The Student Experience Excellence Awards (formerly the Graduating Student Awards) recognize RPI students who have made exceptional contributions to our community through academic achievement, athletic accomplishment, leadership, service, and/or volunteerism. We invite students, staff, and faculty to nominate individuals who exemplify excellence and have made a meaningful impact on our campus.

Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2026 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Join us for an ECSE Distinguished Mercer Lecture: "Spectrally Agile Cellular Wireless Systems" with Prof. Sundeep Rangan of NYU Tandon. Abstract and speaker bio can be found at the event URL.

Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM - This Mathematical Sciences Colloquium will feature a presentation titled "Opportunities and Challenges of Neural Networks for Partial Differential Equations" by Dr. Yahong Yang. He is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Georgia Institute, and his research interests include machine learning theory, mathematical modeling in materials science and biology, and numerical methods for partial differential equations.

Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2026 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM - "Nonlinear metamaterials with engineered heterogeneities", Dr. Pradeep Guduru, Professor, Co-Director of the Mechanics of Undersea Science and Engineering Center, School of Engineering, Brown University

TROY, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's basketball team saw its Liberty League Tournament run end in the opening round, falling 50–42 to Skidmore tonight inside ECAV Arena.

TROY, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's lacrosse team opened the 2026 season with an 18-4 victory over Oneonta this afternoon at ECAV Stadium.

February 24-28, 2026 Korakrit Arunanondchai’s film UNITY FOR NOSTALGIA (2025) is screened as a haunting video installation presented on the theater stage amid traces of Arunanondchai’s commissioned performance. Elements of myth, choreographic performance, and ritual evoke ancestral presence with atmospheric intensity. Installation Korakrit Arunanondchai

Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2026 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Wayde Schmidt (RPI PhD '87), CSO of a University of Connecticut startup company, will speak on Adventures in Materials Science & Engineering from a "Chemist's" Perspective. Refreshments at 3:45 pm.

Join us for a meaningful evening of insight and conversation as Rabbi Reena Judd shares reflections on love, family, and belonging. Rabbi Judd will read selections from her book of contemporary midrashim, offering thoughtful perspectives rooted in tradition and resonant with modern life.

Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2026 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM - 1D Topological Systems for Next-Generation Electronics Dr. Judy J. Cha Cornell University