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 ...

In May, the U.S. Department of Education enacted new Title IX regulations, changing the obligations for campuses across the United States. Rensselaer’s implementation of the new federal and NYS ...

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 ...

With National College Decision Day come and gone, The Polytechnic extends a warm welcome to the Class of 2024 and the 2025 architects. Come fall, the campus you’ll call home will be fundamentally ...

In an email to students Tuesday morning, Executive Director of the Health Center Dr. Leslie Lawrence informed the community that Rensselaer would be pausing distribution of the Johnson and Johnson ...

Vivian Rost-Nasshan ’26 has been elected Grand Marshal, beating Ria Massoni ’25G in a historic runoff election. Rost-Nasshan won by a margin of 197 votes. The student body also overwhelmingly approved ...

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 ...

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 of ...

Advaith Narayan ’21 and Anissa Choiniere ’21 have been elected Grand Marshal and President of the Union, respectively. The announcement was made on a live stream through the Union’s Instagram account, ...

Women in the Class of 2026 were offered a unique grant: a Women’s Leadership Scholarship, which gives $20,000 in financial aid for the first year, or $10,000 per semester. The purpose of the grant is ...