Date: Friday, April 10, 2026 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM - You’re invited to the RPI Semiconductor CoLab Special Seminar at the NFS Auditorium, Albany NanoTech Complex. Shyam Surthi, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff in Advanced NAND Technology, will present “Bits that Persist: NAND Flash Scaling and Opportunities in the AI Era.” Please register by 04/07, breakfast will be provided, register early for transportation requests. Check the link for ID and site access details.

Thursday / April 9, 2026 at 5:00 pm Featuring guest artist Nick Dunston With DJ Rekha and Joey Latka Directed by Michael Century and Nick Dunston Presented by Arts Department Performance A space performance by RPI Contemporary Improvisation Ensemble

In March, Lally undergrad Tazeem Mahashin '28 (IT & Web Science / Finance) took first place at Columbia Business School's Google Hackathon and also earned a Finalist award at HackPrinceton. Tazeem represented RPI with remarkable adaptability, demonstrating that knowing when to pivot is just as important as knowing how to build. Read the full article here.

The RPI Debate Team will be presenting a double-header public debate on Thursday, April 16 beginning at 6:30pm in Sage 3303. The first debate topic will be increasing nuclear energy production in the United States. The second debate topic will be censorship of social media. This event is open to all students, faculty, and staff.

Date: Thursday, April 9, 2026 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Prof. Marlene Belfort, born in Cape Town to German-Jewish refugees, studied biochemistry and microbiology at the University of Cape Town, earned her PhD at UC Irvine, and completed postdoctoral work in Jerusalem and at Northwestern. A member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and an award-winning scientist, she is now a Distinguished Professor at the University at Albany, SUNY, known for research on introns and inteins and for advocating for women in science.

The Design Showcase will be held on Wednesday, Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026 from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. in the DCC Great Hall.  Students from multiple engineering disciplines (Computer & Systems, Electrical, Industrial & Management, Materials and Mechanical Engineering) solve real-world design challenges for industry, entrepreneurs and academic/medical partners. Visit the showcase to:

Interact with project teams and view their achievements.
Learn how students solve complex design challenges.
Get inspired by students’ innovation & creativity.

Brent Brunell, '94, the Technology Director of Digital & Electrical Systems at GE Vernova Advanced Research, will visit campus as a featured guest speaker for the Design Lab Showcase on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. Brent’s keynote presentation beginning at 3:00 PM in DCC 324.

Date: Thursday, April 9, 2026 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM - "Imaging the Properties of Atoms and Fields down to the Picometer Scale inside Materials and Devices" Dr. David Muller Cornell

Please join ISE on Wednesday, April 22 at 12:15 PM in LOW 3039 for a colloquium featuring Dr. Andrew Trapp's research on From Model-Optimal to Human-Optimal: Human-Centered Optimization for the Common Purposes of Life! All are welcome!

CORTLAND, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) softball team split a non-league doubleheader at Cortland this afternoon at Dragon Field, dropping a 1-0 decision before answering with a 1-0 win in eight innings.