Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rensselaer County is investing $8 million in a new tech incubator in downtown Troy that, in the long-term, is meant to boost the county’s economy.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute was one the first universities in the world to host a supercomputer. The private college in Troy, which celebrated its bicentennial last year, is also using artificial intelligence to conduct research and is working to make waves in the engineering and health science fields. WAMC's Samantha Simmons spoke with college president Martin Schmidt on Friday about programs and amenities recently made available to students and staff to support academic efforts — like the Mercer XLab.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy has named a new executive director for its performing arts center. Dena Beard has been tapped to lead EMPAC, the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is showing off a new lab meant to allow collaboration between students and faculty.

For 200 years, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has been educating students who go on to become scholars, inventors, and engineers. The private college in Troy celebrated the historic milestone this weekend with a campus and community carnival.

Later this month, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy will celebrate its bicentennial commencement.

The world’s first IBM quantum computer on a university campus is now operational. The occasion was officially celebrated at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy Friday.

In 2021, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York and the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey were awarded a National Science Foundation grant to create a research center on financial technology and science. Now the Center for Research toward Advancing Financial Technologies, or CRAFT, is hosting an industry conference at RPI Thursday and Friday to determine what projects to pursue.

While athletes are competing in dozens of different sports at the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, one that’s not in the mix is lacrosse. But back in 1948…

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York and the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey have been awarded a National Science Foundation…