Late Degree Application (paper) for December 2026 graduation, if you did not apply in SIS, will begin being accepted
Events
Experience the excitement of the RPI Symphony Orchestra as current students and alumni reunite for a special open rehearsal under the direction of Dr. Robert Whalen. This unique side-by-side event honors the alumni whose continued commitment and musicianship have helped shape the Orchestra's tradition of excellence while offering a behind-the-scenes look at preparations for its 154th season.
Calling all students! The Office of Alumni Engagement invites you to join RPI alumni at this year’s signature Reunion and Homecoming event. Enjoy great food, a live band, and fun games while connecting with alumni from across the generations. If you have a campus meal plan, you’ll use your meal swipe on site. Don’t have a meal plan? No problem — you’re still invited to enjoy the BBQ! Pre-registration is REQUIRED.
Join us as we present this year's Civil & Environmental Engineering Distinguished Alumni award to Thomas G. Capek. Mr. Capek graduated from RPI with a B.S. in civil engineering in 1986. He has had an industrious career at Corning Inc., using his civil degree as a base for further learning and preparation for many industrial challenges. Dessert reception will be in the DCC Great Hall with formal presentation in DCC 330.
Join RPI at Work Associate Dean Michael Hughes for a 30-minute information session covering RPI's online, project-based Mechanical Engineering and Systems Engineering graduate degree programs.
Expect to learn how professionals can develop their practice in core engineering disciplines while being able to customize the program to fit their needs at work. Please register to join this online session.
In this workshop we will look at some of the basics of AI, terminology, explore how prompts influence the responses these systems generate, and discuss tools available. As faculty and instructors, we don’t need to become AI experts. However, having a basic understanding of these tools can help us make thoughtful decisions about assignments and classroom expectations. Please click the link in the See section to register by Friday, October 9th. Space is limited.
Auto-regressive models, trained simply to predict future observations from past ones, have become a default tool for sequential data, from language to video to control-relevant time series. This talk first addresses that gap in a canonical setting and then concludes with a discussion of a class systems which captures these observer effects, recent results on learning and control, and several open questions.
Graduate Christian Fellowship is a group of graduate students who regularly meet for a meal and Bible study throughout the Fall and Spring semesters. We meet in the Library Conference Room from 6:00pm to 7:30pm every Tuesday. Anyone is welcome to come.
Please join us on Tuesday October 13th, 2026 at 4:00PM in the CBIS Bruggeman Conference Room for our Seminar with Dr. Sara E. Mason from Brookhaven National Laboratory
Making Computation Work Harder: From Defect Chemistry to AI-Accelerated Discovery Refreshments at 3:45 PM
Now that you’ve completed the first (and maybe second) round of exams, it’s time to reflect on what strategies worked well and what might need to be adjusted. Get advice on how to make an academic comeback as we approach the half way mark!
The Office of Alumni Engagement invites all students to join us for RPI Smoothie Socials, your monthly midweek pick-me-up! Enjoy delicious smoothies and snacks, connect with fellow students and select staff members, and get to know the Alumni Engagement team. Each month features a fun theme and a unique giveaway for the first 50 students through the door! October’s theme - Cozy and Connected; Giveaway - RPI fuzzy socks; Featured flavor - RPI Chai. We hope you’ll drop in and say hi!
"Correlating buffer microstructure with fracture behavior in TRISO particle fuels", Dr. Yongfeng Zhang, Associate Professor & Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies, Department of Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics, U. Wisconsin
Electron-electron interactions, nonequilibrium electron dynamics, and hydrodynamics in ultrapure materials
Jean J. Heremans
Department of Physics, Virginia Tech
This Mathematical Sciences Colloquium will feature a presentation titled "Gaussian elimination revisited" by Marc Aurèle Gilles. He is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University. His research develops theory, algorithms, and software for scientific computing, with a focus on numerical linear algebra and statistical inference from noisy cryo-EM data.
Join Lukas Rieppel - a historian of science, capitalism, and museums at Brown University, for a talk on October 14, at 11:30am in Sage 5711.
Learn the basics of correct thesis organization and format, appropriate paper attribution and reference citation styles—plus a review of the most commonly found mistakes and ways to avoid them. This workshop is for any student who will be writing a MS thesis or PhD dissertation. Bring your questions! To register for this WebEx event:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdFkgmVANxbN3fM_h4B_2HXGFobhyfkpRiw876g1tc6xFXRiA/viewform?usp=header
In the age of AI, it is increasingly important to understand how AI can serve as an effective tool in the writing process, and what it means to use it with academic integrity. This workshop explores how to use AI effectively and responsibly while maintaining your own voice as a writer.
A reception to honor Prof. Kurt Anderson as he transitions from Associate Dean
UG Engineering Programs to Professor in Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering. Kurt served as Associate Dean for 16+ years. His dedication, hard work, and standards of quality elevated UG experience to new levels. Kurt’s contributions to curriculum, core engineering, undergraduate student experience, recruiting, mentoring, and more, have made a tremendous impact and benefited a large number of students.
Dr. Raymond Adkins, RCSA Fellow, Yale University. Title: Self-organization: from active matter to the nervous system
The Biomedical Engineering Graduate Department would like to invite you to learn about the many graduate school opportunities in Biomedical Engineering!
Join us for an information session on Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 8:00pm EDT to learn more about the graduate degrees offered, specific research areas our department specializes in, and the application process. We also welcome any questions you may have during the event.
For more information, contact BME@RPI.EDU
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The end of the semester is in sight, but you’ve still got a few weeks (and exams) to go. Join the LAs in reflecting on how far you’ve come this semester, and learn how to map out your plan of attack for the final few weeks.
Final exams are right around the corner! Connect the LA team to build a final exam toolkit that features how you can prepare, stay calm, and finish the semester strong.