Date: Thursday, April 30, 2026 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Join BME for our endowned Weinbaum lecture as Dr. Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown from Arizona State University presents "Heal the Gut to Help the Brain: Microbiota Transplant Therapy in Autism"

Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2026 4:30 PM - 7:00 PM - Join us for a screening of Starman, a New York Times Critics Pick. In this meditative, intergalactic biopic from Academy Award®-nominated director Robert Stone, we follow Gentry Lee, Chief Engineer for Planetary Exploration at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, on his remarkable journey through space and on Earth. Followed by a live Q&A with Robert Stone, moderated by Dr. William Gibbons, Dean, School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. Reception to follow.

Wednesday / April 29, 2026 at 4:30 pm From Academy Award®-nominated director Robert Stone, a New York Times Critics Pick documentary. In this meditative, intergalactic biopic, we follow Gentry Lee, Chief Engineer for Planetary Exploration at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and sci-fi writer, on his journey through space and on Earth. From the Viking and Voyager missions to co-authoring the future with Arthur C. Clarke, Lee’s life has been spent with his head in the stars and his feet on the ground.

Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2026 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Join us for an ECSE Seminar: "Understanding and Using Embedding Spaces of Large Models" with Prof. Anand Sarwate of Rutgers. Abstract and speaker bio can be found at the event URL.

CLEVELAND – The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) announced that NACDA Past President and former RPI Director of Athletics Dr. Lee McElroy has been selected as the recipient of the 60th James J. Corbett Memorial Award, the highest honor one can achieve in collegiate athletics administration. McElroy's career in college athletics spans over 40 years, a run that included serving as director of athletics at RPI, University at Albany, American University and Sacramento State.

Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM - Join RPI at Work on this 30-minute information session hosted by Dean Aric Krause, Ph.D., and will focus on the Systems Engineering and Technology Management graduate degree. The degree is digitally delivered, flexible, and project-based to prepare decision-makers with broader and deeper capabilities in leading dynamic organizations. The session will highlight program details and how you can select graduate certificates relevant to your work to complete your graduate degree.

Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM - This Mathematical Sciences Colloquium will feature a presentation titled "Accelerating high-order methods for PDEs using fast direct solvers" by Dr. Dan Fortunato. He is an Associate Research Scientist in the Center for Computational Mathematics and the Center for Computational Biology at the Flatiron Institute. His research focuses on spectral methods, fast methods for PDEs, integral equations, computational fluid & solid mechanics, and multigrid methods.

Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2026 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Catherine Tremblay, Mass Spectrometry Sales Specialist at Waters Corporation, will speak on the topic "People, Mass Spec, and the Power of Staying in Touch".

RPI Libraries is excited to launch RPI Reads, a summer reading initiative for the entire RPI community! Register to participate and log any reading you complete this summer—whether for academic work or pure enjoyment. Every entry counts, and participants will be entered into a raffle for prizes. You can take part from anywhere, either in person or virtually. Visit the Folsom Library Service Desk or the RPI Reads website for full details and to get started!

TROY, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's tennis team battled through a tightly contested Liberty League matchup at Sharp Courts, ultimately falling to Vassar by a narrow 4-3 score.