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RPI CIO Andrea Ballinger is a 2026 CIO Award winner & CIO Hall of Fame inductee! The award recognize leaders using technology to create measurable business impact. Induction into the hall of fame is one of the highest honors in the field, reserved for leaders shaping IT. #CIO100

Congratulations to the newest members of Phalanx Honor Society! Phalanx recently inducted 25 new members, 6 honorary members, and gave out 10 White Key Awards, which are given to freshman and sophomore students in recognition of early leadership and service.

RPI students will experiment with music performance in “Constellations” at EMPAC on April 9. The performance explores structured improvisation led by sound artist Nick Dunston, featuring a generative algorithm in place of a score, and DJ Rekha. bit.ly/4tjsmpT

RPI engineers are helping guide @NASA's Artemis II to the Moon and back! From software tools to optical navigation, our grads are making history in mission control. 🌕 Learn more: bit.ly/4sNDv2B #RPI #RPIAlumni #ArtemisII #NASA

TBT: In 2014, Reid Wiseman ’97 joined RPI’s Reunion & Homecoming live from the International Space Station. Next stop: commanding Artemis II. 🌕 Watch the full video: bit.ly/4uRp4Mm #RPIAlumni #TBT #ThrowbackThursday #ArtemisII

GameFest returns to EMPAC on March 28! This year will include game demos, competitions, film screenings, industry experts, and cash prizes. From 12-7 p.m. Free and open to the public. Learn more: bit.ly/3Pr31fj

RPI has ranked among the country’s top patent-producing universities! With 44 patents issued in 2025, RPI placed 50th on the @AcadofInventors 2025 Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents list. Learn more: bit.ly/40Mtarh

RPI researchers have created a new and unusual state of matter: supersolid. It has the crystal-like structure of a solid, but the fluidity of a liquid. Such states have previously only been seen in extreme cold, but can now exist at room temperature. bit.ly/4bzpsGv

Congratulations to Nyati Misra ’27 and John Weller ’27, who placed 4th in the @LockheedMartin Ethics in Engineering Competition. Competing against 72 other schools nationwide, the pair navigated complex engineering dilemmas with strong ethical judgment.

The @RPILally AI Academy has officially launched! Open to all majors, the Academy is a 30-day challenge for teams to build and deploy AI-powered products using a $500 toolkit. Learn more and apply: bit.ly/4s9X98I

Congrats, RPI Class of 2030! Join your future classmates and professors on campus for one of our Accepted Student Celebrations on March 21 or April 11. Explore campus, tour our facilities, learn about academic programs, and more. Register: bit.ly/4sIywzR #RPI2030

Stay up to date on the latest research and discoveries from RPI with “RPI in the Abstract” — a new weekly snapshot highlighting recently published research from our experts. bit.ly/47l6mm3 #RPIResearch

Jayashree Balaraman ’26 is the first ever RPI student to win a Gates Cambridge Scholarship — one of the most prestigious fellowships in the world. After graduation, she'll head to England to pursue her Ph.D. in Pharmacology. bit.ly/4ljgdhV

Researchers at RPI are using agentic AI to transform aerospace engineering. The team harnessed large language models to develop new tools that can automate complex simulations and accelerate aircraft design. Read more: bit.ly/4bflORZ #AI #Aerospace #RPIResearch

#TBT to the fall when @RPIEng inducted 300+ students and a select group of faculty into the Order of the Engineer 💍 Founded in 1970, the Order celebrates professional pride, responsibility, and ethical excellence in engineering.

We're on our way, Washington!🤩 Please join RPI leadership, faculty, alumni, and students in Washington, D.C. as we share our strategic plan, RPI Forward. You can learn more about RPI Forward and register at bit.ly/42EyGxs. #RPIForward #RPI #RPIAlumni

Marketing and finance are increasingly intertwined, and professionals fluent in both are in growing demand. In his new book Money, Marketed, RPI Professor Gaurav Jain explores this intersection and the hybrid skill set shaping financial services. bit.ly/3OLqdEw

RPI's Jen Hurley is advancing the future of biofuels through the study of fungi circadian rhythms at the @ENERGY Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab. Her work focuses on improving production of cellulase, a key enzyme used to make biofuels. Read more: bit.ly/4cMSiVY

RPI researchers are paving the way for future antibiotics. While the enzyme Na⁺-NQR has long been a puzzle, this research team has decoded how it works, allowing them to disrupt the essential functions of harmful bacteria. bit.ly/4ccLlxk #RPIResearch

RPI is off to Texas! 💯 Please join RPI leadership, faculty, alumni, and students in Dallas-Fort Worth as we share our strategic plan, RPI Forward. You can learn more about RPI Forward and register at bit.ly/42EyGxs #RPIForward #RPI #RPIAlumni