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The official Twitter feed of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the nation's oldest technological research university.
Joined September 2010
This weekend, @joshgroban performed at @EMPACnews with our students to raise money for Rensselaer student scholarship and the @FYLFoundation –– an organization dedicated to ensuring that every child has access to a quality arts education.
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After an exciting football season, we are pleased to announce football coach Ralph Isernia’s contract will be extended for five years. Coach Isernia has profoundly and positively impacted both our students and our athletics program, and has led the football team to much success.
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Rensselaer is a part of the White House’s new COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium.
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Thank you @SenSchumer and @SenGillibrand for securing $1 million in federal funds for RPI's new Center for Robotic Manufacturing Systems, to address critical technology development for workforce-centered robotic manufacturing systems for NYS companies. We appreciate your support!
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9. Countdown to Apollo 50, #RPI’s Space Legacy: ISS. Today, we look back on an out-of-this world event, when astronaut Reid Wiseman ’97 had a live video chat with members of the #RPI community while aboard the ISS! Watch: #Apollo50 @NASA @Space_Station
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Welcome, Dr. Marty Schmidt ’81, our 19th president! We’re excited and proud to have Marty return to our RPI family and look forward to learning more about his vision and plans. Read his message to our campus community:
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@MarsRovers Godspeed, Oppy. We at #RPI are so proud of you and all the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni who helped to create you. #ThanksOppy #marsrovers #mars @RPIAlumni.
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The Class of 2022 Is Heading to Troy! This weekend, 1,796 new students will make their way to #RPI to start the next stage of their academic careers. We can't wait to see what they'll do to change the world! Read more: #RPI2022 @RPISuccess @RPIAlumni
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We’re ecstatic to share that @NASA astronaut @astro_reid will receive an honorary degree and address the Class of 2024 at our Bicentennial Commencement! We have another surprise up our sleeve for our Bicentennial class 😏 Check back Tuesday for updates! #RPI2024 #RPI200 #NASA
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Out of This World News! Congratulations, @astro_reid, on being selected to command the first moon mission in five decades! RPI is so proud of Reid Wiseman '97! #ArtemisII #WeAreGoing #RPIAlumni
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Campus is mourning the passing of Eddie Ade Knowles, longtime administrator, professor, and artist educator. From his devotion and inclusivity, to his advocacy for students and his incredible passion for music, Ade’s impact on the Rensselaer community is immeasurable.
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Congratulations to men’s hockey player and rising sophomore Sutter Muzzatti, who was drafted by the Nashville Predators in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft. #LetsGoRed
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Congratulations to our football team for winning the NCAA playoff game against Endicott College (20-14). Good luck to the Engineers, who will face Cortland this Saturday at noon! #LetsGoRed
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Congratulations to our football team on winning the Dutchman Shoes Trophy! Playing his first collegiate football game, soccer player Trevor Bisson made a 36-yard field goal just in time to win the game. #LetsGoRed
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U.S. News & World Report recently ranked Rensselaer one of the top 10 national universities where graduates are paid well. Learn more:
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Congratulations to the football team on winning the Transit Trophy from WPI last weekend! #LetsGoRed
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Rest In Peace, Congressman John Lewis. We were honored to have you on our campus to address our graduates in 2013. Our nation has lost a great American hero.
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The Lally School of Management has been named a best business school for 2021 by The Princeton Review. It also had its doctoral program ranked as one of the top 25 in the U.S. by Learn more:
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Last night, one of our favorite RPI traditions took place – each year we welcome our freshmen with the opportunity to meet our president and head downtown to check out Troy!
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Welcome, Engineers, and happy first day of classes!
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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the RPI Pep Band! This Saturday for the Big Red Freakout, alumni will be back playing with the Pep Band to celebrate this milestone.
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Congratulations to the #RPI School of Engineering on being ranked 6th in the nation by @CollegeFactual! Read more: @RPIEng @RPIAlumni @RPISuccess #STEM #engineering
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Everyone on campus, including this fella, wishes the men’s hockey and basketball teams good luck in this weekend’s playoff games!
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The Lally School of Management has been named one of the Princeton Review’s Best Business Schools of 2022:
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Once again #RPI is No. 9 among the 30 colleges where students go on to earn the most money! @RPINews @CNBCmakeit
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The Engineers overpowered SUNY Cortland 21-14 in the second round of the NCAA Playoffs and tied the school record for wins in a season. This Saturday, they advance to the quarterfinals in Naperville, Illinois. Let's Go Red!
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We are so proud of women’s hockey player Lilli Friis-Hansen, who is competing in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Congratulations, Lilli! #LetsGoRed
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SCORE! Following one of the most historic seasons in the program's 129-year history, the #RPI football team has been named the ECAC Division III Team of the Year! Way to go, players & coaches! @RPIAthletics @RPISuccess @RPIAlumni #football @ECACSports
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Happy birthday, #RPI!.
