Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2026 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM - Join us for an ECSE & ISE Distinguished Mercer Lecture: "A Control-Theoretic Perspective on Game-Theoretic Learning" with Prof. Jeff Shamma of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Abstract and bio can be found at the event URL.

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y.- The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's soccer team was defeated 1-0 at non-conference foe Plattsburgh this evening.

Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2026 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM - A Puppies and Pizza event will be hosted by Acacia Fraternity at 145 Sunset Terrace. For more information please email, roussj@rpi.edu

Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2026 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM - Join Psi Upsilon for Video Game night at 2140 Burdett Ave. For more information on this event reach out to psiu.ei.archon@gmail.com.

Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2026 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Join Women at Rensselaer Mentoring Program who will be hosting a Networking & LinkedIn Workshop on the third floor of the Rensselaer Union in the Shelnutt Gallery. For more information on this event please email lid28@rpi.edu.

Date: Tuesday, September 22, 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.

Pinewoods representative Bob Eckart ’73 recently joined the I-PERSIST mentor community on campus as approximately 100 mentors gathered for training, providing an opportunity to celebrate the Foundation’s partnership with RPI and its investment in the student experience.

Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2026 1:00 PM - The Dean of Students Office will have a Student Support Fair on the 2nd Floor of the Russel Sage building. Stop by to gather information from the department! For further details email Mary McCarthy at mccarm5@rpi.edu.

Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2026 4:00 AM - 5:00 AM - Medical images contain far more information than is typically used for a single diagnostic task. I will present our work on learning generalizable, patient-specific representations from routine chest imaging, tracing a progression from task-specific prediction to multimodal foundation models and spatially grounded world models. These results point toward medical AI systems that move beyond task specific prediction, with applications in risk assessment, spatial reasoning, and image-guided care

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The RPI women's tennis team completed two days of competition at the Skidmore Invitational this weekend, with the Engineers earning five singles victories on Saturday before both RPI doubles pairings closed the event with wins on Sunday.