The Mercer XLab is NOW open 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. on weekdays during the Fall 2025 semester. All RPI students are welcome to learn from our Mercer X Student Workers! They can help you design your project, print your first PCB, learn how to solder, borrow electronic parts and instrumentation, and more. Come try Analog Devices Inc.'s new devices intended for "AI on the edge," where small microcontrollers run your AI for image recognition and speech detection. We'll see you soon on the JEC 6th floor!

The Mercer XLab is now offering a chance to earn limited edition Fall 2025 Skills Badges! To improve your Mercer X Skill Set there are three levels to obtain: Level 1 is your learning, Level 2 is applying your learning to a project, and Level 3, the gold standard, is teaching someone else! We offer the opportunity to earn PCB Pro (printing PCB prototypes), PCB Designer, Hot Worker (soldering), Spice-EE (Spice simulation), Instrument Wiz, and IC Designer skills. Earn yours before they run out!

UTICA, N.Y. — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) football was unable to overcome a fast start by Utica as the Engineers dropped a 41–14 decision this evening at Charles A. Gaetano Stadium.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's cross country team continued its 2025 season with a commanding performance, capturing the team title at the Ron Stonitsch Invitational today. The Engineers placed five runners in the top 10 and eight in the top 16 on the 6K course at Vassar Farm.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's cross country team continued its 2025 campaign with a strong third-place showing at the Ron Stonitsch Invitational, hosted by Vassar College this morning.

TROY, N.Y. – A timely goal midway through the second half was the difference this afternoon, as the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's soccer team picked up a 1-0 victory over Oswego State in ECAV Stadium.

TROY, N.Y. — A penalty kick goal in the fourth minute was all Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) needed to secure a 1-0 victory over Drew University in non-league women's soccer action this afternoon in ECAV Stadium.

TROY, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) field hockey team put together a dominant offensive performance this afternoon, defeating Utica University 8-1 at Harkness Field. It marked the program's highest single-game scoring output since a 9-0 win over Manhattanville on October 30, 2021.

Friday / September 12, 2025 at 7:00 pm GRIDS is a stunning concert with experimental music group [Switch~ Ensemble], premiering three new works that combine EMPAC’s capabilities for spatial audio and multi-channel video with the virtuosic bravura of the ensemble’s seven members. Music/Sound [Switch~ Ensemble]

Join us September 20 at 7pm at The Sanctuary for Independent Media for screenings of 16mm plant-processed performance films, presented by Katherine Bauer and Joyce Lainé, members of the film collective Le Ratoire and Atelier MTK. The image sin each film emerge before our eyes through the process of a developer composed of plants, ashes, and water. The screening will be followed by Q&A. This event is co-sponsored by iEAR Presents and The Sanctuary for Independent Media.