#TodayInEngineeringHistory The Rensselaer School @rpi was founded in Troy, NY, becoming the first engineering college in the U.S. in 1824.
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Congrats to the @RPIFootball team on winning the Transit Trophy for the third straight season this past weekend! #LetsGoRed
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Save the date: Virtual Commencement will take place Saturday, May 23, 2020, at 12 p.m. EDT. We look forward to celebrating the Class of 2020! #RPI2020Grad
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Midshipmen from our Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program learn about and are inspired by astronaut Reid Wiseman ’97!
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Good luck to our football team competing for the Dutchman Shoes Trophy this weekend! #LetsGoRed
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Today, as part of an 18-year-old tradition, students in the #RPI Class of 2023 will meet and shake hands with President Shirley Ann Jackson at the top of the Louis Rubin Memorial Approach. Then they'll head downtown for the annual Welcome Fest @RPISuccess @RPIAlumni @RPIAthletics
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Rensselaer listed among "Top 15 Engineering Schools by Salary" by @DesignNews! #RPI is ranked at number 10. @RPIEng
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We’re still celebrating the victory of our women’s hockey team! Congrats on taking back the Mayor’s Cup. #LetsGoRed
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Emily Roebling, through the talents of @LizWisan, actor on @HBO’s The Gilded Age, will join Commencement speaker @astro_reid at our Bicentennial Commencement. She will be awarded a posthumous honorary degree, the 1st in RPI history. #RPI200 #RPI2024
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For the 81st time, “R.P.I.” was an answer in the @nytimes Crossword Puzzle. The NYT clues hint at #RPI's historically strong engineering & hockey programs and they also give a shoutout to our Top 10 Game Design program. More: @NYTimesWordplay @Will_Shortz
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Great news! Rensselaer has been ranked 6th for best physical sciences programs and 2nd for best places in the nation to study physics by College Factual!
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It's almost here! On Saturday, May 19, 1,945 students will receive degrees from #RPI, the oldest technological research university in the United States, beginning at 8:15 a.m. in the East Campus Athletic Village. @RPIAlumni @RPISuccess #Commencement2018
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Did you know? Garnet Douglass Baltimore, Class of 1881 and the first African American graduate of RPI, designed Troy’s beloved Prospect Park. #BlackHistoryMonth
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Welcome to all of our students who moved in this week. We are so excited to kick off the fall semester!
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RIP, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Thank you for your passionate advocacy for gender equity and civil rights and liberties. The nation has lost a true hero.
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“We're facing what some might view as an existential threat”—Shirley Ann Jackson, pres of #RPI. “For us to be able to help with that, as well as link it to epidemiological data & help with the development of interventional strategies. we feel it's our duty to be part of that.”.
Very comforting to know that the supercomputers are on our side.
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We’re thrilled to announce that Antoinette Maniatty ’87 has been named head of the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering:
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Congrats to RPI student Lily Donaldson, who was named Miss United States! She is pursuing her Ph.D. in controlled environment agriculture and advocates for the importance of STEM and arts for disadvantaged students through her nonprofit, Art Technically.
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Welcome to all of our students living on campus! We are very excited to have you on campus and look forward to starting the fall semester.
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We’re delighted to share that Rebecca Doerge will be joining the RPI community as our new Provost! Rebecca joins us from @CarnegieMellon, where she is the Glen de Vries Dean of the Mellon College of Science.
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So happy to hear #RPI asst men's hockey coach Nolan Graham is on the road to recovery! @RPI_HFH @RPIAthletics @RPIAlumni @RPILally
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The median starting salary of students who graduate from #RPI is one of the highest in the country, according to a recent review published by @usnews. @RPIAlumni @RPISuccess #startingsalary #STEM Read more:
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This morning, our community celebrated Kristie Bowers, Ph.D., our new athletics director and the first female appointed to the role. We look forward to the future of RPI Athletics under her leadership. #LetsGoRed
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Remembering all those who were lost, and thanking all the uniformed men and women who responded, on this day 18 years ago.
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The Engineers retained the Dutchman Shoes Trophy with a 23-13 victory over Union College in the oldest college football rivalry in New York State. #LetsGoRed
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Congratulations to the @RPI_Hockey team for clinching a top 4 finish and a bye in the @ecachockey playoffs! Let's Go Red!.
Hail Dear Old Rensselaer! Congrats on solidify a top 4 spot on the @ecachockey. Take advantage of the bye weekand keep it rolling @RPI_Hockey. #goRED.
