POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's basketball team flipped a halftime deficit with a blistering third quarter and closed out Vassar, 52–41, inside the Athletic & Fitness Center.

RPI School of Architecture Professor Matt Burgermaster and his office MABU received Honorable Mention recognition for the 2026 ACSA Faculty Design Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) for the project “Twenty Ways Home”.

On August 14, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the mpox outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and neighboring countries. Mpox (formerly known at Monkeypox) is a viral illness that can be spread between people or between people and certain animals. It generally causes mild symptoms including a fever, headache, chills, fatigue, and a rash.

Guided library tours are now available for students, faculty, staff, and campus groups at both the Folsom Library and the Architecture Library. These brief, bookable tours introduce library spaces, services, and resources, and can be customized to fit your group’s needs or research interests...

Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2026 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Join us for an ECSE Master Practitioner Seminar: "Challenges and Power System Reliability and Regulatory Evolution" with Herb Schrayshuen of Power Advisors, LLC. Abstract and speaker bio can be found at the event URL.

Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2026 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM - RPI at Work Dean Aric Krause, Ph. D., will be reviewing the online, project-based graduate degrees and certificates. Expect to hear details about how RPI Instructor Mentors provide industry expertise, advice, and mentorship in a targeted and experiential learning environment. Please RSVP if you plan to attend and learn more about RPI at Work.

Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Safety and Security of Deep Learning Hardware Accelerators Kanad Basu Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, RPI

Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2026 3:00 PM - 5:00 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 first seminar, on January 20 at the Albany NanoTech Complex, features Ravishankar Sundararaman (RPI) and Tim Philicelli (IBM) on topological metals in two 45-min talks with a networking break. Registration is required. Follow the link for more information.

The ECSE Department is excited to welcome Prof. Abouzeid as our new department head effective Jan 1st, 2026.