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@rpi
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This weekend, @joshgroban performed at @EMPACnews with our students to raise money for Rensselaer student scholarship and the @FYLFoundation –– an organization dedicated to ensuring that every child has access to a quality arts education.
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#RPI is offering access to AiMOS, one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, for research that supports the battle against #COVID19
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After an exciting football season, we are pleased to announce football coach Ralph Isernia’s contract will be extended for five years. Coach Isernia has profoundly and positively impacted both our students and our athletics program, and has led the football team to much success.
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Rensselaer is a part of the White House’s new COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium.
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Thank you @SenSchumer and @SenGillibrand for securing $1 million in federal funds for RPI's new Center for Robotic Manufacturing Systems, to address critical technology development for workforce-centered robotic manufacturing systems for NYS companies. We appreciate your support!
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9. Countdown to Apollo 50, #RPI ’s Space Legacy: ISS Today, we look back on an out-of-this world event, when astronaut Reid Wiseman ’97 had a live video chat with members of the #RPI community while aboard the ISS! Watch: #Apollo50 @NASA @Space_Station
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The #RPI Board of Trustees has selected Martin A. Schmidt as the 19th President of RPI. Dr. Schmidt, currently Provost at @MIT , will assume office at the nation's oldest & one of the world's most renowned technological research universities July 1, 2022.
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Did you spot Rensselaer on @Jeopardy last night? 👀 We're buzzing with excitement! 🤓 Reply if you knew the answer - no Googling allowed!
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Welcome, Dr. Marty Schmidt ’81, our 19th president! We’re excited and proud to have Marty return to our RPI family and look forward to learning more about his vision and plans. Read his message to our campus community: .
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RPI will become the first university in the world to deploy an IBM Quantum System One on campus in continuation of a longstanding partnership with @IBM :
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@MarsRovers Godspeed, Oppy. We at #RPI are so proud of you and all the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni who helped to create you. #ThanksOppy #marsrovers #mars @RPIAlumni
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Our 19th president, Dr. Martin A. Schmidt '81! #RPIForward
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The Class of 2022 Is Heading to Troy! This weekend, 1,796 new students will make their way to #RPI to start the next stage of their academic careers. We can't wait to see what they'll do to change the world! Read more: #RPI2022 @RPISuccess @RPIAlumni
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Campus is mourning the passing of Eddie Ade Knowles, longtime administrator, professor, and artist educator. From his devotion and inclusivity, to his advocacy for students and his incredible passion for music, Ade’s impact on the Rensselaer community is immeasurable.
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Out of This World News! Congratulations, @astro_reid , on being selected to command the first moon mission in five decades! RPI is so proud of Reid Wiseman '97! #ArtemisII #WeAreGoing #RPIAlumni
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Congratulations to men’s hockey player and rising sophomore Sutter Muzzatti, who was drafted by the Nashville Predators in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft. #LetsGoRed
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Congratulations to our football team for winning the NCAA playoff game against Endicott College (20-14). Good luck to the Engineers, who will face Cortland this Saturday at noon! #LetsGoRed
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Congratulations to our football team on winning the Dutchman Shoes Trophy! Playing his first collegiate football game, soccer player Trevor Bisson made a 36-yard field goal just in time to win the game. #LetsGoRed
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We’re ecstatic to share that @NASA astronaut @astro_reid will receive an honorary degree and address the Class of 2024 at our Bicentennial Commencement! We have another surprise up our sleeve for our Bicentennial class 😏 Check back Tuesday for updates! #RPI2024 #RPI200 #NASA
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U.S. News & World Report recently ranked Rensselaer one of the top 10 national universities where graduates are paid well. Learn more:
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Season’s Greetings from Rensselaer! Watch this special holiday message featuring the RPI Pep Band. #RPI #pepband #holidays
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Congratulations to the football team on winning the Transit Trophy from WPI last weekend! #LetsGoRed
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Rest In Peace, Congressman John Lewis. We were honored to have you on our campus to address our graduates in 2013. Our nation has lost a great American hero.
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The Lally School of Management has been named a best business school for 2021 by The Princeton Review. It also had its doctoral program ranked as one of the top 25 in the U.S. by . Learn more:
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Last night, one of our favorite RPI traditions took place – each year we welcome our freshmen with the opportunity to meet our president and head downtown to check out Troy!
