Date: Monday, March 23, 2026 5:00 AM - 8:00 AM - "Maximize Your Summer" with Andrew Morrison '87, Turn Your passion & Skills Into Income, Impact, and Opportunity.

Friday / March 20, 2026 Presented by Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences Demo Peter Burr

Friday / March 20, 2026 Conducting Life features the evolving process of colorfully transforming microbial communities reflexively articulating Gertrude Stein's language riddles. Presented by Department of Arts Installation Jeni Wightman

Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2026 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Join us for an ECSE Distinguished Mercer Lecture: "Highly nonlinear optical materials and their application in photonics" with Prof. Robert Boyd of University of Rochester. Abstract and bio can be found at the event URL.

Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM - This Mathematical Sciences Colloquium will feature a presentation titled "Predicting Transient Behavior via Computation of Kreiss Constants" by Dr. Tim Mitchell. He s an Associate Professor of Computer Science at CUNY Queens College and Doctoral Faculty at the CUNY Graduate Center interested in numerical analysis, optimization, and scientific computing.

Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM - This Mathematical Sciences Colloquium will feature a presentation titled "Predicting Transient Behavior via Computation of Kreiss Constants" by Dr. Tim Mitchell. He is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at CUNY Queens College and Doctoral Faculty at the CUNY Graduate Center interested in numerical analysis, optimization, and scientific computing.

Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Quantum computers introduce new opportunities for modeling and solving decision problems. In this talk, we will first discuss the unique positioning of Industrial Engineering in the quantum research landscape that motivates new directions at the intersection of application and theory. Then as an example, we will present a new algorithm, Iterative-QAOA, for combinational optimization problems.

Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM - The RPI Semiconductor CoLab Catalyst Seminar Series brings together faculty, researchers, and industry partners to share ideas, highlight collaborations, and advance semiconductor and microelectronics innovation. The seminar on March 17th, at the Albany NanoTech Complex, features Jacob Merson (RPI) and Dureseti (Chidu) Chidambarrao (IBM) in a two 45-min talks with a networking break. Registration is required. Follow the link for more information.

Date: Monday, March 16, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM - Join Presidential Pup Jofa to celebrate her 5th Birthday. Free Cupcakes. Stop by to pet or just say Happy Birthday!! Bring along any donation of pet food/pet product and receive free gift. All items collected will be donated for local animal needs.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's and women's indoor track & field teams competed the past two days at the 2026 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships.