Celebrate Leadership, Service, and Devotion at RPI The Phalanx Honor Society, RPI’s oldest honorary organization, is now accepting nominations for Phalanx Honorary Membership and the David M. Darrin Counseling Award. Help us recognize students, faculty, staff, and alumni who exemplify RPI’s highest ideals of leadership, service, and devotion to the Alma Mater. Nominations due December 1, 2025 (January 26, 2026, for the Darrin Award).
Student Experience Office
Join us for Late Night with the ‘Lyrics with amazing host Evan back again for another run of your favorite late night show host’s favorite late night show! Get ready for a show you WON’T want to miss! Be sure to bring your friends, family, and everyone you know! We hope to see you there!
Chapel + Cultural Center
Join the Rensselyrics for their Fall Invitational, Late Night with the 'Lyrics, featuring special musical guests from Marist College! Tickets will be sold 11/10-11/14 in the Union Lobby and DCC for $5 pre-sale, and available at the door for $7.
Chapel+Cultural Center, 2125 Burdett Avenue, Troy, NY 12180
Chi Epsilon in the national honor society for civil and environmental engineers at RPI. The initiates pledge to uphold the highest standards of scholarship, character, practicality and sociability. You must be invited to join but all are welcome to the ceremony.
Jonsson Engineering Center
Join fellow students and Don Adams from Creighton Manning before heading home for the holiday. Mr. Adams will discuss his company's Adirondack Rail Project. This project transformed a 34-mile railroad corridor into a multi-use trail designed for pedestrians, bicyclists, snowmobilers, and cross-country skiers. Refreshments will be served.
Shelnutt Gallery
The Rensselaer Union has the responsibility of overseeing several facilities on campus, many of these facilities and operations are housed within the Rensselaer Student Union, a building at the corner of Sage Avenue and 15th street, containing meeting rooms, businesses, dining, and social spaces. The Rensselaer Student Union is a place to study and attend special events or visit the RPI Bookstore or the Clubhouse Pub. In addition to the Rensselaer Student Union, Rensselaer Union manages fitness and weight training facilities and wellness programs at the Mueller Center, performance spaces in the RPI Playhouse, musical practice spaces in the J-Building, the Academy Hall dance studio and auditorium, and more. All of the Union Facilties include: 87 Gym, Armory basement Storage, Armory Rifle Range, J-Building Music Suite, Mueller Center, Academy Hall Auditorium and dance studio, West Hall Green Room, EMPAC Room Beta, RSA Garage, Ambulance Crew House, Crew Club Boat House, WRPI Media Suite, and the Rensselaer Student Union.
Get involved at RPI! Join one of our 200+ clubs and organizations to explore new interests, connect with your classmates and have some fun!
Students active in campus clubs and organizations, club sports, campus programming, student employment, and student government engage in experiential learning through hands on work with budgets, group coordination, conflict management, and overall personal and professional development. Rensselaer Union encourages all members to be active and engaged to better the campus community for all.
The McNeil Room is both a dining facility and a multipurpose programming space for student organizations at RPI. Monday through Friday, visit during lunch for a rotating menu and standby favorites including sandwiches, soups, salads, and Thunder Mountain Curry. The McNeil Room also serves as a study space for many students around the clock.
The Rensselaer approach to education prepares students for leadership and for life. Undergraduates can take advantage of extraordinary learning opportunites, including research, internships, and international programs.
