POTSDAM, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's basketball team won a back-and-forth Liberty League battle this afternoon, pulling away late for a 70–58 victory over Clarkson at Alumni Gymnasium.

GENESEO, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's lacrosse team earned an 18-13 road win over Geneseo this afternoon.

ITHACA, N.Y. – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) turned in another steady day of performances on Friday at the 2026 Liberty League Swimming & Diving Championships at Ithaca College, with the women's team holding firm in second place and the men remaining third among the nine competing programs as the meet moved into its final day.

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.