Wednesday / June 10, 2026 at 2:30 pm This 75 minute session is dedicated to a movement inquiry and experiment through improvised gestures and the sounding body. Using a practice of embodied research that borrows from cellular science, participants are invited to explore senses of closeness between human bodies and land ecologies. What lives within each of them? What does my body sense when moving closely with, not solely across, the land I occupy?

TROY, N.Y.- The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) athletics department has released the 2026 men's and women's cross country schedule.

Through Beyond Blocks, students participate in open houses, club fairs, workshops, and social events that help them stay connected, get involved, and thrive in their new environment. Submit an event: https://surveys.rpi.edu/jfe/form/SV_ers5JWvVJ7QSmjQ Questions? Contact fye@rpi.edu

The Fiscal Year 2027 and Fiscal Year 2028 holiday schedules are now available on the Human Resources Website. Employees are encouraged to review the schedules, including holiday observances and Winter Break/Employee Appreciation Days, to assist with personal and departmental planning.

Date: Monday, June 8, 2026 (all day) - Every TOPOS 2026 presentation is a way into our own stories, and of those around us. Featuring Vijay Iyer, Wadada Leo Smith, Miho Hatori, Edward George, Paul Abbott, IMA, Rock City Falls Trio (Improv Spaces), Sun Dogs (Improv Spaces), Fred Moten, and The Silent Light—TOPOS 2026 brings together different forms of music, not as genres but as provocative sites of experience. A free BBQ at EMPAC keeps the conversation going! Find the full festival schedule, now online at empac.rpi.edu/topos

TROY, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's tennis doubles team of Nicole Ridenour and Anushka Jaiswal has been named ITA Division III Doubles All-Americans, as announced by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).

Join our Information Security team for cookies and enrollment of Passwordless Authentication to RPI single sign on (SSO) systems on Thursday , 6/18 from 10 - 11 AM in VCC, or Wednesday, 6/24 from 2 - 3 PM in CII 3rd Floor. For more information regarding Passwordless Auth, please click above link.

Now streaming on PBS, Project Chapel chronicles the installation of the world's first IBM Quantum System One on a university campus at RPI. The documentary follows the transformation of a historic chapel into a hub for quantum innovation, exploring the people, technology, and vision behind the milestone and the potential of quantum computing to help solve some of the world's most complex challenges. Watch now at pbs.org/show/project-chapel.

Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2026 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM - What does music know about us that we don't yet know about ourselves? TOPOS returns as a space for gathering, inquiry, and discovery. Across four days of performances, live podcasts, film screenings, and conversation, the festival creates occasions for deepened listening and critical encounters: music as a means of articulating that which resists articulation. Mark your calendars now!