ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Shannon Brown was the standout swimmer in the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's swimming and diving team's opening meet of the season, as the Engineers outlasted the RIT Tigers by a final score of 151.5-148.5.

GENESEO, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's cross country team made their mark on Saturday morning, finishing strong with an 11th place finish of 23 teams at the 42nd Annual Mike Woods Geneseo Cross Country Invitational.

GENESEO, N.Y. – Despite sitting five of their top runners on Saturday morning, the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's cross country team ran a solid race, finishing seventh of 23 teams at the 42nd Annual Mike Woods Geneseo Cross Country Invitational.

TROY, N.Y. – Senior Asiah Taylor-Walters collected a goal and an assist to lead another outpouring of offense as the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's hockey team remains undefeated with a 6-2 victory over the Syracuse Orange Friday night. With the win, RPI moves to 4-0-3 while the Orange fall to 2-3-0 on the season.

TROY, N.Y. – Graduate student Gabe Terando scored in the 55th minute as the lone score of the game as the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's soccer team defeated the Hobart Statemen by a 1-0 final score at ECAV Stadium Friday evening.

TROY, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) field hockey team made a late push in the fourth quarter, outshooting the Skidmore College Throughbreds 7-3 in the final frame, but fell by a final score of 4-1 on Friday evening at Harkness Field.

GENEVA, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's soccer team was held scoreless through 90 minutes of play Friday afternoon, as they were defeated at William Smith College by a 3-0 final.

ORONO, ME – Senior Jake Gagnon scored twice – including one late in the third period – as the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's hockey program was edged out by the Maine Black Bears by a final score of 6-3 on road Friday night. With the loss, RPI falls to 0-2-0 on the season, while Maine improves to 2-0-0.

MOUNT BERRY, Ga. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's tennis program saw multiple student-athletes compete at the ITA Cup, collegiate tennis' premier fall event. Representing the Engineers was Tsubi Okada in the Men's Singles field, while Andy Zhu and Aiden Drover-Mattinen made the field as a doubles pairing.

Large Language Models (LLMs) have seen a surge in popularity and widespread adoption since ChatGPT was launched back in November of 2022. Our first talk (6p, 20 Sep, AE217) kicks off a three-part FOCI series about LLMs and will provide an introduction to the fundamentals of LLMs; subsequent talks will showcase how some researchers at RPI are using LLMs in their work. Pizza and salads available at 5:45p