Thursday / February 11, 2027 at 6:00 pm Can AI resurrect the past? Can it bring back people we have lost? How real or fake are the results—and the relationships that emerge when we try to connect with them? Talk Haruna Lee, Jared Mezzocchi & Kento Morita

Thursday / February 11, 2027 at 6:00 pm Can a group of people occupy the same imagined world at the same time, in the same physical space? How can we share experience through mixed reality? Multidisciplinary artist Lars Jan and Talis Reks, who is the lab manager of MIT.nano Immersion Lab and a CEO/founder of DreaMR Labs, discuss the possibilities of combining mixed reality, narrative, and live performance—at stadium-sized scale. Talk Lars Jan & Talis Reks

Thursday / January 14, 2027 at 6:00 pm What artistic and expressive possibilities emerge at the intersection of robotics and art making? How might technology augment the creative body? Musician, composer, and instrument builder Qiujiang Levi Lu joins RPI’s Russell Sage Professor John Wen for a conversation on the relationships between bodies, machines, perception, and creative practice. Talk Qiujiang Levi Lu & John Wen

Thursday / November 12, 2026 at 6:00 pm How does perception connect to bodily action? What happens when your perceptual system changes? How can art and science each help us make meaning from those shifts? Choreographer Heidi Latsky and Brett Fajen, who is an associate dean at RPI and a professor in cognitive science, join for a conversation on movement science, the brain’s perceptual functions, and how the body adapts to change. Talk Brett Fajen & Heidi Latsky

Friday / October 30, 2026 at 3:00 pm EMPAC at RPI transforms local history into a one-night-only immersive haunted ship adventure in Troy, Friday OCT 30. Solve the mystery, trick-or-treat through the building, craft with FlagSSS Day Collective, catch a Halloween movie, live performances, costume contest, and so much more! After the kids head home, the lights go down for DJ and dancing. Screening, Installation An Immersive Halloween Adventure at EMPAC

Date: Saturday, October 24, 2026 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Honors Convocation is an invitation-only ceremony celebrating exceptional academic achievement and outstanding contributions by RPI students and faculty. The event recognizes recipients of prestigious awards, scholarships, and academic honors while reaffirming the Institute's commitment to excellence, scholarship, and leadership. Family members and invited guests join the RPI community in honoring this year's award recipients.

Date: Friday, October 23, 2026 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM - Come to the McNeil Room on October 23rd to enjoy activities and food in the Rensselaer Union for the International Festival held by the Multicultural Leadership Council. For any further information or questions, reach out to tourem@rpi.edu.

Date: Friday, October 23, 2026 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM - Come take part in the schedule events planned for Family Weekend 2026!

Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2026 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Established in 1990, the Entrepreneur of the Year award honors Rensselaer graduates who have achieved success as entrepreneurs and now serve as role models for current students and aspiring entrepreneurs. The Severino Center and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute invites you to celebrate this year's honoree Ajit Prabhu ’98, the founder of Quest Global. The awards ceremony, fireside chat with President Schmidt, and an RPI startup pitch competition will start at 1 pm in the EMPAC theater.

Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2026 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM - Join us for an ECSE Mercer Distinguished Lecture: "Big Data at Scale and Small Data at Low Latency: From Research Prototypes to Production Systems" with Prof. Xiaodong Zhang from Ohio State. Abstract and speaker bio can be found at the event URL.