CANTON, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's basketball team clinched the Liberty League regular season championship for the second consecutive season with a 56–48 win over St. Lawrence on Thursday night at Burkman Gymnasium.

TROY, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's ice hockey team carried play for long stretches and struck first in the second period, but #14 Dartmouth College scored three unanswered goals in the middle frame to hand the Engineers a 3–1 ECAC Hockey setback tonight at Houston Field House.

HAMILTON, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's hockey team remained within striking distance throughout tonight ECAC Hockey Opening Round contest, receiving goals from Kyley Toye and Nina Christof, but Colgate used a decisive stretch in the second period to secure a 4–2 victory at Class of 1965 Arena.

CANTON, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's basketball team led early and traded punches for much of the night before St. Lawrence pulled away late, handing the Engineers a 69–62 Liberty League setback this evening at Burkman Gymnasium.

February 20-28, 2026 In staging grounds, Samson Young’s LIQUID BORDERS (2012-14) fills the theater lobby with the sounds of a closed frontier zone. The four-part composition traces both natural and manmade barriers, re-staging these as a textured symphony that flows from the industrial clang of metal to gentle shifts of water and wind. Installation Samson Young

Friday / February 20, 2026 at 8:00 pm An EMPAC commission that blends performance, video, and sound, Korakrit Arunanondchai’s THE GHOST WILL TAKE US BY THE HAND takes cues from Asian horror films, using atmosphere—sonic, choreographic, visual, spiritual—as a primary medium. This ticketed performance disorients spectatorship and tests the boundaries between film and live action. Performance Korakrit Arunanondchai

The 2026 Annual McKinney Reading Series and Student Awards Ceremony will take place on Thursday, April 9, 2026, from 7:00–9:00 p.m. at the Heffner Alumni House. The event will feature Hisham Matar, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of three novels and two memoirs. The evening will include the announcement of the McKinney Student Writing Contest winners, a literary reading, and an audience Q&A, followed by a book signing. Books will be available for purchase at the event.

The electroacoustic duo CODE POEMS, featuring Matt Sargent (composition, guitar, electronics) and Taylor Long (percussion), is dedicated to performing experimental works by living composers. The program features two pieces written expressly for the ensemble: Matthew Goodheart’s “Migrations,” for percussion and lap steel with multichannel electronics, and Matt Sargent’s “Several Angels,” for percussion and electric guitar with real-time scoring. Join at RPI Chapel and Cultural Center from 7-8:30.

February 20-28, 2026 Jewyo Rhii’s WING THEATER, commissioned by EMPAC, oscillates between installation and activated performance space, with Rhii offering two live activations daily throughout the festival. At once a self-contained theater, a sculptural archive, and a staging ground for storytelling, the piece blurs the boundary between private process and collective encounter. Performance Jewyo Rhii

February 20-28, 2026 Na Mira’s AUTOASPHYXIATION (2025) is on view in EMPAC’s theater lobby during the staging grounds Arts Festival. The artwork is played on a loop with a total run-time of 15 minutes and 19 seconds. Installation Na Mira