Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2026 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Recharge Midweek with Wellness Wednesdays! Stop by for rotating wellness activities like meditation, free snacks, creative crafts, and more. Open to all—take a break and prioritize you!

Wednesday / September 2, 2026 at 12:00 pm Think about the last time you went to recess. It was a genuine break in the middle of the day. Not a race to eat what you could before returning to work, not an opportunity to do errands, or catch up on sleep—you used to put aside the work and play. Think: did recess ever have to go away? EMPAC is bringing it back on September 2nd.

Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2026 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM - his 30-minute information session is hosted by Aric Krause, Ph.D., and will focus on RPI's Systems Engineering graduate degree. The degree is digitally delivered, flexible, and project-based to prepare decision-makers with broader and deeper capabilities in leading dynamic organizations. The session will highlight program details and how you can select graduate certificates relevant to your work to complete your graduate degree. Please register to attend

On Thursday, 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!

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The framework of multi-agent game-theoretic learning explores how individual agent strategies evolve in response to the strategies of others. A central question is whether these evolving strategies converge to classical solution concepts, such as Nash equilibrium.

Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Advancing Photonic Materials through Moiré Patterns Elaine Li University of Texas, Austin

Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2026 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM - Join us for an ECSE Distinguished Mercer Lecture: "Sub-THz electromechanics and optomechanics" with Prof. Hong Tang of Yale University. Abstract and bio can be found at the event URL.

September 2-5, 2026 TOPOS 2026 creates occasions for deepened listening and critical encounters with Vijay Iyer, Wadada Leo Smith, Miho Hatori, Edward George, and many more. Festival

Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2026 12:00 AM - September 2–5 | What does music know about us that we don't yet know ourselves? Join us at EMPAC & The Sanctuary (North Troy) for a festival of concerts, podcasts, and conversations bringing together different forms of music—not as genres, but as provocative sites of experience. Festival passes & single tickets for select events, available at empac.rpi.edu

BOSTON, Mass. — The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's soccer team opened the 2026 season with a 1-1 draw against Suffolk this afternoon at East Boston Memorial Park. The Engineers struck in the opening two minutes and controlled much of the offensive play, finishing with a 9-4 advantage in shots and a 5-1 edge in shots on goal.