Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Starts: September 20

Time: 9/20 at 5:00pm to 9/22 at 7:00pm (with overnight breaks beginning at 10:00 PM both Friday and Saturday nights with doors opening again at 8:00 AM each morning)

Location:  VAST Sage 2411

Please join the Cognitive Science Department in Carnegie 113 for a presentation by Dr. Ellie Pavlick, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Linguistics at Brown University.

Date: Wednesday, September 25th

Time: 12:00pm to 1:30pm.

Join us for an information session about our PhD and MS programs. As a bonus, attendees will receive an application fee waiver ($75)!

Session 1

Date and Time: Oct 16th at 11 am (NY Time) 

Register here to receive the meeting link

Session 2

Summer Arch students from the Chinese Calligraphy, Social Media: East and West, and Graph Perception & Data Visualization courses recently went on an exciting field trip to New York City. This trip brought their coursework to life, allowing them to see the intersection of traditional art, modern communication, and data representation. The vast art collections at The Met provided valuable insights into cultural heritage, deepening the students' appreciation for calligraphy and visual design, while the interactive exhibits at the Color Factory sparked creative thinking.

Date: 10/9

Time: 5pm - 6:30pm

Location: CBIS Auditorium

RPI's Game Dev Club is hosting its second Game Jam of the year starting on Friday, October 25 at 5pm in VAST (Sage 2411). Please join us once again (or for the first time!) for a 48-hour jam (with overnight breaks beginning at 10:00 PM both Friday and Saturday nights with doors opening again at 8:00 AM each morning). Teams will be formed to design their own game from scratch. Students of all years, areas of study, and experience levels are welcome to participate!

The 2025 McKinney Writing Contest is open! Submit in any or all of the following categories: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, or Drama; Poetry; Academic Essay; Electronic Media Using Language; or our multi-genre category: Writing for Social Change. Prizes awarded in Undergraduate and graduate divisions. First prize $300; 2nd prize $175; and 3rd prize $75. For more information and directions as to where to submit, click here. Current students only. Winners will be announced at the Spring McKinney guest speaker event.

Wednesday, Nov. 6, 5-6:30pm. CBIS Auditorium. RPI. Talk by Francois-Joseph Lapointe - part of Art, Science & Religion – Free and open to the public

RPI's Game Dev Club is hosting its third Game Jam of the semester starting Friday, November 15, at 5 PM! Join us once again (or for the first time!) for a 48-hour jam (with overnight breaks beginning at 10:00 PM on both Friday and Saturday nights with doors opening again at 8:00 AM each morning) in Sage 2411. Teams will be formed to design their own game from scratch. RPI students of all years, areas of study, and experience levels are welcome to participate!

Join us for a Be the Media workshop, and film screening with film director Mark Decena Founder of Kontent Films, and Director – Farming While Black is an examination of the historical plight of Black farmers in the United States and the rising generation of Black farmers reclaiming their rightful ownership to land and reconnecting with their ancestral roots.