Date: Friday, September 25, 2026 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM - Check out the Ground Zero Basement event on the Upper Deck of the Union for their Art Market. If the weather does not cooperate, join us on the 1st Floor on the Union. For any questions about this event reach out to graffa@rpi.edu.

Date: Friday, September 25, 2026 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM - "Lunar-based Camera for Cislunar Space Situational Awareness & Space Science", Mr. Jon A. Morse, President & Chief Science Officer, Astronet X PBC

Date: Friday, September 25, 2026 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM - This 30-minute online information session will focus on RPI's NEW B.Tech. in Production & Operations Management. Complement your associate’s degree and your professional experience with a program specifically designed to help you achieve your next career step – managing operations and people. Complete the form to register for this event.

Date: Friday, September 25, 2026 8:45 AM - 2:45 PM - As part of the School of Engineering's program for National Manufacturing Day, a Black Hawk helicopter landing (weather permitting) will take place on 86 Field at approximately 8:45 a.m. The helicopter will remain on campus for tours and photos and depart campus at 3:00 p.m.

Date: Thursday, September 24, 2026 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM - How do we find joy in the aftermath of loss? Join us at EMPAC for a free work-in-progress excerpt of WAKE. Choreographer Jay Carlon and composer Micaela Tobin (vocals, electronics) are reimagining an immersive performance ritual for grief that brings together the dance floor and boxing ring with the Filipino concept of kapwa. What begins as a solo unfolds into a prayer, a provocation, a party. All are welcome. A conversation with the artistic team follows in EMPAC Studio 1—Goodman.

Thursday / September 24, 2026 at 7:00 pm This work-in-progress of WAKE is a performance ritual for grief combining the languages of queer nightlife, Catholicism, combat, and kapwa—a Filipino concept of shared identity and interconnectedness. Jay Carlon’s choreography and Micaela Tobin’s live vocals and electronics invite a celebration of each other and our ancestors, past and future. Performance, Work in Progress Jay Carlon

Date: Thursday, September 24, 2026 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM - NSBE will host the Career Fair Corporate Reception in the Russel Sage Banquet Hall on September 24th starting at 5pm. For further information, please reach out to samb@rpi.edu.

Date: Thursday, September 24, 2026 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Dr. Ramkumar T. Annamalai of the University at Buffalo presents Engineering the Healing Microenvironment: Mechanobiology, Immunity, and Long Bone Regeneration

Date: Thursday, September 24, 2026 11:00 AM - Fri , September 25, 2026 1:00 PM - Still unsure about your plans after graduation or what you’ll be doing this summer? Visit the Annual NSBE/SHPE Annual Career Fair and explore opportunities with over 100 companies ready to meet you! First hour from 10:00 AM to 11-00 AM is for NSBE and SHPE members. Don't miss out on the opportunity to join and get early access. All are welcomed to attend September 24th 11 am - 4 pm and September 25th 11 am - 1 pm, we can’t wait to see you there.

TROY, N.Y. — The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Department of Athletics has announced that longtime women's lacrosse head coach Leslie DeLano will transition into athletics administration as Manager of Administrative Operations, while Erica Blubaugh has been elevated to serve as Acting Head Coach of the RPI women's lacrosse program.