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vintage reunion photos

Posted in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute History, tagged , on October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

It’s busy here on campus with Reunion & Homecoming in full swing. Here are a few old reunion photographs to mark the occasion. Enjoy!

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campus buildings designed by alums

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on May 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I’ve been immersed in the history of campus buildings lately and, being saturated with lots of interesting information, I feel compelled to share some with you! Here is something that  I find quite striking:  at least fifteen buildings on the RPI campus were designed by alumni or their firms. I wonder if any other university [...]

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more new old stuff

Posted in RPI Trivia, Troy NY, tagged , , , on January 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »

We recently received an item that is part of an interesting story with a connection to an important alum.  The item is a zither — yes, a zither.  It’s a complex musical instrument that was quite familiar a hundred years ago.  This was the first time I had seen one outside of a museum.  The [...]

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