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 ...

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 ...

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s COVID-19 testing dashboard was updated today with a new positive COVID-19 test. The updated dashboard reflects all processed results as of yesterday. The positive ...

Vaporwave is distinguished by its R&B influence and use of somewhat outdated aesthetics. Many songs which receive enormous amounts of praise are merely slowed down versions of old R&B music. As a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

In last week’s Top Hat, our Grand Marshall Advaith Narayan gave his tips for managing academic stress. He talked about time management, goal setting, and motivation. Consider this a follow-up to ...

[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 ...

Stef Warner ’19 and Justin Etzine ’18 have been elected Grand Marshal and President of the Union, respectively. A total of 2,900 students cast their ballots on Thursday, which is down from 3,044 ...