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Best wishes to our men's hockey team as they take on Harvard this weekend in the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals! #Let 'sGoRed
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Welcome, Engineers, and happy first day of classes!
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Congratulations to the #RPI School of Engineering on being ranked 6th in the nation by @CollegeFactual ! Read more: @RPIEng @RPIAlumni @RPISuccess #STEM #engineering
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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the RPI Pep Band! This Saturday for the Big Red Freakout, alumni will be back playing with the Pep Band to celebrate this milestone.
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Everyone on campus, including this fella, wishes the men’s hockey and basketball teams good luck in this weekend’s playoff games!
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Once again #RPI is No. 9 among the 30 colleges where students go on to earn the most money! @RPINews @CNBCmakeit
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The Lally School of Management has been named one of the Princeton Review’s Best Business Schools of 2022:
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We are so proud of women’s hockey player Lilli Friis-Hansen, who is competing in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Congratulations, Lilli! #LetsGoRed
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The Engineers overpowered SUNY Cortland 21-14 in the second round of the NCAA Playoffs and tied the school record for wins in a season. This Saturday, they advance to the quarterfinals in Naperville, Illinois. Let's Go Red!
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Happy birthday, #RPI !
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#TodayInEngineeringHistory The Rensselaer School @rpi was founded in Troy, NY, becoming the first engineering college in the U.S. in 1824.
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SCORE! Following one of the most historic seasons in the program's 129-year history, the #RPI football team has been named the ECAC Division III Team of the Year! Way to go, players & coaches! @RPIAthletics @RPISuccess @RPIAlumni #football @ECACSports
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The Class of 2022!! #RPI2022
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Congrats to the @RPIFootball team on winning the Transit Trophy for the third straight season this past weekend! #LetsGoRed
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Save the date: Virtual Commencement will take place Saturday, May 23, 2020, at 12 p.m. EDT. We look forward to celebrating the Class of 2020! #RPI2020Grad
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Despite being diagnosed with a heart condition her sophomore year, Mikayla Capelle excelled both as a Rensselaer student and as a member of a Division I hockey team. #RPI2022
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Good luck to our football team competing for the Dutchman Shoes Trophy this weekend! #LetsGoRed
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Today, as part of an 18-year-old tradition, students in the #RPI Class of 2023 will meet and shake hands with President Shirley Ann Jackson at the top of the Louis Rubin Memorial Approach. Then they'll head downtown for the annual Welcome Fest @RPISuccess @RPIAlumni @RPIAthletics
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Midshipmen from our Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program learn about and are inspired by astronaut Reid Wiseman ’97!
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Rensselaer listed among "Top 15 Engineering Schools by Salary" by @DesignNews ! #RPI is ranked at number 10. @RPIEng
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We’re still celebrating the victory of our women’s hockey team! Congrats on taking back the Mayor’s Cup. #LetsGoRed
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Research led by #RPI has found that heparin, a common FDA-approved drug, could prevent the virus that causes #COVID19 from infecting human cells. Learn more:
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For the 81st time, “R.P.I.” was an answer in the @nytimes Crossword Puzzle. The NYT clues hint at #RPI 's historically strong engineering & hockey programs and they also give a shoutout to our Top 10 Game Design program. More: @NYTimesWordplay @Will_Shortz
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Great news! Rensselaer has been ranked 6th for best physical sciences programs and 2nd for best places in the nation to study physics by College Factual!
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Welcome to all of our students who moved in this week. We are so excited to kick off the fall semester!
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It's almost here! On Saturday, May 19, 1,945 students will receive degrees from #RPI , the oldest technological research university in the United States, beginning at 8:15 a.m. in the East Campus Athletic Village. @RPIAlumni @RPISuccess #Commencement2018
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Best wishes to our men's basketball team as they take on WPI this afternoon in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16! #Let 'sGoRed
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Did you know? Garnet Douglass Baltimore, Class of 1881 and the first African American graduate of RPI, designed Troy’s beloved Prospect Park. #BlackHistoryMonth
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Please join us in welcoming the Schmidts back to the RPI family! #RPIForward
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RIP, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Thank you for your passionate advocacy for gender equity and civil rights and liberties. The nation has lost a true hero.
