On a hill overlooking Troy

Coming into Troy via Route 7 east down that long slope, one’s eyes inevitably scan to the opposite hill where the RPI campus is situated.  The Low Center sits up there at the highest point, but the most prominent building on the hill now is the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center.  You can’t miss [...]

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Happenstance

Yesterday, I showed my new student assistant how to “process” some faculty files that we received from Media Relations.  These are files of article reprints, news clippings, photographs and bios regarding faculty that are no longer associated with RPI for various reasons.  We sort this material and file it into our photograph and fac/alum [...]

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Mystery Image #8

Bravo to our blog readers.  All of the mystery images that have been posted thus far have been identified!  So let’s move on to the next image.
This must be a very serious scholar (you’ve seen pictures of Da Vinci haven’t you??).  Can you put a name with this face?

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First Chinese Students

When did the first students from China come to RPI?  This question was asked during our open house event recently.  A quick answer was readily available in an alumni directory, but my curiosity was piqued and I decided to dig a little deeper to find out who these students were.  Two students from Guangzhou (once [...]

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