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"That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon. Thank you to NASA leader George Low '48 and countless other RPI alumni who made it possible!
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According to a new ranking by @Forbes, #RPI ranks 14th among top STEM colleges & universities. We have an almost 200-year history of producing graduates who have helped to shape & advance the world. @RPIarchitecture @RPIEng @RPIScience @RPILally @RPI_HASS
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Best of luck to our students and faculty as they begin the spring semester today!
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Shoutout to the @RPI_Hockey team members who joined Troy's Street Soldiers last night to hand out food and essentials to the less fortunate. They are such great examples of RPI students giving back to the community! #givingback #community #volunteers @RPIAthletics @RPIAlumni
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Sophomore football player Connor Brown is an inspiration to all. Before beginning his football career, Brown fought and beat leukemia at the age of 4. “There’s no sense of quitting because I’ve come so far,” he told Spectrum.
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Our men’s @RPI_Hockey head coach, Dave Smith, has had his contract extended five years. Congratulations! #LetsGoRed #RPIHockey #ECACHockey
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RPI President Martin A. Schmidt ’81: “Our new Center for Engineering and Precision Medicine is going to change the way we train both doctoral and medical students.” #CEPMGrandOpening @BMEIIsinai @NYSCF @IcahnMountSinai
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Good luck to our men’s and women’s hockey teams as they compete with Union College for the Mayor’s Cup this Saturday! Buy your tickets at #LetsGoRed #MayorsCup2023
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Rensselaer has been named among the Princeton Review’s 387 Best Colleges.
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Congratulations! A team of four computer science students from #RPI once again took home top honors at the 15th annual Cyber Security Awareness Week @CSAW_NYUTandon, the world’s largest student-run cyber security event. @RPISuccess @RPIScience #cybersecurity
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Commencement speaker @astro_reid shares advice with the graduates: “Minimize regret. That is the one thing I would like to leave you with, to bestow upon you as you venture out into the world. Take pause every now and then… if you are not on the right path, step off that path.”
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RPI alumnus and globally recognized biomedical engineer Sheldon Weinbaum ’59 has been named a recipient of the National Medal of Science, the highest honor for scientific achievement bestowed by the U.S. government, for his “pathbreaking research in biomechanics.” #RPIAlumni
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Congratulations to the students, alumni, alumnae, and faculty from the #RPI Orchestra, who are getting ready for tonight's historic performance @carnegiehall! #Rensselaer #NYC #music @RPI_HASS @RPIAlumni
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Earning a degree from Rensselaer is a considerable achievement—one that requires talent to begin with, and then, the application of that talent through hard work, collaboration, and challenge to one’s capabilities, said Dr. Jackson to the graduates.
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#RPI Pres. Shirley Ann Jackson is a pioneer who has shattered glass ceilings throughout her career. A mentor & role model to countless women & minorities, "Time" hailed her as “perhaps the ultimate role model for women in science.” #BlackHistoryMonth #CelebratingRPIChangemakers
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Today, in partnership with @IBM, we officially unveiled the first-ever IBM quantum computer on a university campus. Now online, the system will accelerate quantum computing research, workforce development, and education in New York. #RPIQuantum #RPI200
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Join us in congratulating the men’s lacrosse team on winning the Liberty League Championship over the weekend! 🏆🥍 #LetsGoRed @LLAthletics @RPIAthletics
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Good luck to our hockey teams as they compete against Union College for the Mayors Cup this weekend! #LetsGoRed
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Congratulations to Lovisa Selander '19 former @RPI_WHockey captain and goaltender, on being named NWHL Goalie of the Year! Let's Go Red!
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The Brooklyn Bridge was the first of 15 bridges in the New York City area that RPI alumni designed, built, or collaborated on. RPI proudly marks two centuries of “firsts” in education, innovation, and beyond. Be part of the celebration: #RPIBicentennial
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Did you see EMPAC lit in purple and gold last night? The change in lighting commemorates the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment and the right for women to vote. It will continue from dusk until dawn through the end of August. #ForwardIntoLight
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A sneak peek at the Center for Engineering and Precision Medicine, which officially opened this morning! It is the latest in a 10+ year partnership between RPI and @IcahnMountSinai and will combine engineering and medicine to improve human health. #CEPMGrandOpening
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Rensselaer has been included on the TFE Times list of best MBA programs for 2021. Congratulations to the Lally School of Management!
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This year marks the 130th anniversary of the Ferris wheel, which was designed by alumnus George W.G. Ferris, a member of the Class of 1881: #RPIAlumni
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And they're off! Today marks the first day of classes for the fall semester. President Schmidt and other RPI leaders greeted members of the new Class of 2027 at Welcome Fest on Friday. Best wishes to all our students!
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