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Congratulations to the students accepted to the #RPI Class of 2019! Can't wait to see you at Accepted Student Celebration April 11! #RPI2019
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“We're facing what some might view as an existential threat”—Shirley Ann Jackson, pres of #RPI . “For us to be able to help with that, as well as link it to epidemiological data & help with the development of interventional strategies... we feel it's our duty to be part of that.”
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Very comforting to know that the supercomputers are on our side.
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Welcome to all of our students living on campus! We are very excited to have you on campus and look forward to starting the fall semester.
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Congrats to RPI student Lily Donaldson, who was named Miss United States! She is pursuing her Ph.D. in controlled environment agriculture and advocates for the importance of STEM and arts for disadvantaged students through her nonprofit, Art Technically.
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We’re thrilled to announce that Antoinette Maniatty ’87 has been named head of the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering: .
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We’re delighted to share that Rebecca Doerge will be joining the RPI community as our new Provost! Rebecca joins us from @CarnegieMellon , where she is the Glen de Vries Dean of the Mellon College of Science.
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This morning, our community celebrated Kristie Bowers, Ph.D., our new athletics director and the first female appointed to the role. We look forward to the future of RPI Athletics under her leadership. #LetsGoRed
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The median starting salary of students who graduate from #RPI is one of the highest in the country, according to a recent review published by @usnews . @RPIAlumni @RPISuccess #startingsalary #STEM Read more:
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So happy to hear #RPI asst men's hockey coach Nolan Graham is on the road to recovery! @RPI_HFH @RPIAthletics @RPIAlumni @RPILally
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A special friend visited with us today @RPI_HFH @RPIAthletics @RPI_Hockey Great to see @NGrahamer
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Remembering all those who were lost, and thanking all the uniformed men and women who responded, on this day 18 years ago.
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Congratulations to the @RPI_Hockey team for clinching a top 4 finish and a bye in the @ecachockey playoffs! Let's Go Red!
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Hail Dear Old Rensselaer! Congrats on solidify a top 4 spot on the @ecachockey . Take advantage of the bye weekand keep it rolling @RPI_Hockey . #goRED
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The Engineers retained the Dutchman Shoes Trophy with a 23-13 victory over Union College in the oldest college football rivalry in New York State. #LetsGoRed
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The Lally School of Management’s master’s program in business analytics has been ranked #1 in the nation by TFE Times.
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President Marty Schmidt’81 presides over his first Commencement. #RPI2023
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According to a new ranking by @Forbes , #RPI ranks 14th among top STEM colleges & universities. We have an almost 200-year history of producing graduates who have helped to shape & advance the world. @RPIarchitecture @RPIEng @RPIScience @RPILally @RPI_HASS
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"That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon. Thank you to NASA leader George Low '48 and countless other RPI alumni who made it possible!
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Shoutout to the @RPI_Hockey team members who joined Troy's Street Soldiers last night to hand out food and essentials to the less fortunate. They are such great examples of RPI students giving back to the community! #givingback #community #volunteers @RPIAthletics @RPIAlumni
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New year ✅ New turf ✅ #LetsGoRed @RpiAthletics
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RPI President Martin A. Schmidt ’81: “Our new Center for Engineering and Precision Medicine is going to change the way we train both doctoral and medical students.” #CEPMGrandOpening @BMEIIsinai @NYSCF @IcahnMountSinai
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Sophomore football player Connor Brown is an inspiration to all. Before beginning his football career, Brown fought and beat leukemia at the age of 4. “There’s no sense of quitting because I’ve come so far,” he told Spectrum.
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Good luck to our men’s and women’s hockey teams as they compete with Union College for the Mayor’s Cup this Saturday! Buy your tickets at . #LetsGoRed #MayorsCup2023
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Our men’s @RPI_Hockey head coach, Dave Smith, has had his contract extended five years. Congratulations! #LetsGoRed #RPIHockey #ECACHockey
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Best of luck to our students and faculty as they begin the spring semester today!
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Rensselaer has been named among the Princeton Review’s 387 Best Colleges.
