Editor's Note: The Poly sent a questionnaire to every candidate that had filed to run for GM, PU, and UP prior to Spring break. Below are the unedited responses from PU candidate Isabele Lieber '25, ...
West Hall has a reputation at Rensselaer for its otherworldly, cryptic nature. When I arrived at RPI, one of the first things I heard about campus were the stories of the ghosts of West Hall. Rumor ...
The discussion of how mathematics is being taught in the United States is often fixated on attainment. From Pew Research’s statement “[t]he most recent PISA [a standardized assessment] results, from ...
A key part of adulthood is maintaining your physical and mental health. Beyond its well-known facilities, Rensselaer’s Student Health Center provides aid such as gynecological services, sports ...
Although a far cry from the cinematic cliff battle between Westley and Inigo Montoya, modern fencing still contains elements of the original dueling sport. In the beginning, sport fencing featured ...
The Polytechnic recently sat down with Mark Hampton, RPI’s new Chief Administrative Officer, to discuss our physical campus, life at RPI, and the Campus Master Plan. Hampton, who was appointed to the ...
Tiburon Benavides ’21, ’27G has been elected Grand Marshal and Isabele Lieber ’25, ’26G has been elected President of the Union. Grace Meehan ’28 has also been elected Undergraduate President.
Ben Viner ’24 and Ava Gallagher ’23G have been elected Grand Marshal and President of the Union, respectively. Ria Massoni ’24 was reelected as Undergraduate President. All three candidates ran ...
A Student Senate meeting that was aptly predicted as a “death match between the different boards of government” by Grand Marshal Tiburon Benavides ’21, ’27G, turned into a tense and wide-ranging ...
As I approached the end of my first semester of college, I faced what many of my peers had experienced for years: final exams. These brought about a mixture of stress and anticipation, a simultaneous ...
In May, the U.S. Department of Education enacted new Title IX regulations, changing the obligations for campuses across the United States. Rensselaer’s implementation of the new federal and NYS ...
Kodak, Fujifilm, and Ilford were the giants of the analog film industry. Making billions of dollars in revenue and producing film stocks by the crate, it seemed like nothing could curb these ...