Since the turn of the new millennium, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has been changed through the implementation of President Shirley Ann Jackson’s The Rensselaer Plan.Under The Plan, major campus ...

West Hall has a reputation at Rensselaer for its otherworldly, cryptic nature. When I arrived at RPI, one of the first things I heard about campus were the stories of the ghosts of West Hall. Rumor ...

The discussion of how mathematics is being taught in the United States is often fixated on attainment. From Pew Research’s statement “[t]he most recent PISA [a standardized assessment] results, from ...

The Facilities and Services Committee presented a follow-up report to the senate about facilities concerns found during the Light Walk. In addition, the Arch Task Force introduced a mental health ...

The Polytechnic endorses Colleen Corrigan ’21 for President of the Union. Corrigan’s plans to reinstate 24/7 Union hours, include students in the hiring process of Union administrators, bring back ...

[Editor’s Note]: The Polytechnic received permission from Mahmoud to publish this piece, which was originally published on Reddit and in the Overheard at RPI Facebook group.. Hi, everybody. In light ...

In an email to students Tuesday morning, Executive Director of the Health Center Dr. Leslie Lawrence informed the Rensselaer community of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine’s pause in distribution. Staff ...

Elections Commission Chairperson Keenan Adams ’21 presented an update on the status of this week’s Student Government elections during Thursday's Senate meeting, in which several major errors were at ...

Ben Viner ’24 and Ava Gallagher ’23G have been elected Grand Marshal and President of the Union, respectively. Ria Massoni ’24 was reelected as Undergraduate President. All three candidates ran ...

President Shirley Ann Jackson announced that Rensselaer is expecting a revenue loss of $60 million due to the coronavirus pandemic during the Spring Town Meeting held May 15 via Webex. The anticipated ...

“People can’t imagine how you wouldn’t be ripping each other’s dresses and high heels like the movies…but it’s a sisterhood.” Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, graduate student Lily Donaldson is the ...

Why is there a lonely stone castle sitting in the middle of the Hudson river? "Frank Bannerman built a castle and filled it with all of the coolest things he could get his hands on," writes features ...