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Congratulations! A team of four computer science students from #RPI once again took home top honors at the 15th annual Cyber Security Awareness Week @CSAW_NYUTandon , the world’s largest student-run cyber security event. @RPISuccess @RPIScience #cybersecurity
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Happy first weekend of fall!
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Congratulations to the students, alumni, alumnae, and faculty from the #RPI Orchestra, who are getting ready for tonight's historic performance @carnegiehall ! #Rensselaer #NYC #music @RPI_HASS @RPIAlumni
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Making the grade! 2017 @usnews rankings released #rpi is 42 out of 311 @RPIEng @RPIAlumni
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Earning a degree from Rensselaer is a considerable achievement—one that requires talent to begin with, and then, the application of that talent through hard work, collaboration, and challenge to one’s capabilities, said Dr. Jackson to the graduates
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#RPI Pres. Shirley Ann Jackson is a pioneer who has shattered glass ceilings throughout her career. A mentor & role model to countless women & minorities, "Time" hailed her as “perhaps the ultimate role model for women in science.” #BlackHistoryMonth #CelebratingRPIChangemakers
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Did you see EMPAC lit in purple and gold last night? The change in lighting commemorates the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment and the right for women to vote. It will continue from dusk until dawn through the end of August. #ForwardIntoLight
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The Brooklyn Bridge was the first of 15 bridges in the New York City area that RPI alumni designed, built, or collaborated on. RPI proudly marks two centuries of “firsts” in education, innovation, and beyond. Be part of the celebration: #RPIBicentennial
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RPI alumnus and globally recognized biomedical engineer Sheldon Weinbaum ’59 has been named a recipient of the National Medal of Science, the highest honor for scientific achievement bestowed by the U.S. government, for his “pathbreaking research in biomechanics.” #RPIAlumni
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Rensselaer has been included on the TFE Times list of best MBA programs for 2021. Congratulations to the Lally School of Management!
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Good luck to our hockey teams as they compete against Union College for the Mayors Cup this weekend! #LetsGoRed
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Congratulations to Lovisa Selander '19 former @RPI_WHockey captain and goaltender, on being named NWHL Goalie of the Year! Let's Go Red!
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A sneak peek at the Center for Engineering and Precision Medicine, which officially opened this morning! It is the latest in a 10+ year partnership between RPI and @IcahnMountSinai and will combine engineering and medicine to improve human health. #CEPMGrandOpening
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Emily Roebling, through the talents of @LizWisan , actor on @HBO ’s The Gilded Age, will join Commencement speaker @astro_reid at our Bicentennial Commencement. She will be awarded a posthumous honorary degree, the 1st in RPI history. #RPI200 #RPI2024
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This year marks the 130th anniversary of the Ferris wheel, which was designed by alumnus George W.G. Ferris, a member of the Class of 1881: . #RPIAlumni
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Today, in partnership with @IBM , we officially unveiled the first-ever IBM quantum computer on a university campus. Now online, the system will accelerate quantum computing research, workforce development, and education in New York. #RPIQuantum #RPI200
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And they're off! Today marks the first day of classes for the fall semester. President Schmidt and other RPI leaders greeted members of the new Class of 2027 at Welcome Fest on Friday. Best wishes to all our students!
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Happy Thanksgiving! This fall, every member of our community worked together to protect one another, return to campus, and fight the pandemic. Today and always, we thank our students, faculty, staff, and alumni for facing complex challenges with courage and determination.
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The iconic #BrooklynBridge opened 140 years ago today! Designed by Washington Roebling, Class of 1857, it was the first of 15 bridges in the New York City area that RPI alumni designed, built, or collaborated on. #RPIAlumni
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Significant testing and tracing protocols built upon the Institute's technological expertise have made it possible for students to return to the Rensselaer campus. Learn more:
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From ’86 Field to Foxboro: #RPI aeronautical engineer Matt Patricia ’96 in the @NFL . #RPIgamechanger @RPIAthletics
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It’s an exciting time on our campus! 🎉 This week marks an important milestone as we install five 10’ x 8’ glass pieces to surround @IBM Quantum System One, which will be housed in our Voorhees Computing Center. #RPIQuantum
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