus. Whether you’re catching up with friends, reconnecting with classmates, or making new memories, we hope you have a fun weekend filled with plenty of RPI spirit. 🔴⚪
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RPI is advancing development of a new community childcare center in partnership with Bright Horizons following a $5 million award from the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS). @NYSOCFS
Read the full release: bit.ly/4xUoygL
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Today, on #WorldEngineersDay, we celebrate the engineers who turn the impossible into reality. At RPI, we’re proud of the engineers who continue to shape our world and push the boundaries of what’s possible. 🌍
Photo credit: RPI Archives
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Today, we pause to remember the lives lost 25 years ago on September 11 and honor the courage of those who risked their own lives to help others.
We will #NeverForget.
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A week into classes and we’re still reminiscing about move-in day for our first-year students. 🥹 #RPI2030#ThrowbackThursday
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Wishing our students a great first day at #RPI! ❤️ #FirstDay
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New class. New beginnings. ✨
Welcome to RPI, Class of 2030! 👏 #RPI2030
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One month until the Class of 2030 arrives on campus! 🎉
We can’t wait to welcome our newest students and celebrate the start of their RPI journey. 🔴⚪️ #RPI2030
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Make more lasting memories and join us back on campus for this year's Reunion & Homecoming, October 9 - 11.
Join the Who's Coming list today at bit.ly/4vV5huY to be the first to be notified when registration opens!
#RPI#RPIAlumni#RPIRHC26#Reunion#Homecoming
History just got a high-tech backup.
Through a new partnership with the NY State Museum, HASS staff and faculty created a high-resolution replica of Revolutionary War-era hearth ring recovered beneath the World Trade Center site—helping preserve history for future generations.
The future of textiles must be both strong and sustainable. Helen Zha, associate professor of chemical and biological engineering at RPI, is proving it can be both.
#RPIBarRaisers
It started with a classroom question: What if you could grow insulation? RPI alumni Eben Bayer '07 and Gavin McIntyre '07 turned that idea into @ecovative, a company harnessing mycelium to create sustainable materials and ultimately, America's best-selling alt-bacon.
Nina Christof '26 never had to choose between the classroom and the rink.
Computer science major. D1 ice hockey captain. Olympian. 🏒💻
Nicknamed “team nerd," she showed that academic and athletic excellence can thrive side by side.
#RPIBarRaisers
After her grandmother contracted a preventable infection during a routine hospital stay, Colleen Costello Kristensen ’12 refused to accept it as inevitable. She co-founded Vyv, a company using antimicrobial light technology to make shared spaces safer. #RPIBarRaisers
For the first time ever, RPI’s Concrete Canoe team took first place at the @ascetweets regional competition and is headed to nationals next week. A team of seven students designed, built, and raced a canoe that floats, earning the overall regional title. bit.ly/3Qxf9fo
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What does it mean for a machine to think—or even be conscious? 🧠 RPI's Selmer Bringsjord explores AI ethics and the possibility of AI consciousness in a Q&A with @TheAtlantic. bit.ly/4eigZtY#RPIBarRaisers
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Solving complex challenges requires collaboration.
In an interview with @TheAtlantic, President Martin A. Schmidt '81 considers how RPI, and the field of higher education, can work with government and industry to shape the future. bit.ly/4oJvb2N#RPIBarRaisers
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