TROY, NY — The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) field hockey team pulled away in the second half to earn its first victory of the 2026 season with a 7-4 win over Hartwick this afternoon at Harkness Field. The Engineers improved to 1-1 with the victory.

Date: Friday, September 4, 2026 9:00 PM - Following the success of her multimedia project Salon Mondialité, musician and artist Miho Hatori returns with the world premiere of Paris Syndrome, an EMPAC-commissioned performance created with Michiko Ogawa (shô) and Dan Peck (tuba). Surrounded by shifting fields of live sound, voice, and image, join us and encounter what happens when perception begins to slip. One show only. Included with festival pass.

Friday / September 4, 2026 at 9:00 pm Miho Hatori’s Paris Syndrome premieres at TOPOS Music Festival. Surrounded by shifting fields of live sound, voice, and image, encounter what happens when perception begins to slip. Performance, Commission Miho Hatori, with Michiko Ogawa and Daniel Peck

Date: Friday, September 4, 2026 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM - Join Chabad on Campus for Shabbat Dinner at the Chabad House starting at 7pm. For any questions or concerns, please contact Lichts2@rpi.edu.

Date: Friday, September 4, 2026 7:00 PM - TOPOS Music Festival welcomes Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith, performing Defiant Life. Experience the spiritually and sonically intense improvised music of these two pioneering legends in the EMPAC Concert Hall. Included with festival pass & single tickets also available.

Friday / September 4, 2026 at 7:00 pm TOPOS welcomes Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith, performing Defiant Life in the EMPAC Concert Hall. Experience the spiritually and sonically intense improvised music of these two pioneering legends. Performance Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith

Rob Carney, Director of Campus Planning & Facilities Design, will retire on September 30, 2026, following 38 years of dedicated service to RPI. His leadership and contributions have left a lasting impact across the Institute. Please join us on Tuesday, September 29, anytime between 2:00 and 4:00 p.m. at the Heffner Alumni House, Great Room, to congratulate Rob, thank him for his many years of service, and wish him well in retirement.

Please join the Cognitive Science Department on Wednesday, September 9th at 12:00pm in Carnegie 113 for a seminar by Dr. Paulo Shakarian, Director of the Syracuse University Institute for Artificial Intelligence and K.G. Tan Endowed Professor of Artificial Intelligence. The seminar is titled "Metacognition: Key Findings and New Directions".

On Friday, September 11, 10 to 11 a.m. ET, Liad Wagman, Dean of the RPI Lally School of Management, will lead a free webinar hosted by AACSB International, the global accrediting body for business schools, on how schools are moving from AI policy to daily practice. The session covers research integrity, teaching and assessment, and administration and governance, with practical approaches relevant beyond business schools. Register today!

Date: Friday, September 4, 2026 6:00 AM - 7:30 AM - Join us on Friday, September 11, 2026, at The Approach at RPI for a 9/11 Memorial Stair Run/Walk. Everyone is welcome to participate! Participants may run, walk, or ruck the stairs. This event honors the first responders who climbed the stairs of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. As we take on the stairs ourselves, we remember their courage, sacrifice, and selfless service.