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06/18/2026
What does it mean for a machine to think—or even be conscious? 🧠
Selmer Bringsjord, director of the Rensselaer AI and Reasoning Laboratory, has spent his career contemplating that question. In this Q&A with The Atlantic, he explores the ethics of AI and the possibility of AI consciousness.
Read the Q&A: https://bit.ly/4eigZtY
Safe to say it’s the people who make RPI special. ❤️🤍
06/12/2026
Solving complex challenges requires collaboration.
In an interview with The Atlantic, President Martin A. Schmidt '81 considers how RPI, and the field of higher education, can work with government and industry to shape the future.
Read the Q&A: https://bit.ly/4oJvb2N
Jaehoon Choi doesn't just play instruments; he invents them.
A recent graduate of RPI’s Ph.D. program in Electronic Arts, he explores the space where sound, culture, and technology collide, challenging what music can be and who gets to make it.
Learn more about Jaehoon’s work: https://bit.ly/3SwsJAj
Time flies, but the memories last a lifetime 🎓
Renovated Houston Field House coming soon👀
06/04/2026
Meet Euplotes gigatrox, a cell capable of transforming into a cannibalistic supergiant, discovered by RPI’s Ben Larson.
E. gigatrox begins its life as a normal single-celled organism feeding on bacteria, but under certain conditions can develop into a “supergiant,” growing to more than twice its original length, with a larger mouth and broader body. Once transformed, it begins to hunt and capture its genetically identical relatives, swallowing prey whole at a rate of roughly one every ten minutes.
Published on the cover of PNAS, the research provides new information on what single-celled organisms are capable of and provides a new framework for studying their development.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/43NSNJE
Image: Euplotes gigatrox cell, imaged by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), produced by Ben Larson and Samuel Lord.
What if diagnosing diabetes didn't require a needle?
RPI Professor Moussa Ngom is working on exactly that — exploring light as a non-invasive way to detect diabetes, opening new possibilities for diagnosis.
His journey is a reminder that where you start doesn't define where your curiosity can take you.
Watch his full story: https://bit.ly/4vlCGyY
One word. All the feels. This is what Commencement day felt like for the Class of 2026 🎓
(And yes, "excited" was a very popular answer. 😉)
05/30/2026
What happens when a quantum computer finds its home in a century-old chapel? History is made.
Project Chapel, now streaming on PBS, documents the installation of one of the world's only IBM quantum computers at RPI.
🎥 Watch now: https://to.pbs.org/4315iBm