Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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The countdown is on! #BRF49 🕛
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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: https://t.co/5hHjlQe6v7

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Nobody hears the grinding, the stirring, and the whirring of hands, minds, and machines. Till everybody hears what it made.

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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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Have you heard the news? 👀 Registration for Reunion & Homecoming is LIVE! 🙌

See the full schedule and register today at https://t.co/0anKcpe650.

#RPI #RPIAlumni #RPIRHC26 #Reunion #Alumni

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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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The countdown is on ❤️🤍

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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 https://t.co/D7kmPGKU3w to be the first to be notified when registration opens!

#RPI #RPIAlumni #RPIRHC26 #Reunion #Homecoming

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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. https://t.co/xrWB92hR10

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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. https://t.co/niK33Ndv7f
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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. https://t.co/A3BjgYjeNs

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