Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

The School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), in collaboration with the Albany Symphony, the New York State Canal Corporation, and the New York Power Authority, will host a symposium titled Reflections on Waterways: Intersections of Arts, Culture, and the Environment in New York on Friday, November 14, 2025, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the Center For Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS) Auditorium at RPI. 

A new interdisciplinary minor is now available for students interested in the intersection between data science and human behavior. The Behavioral Data Science minor combines psychological science, statistics, and computational methods to analyze, predict, and influence human behavior across a wide range of real-world contexts. Minor requirements can be found in the RPI catalog.

November 5

12pm

Carnegie 113

The 2026 McKinney Writing Contest is open from November 1, 2025 through March 9, 2026. Submit in any or all of the following categories: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, or Drama; Poetry; Academic Essay; Language & Image; or our NEW category: Writing for Games. Undergraduate and graduate divisions. First prize $300; 2nd prize $175; and 3rd prize $75. Submit: https://hass.rpi.edu/mckinney. Submit in fall for December graduates. Questions?

November 12

6pm-8pm

Virtual

November 19

3:30pm-5pm

Sage 5101

November 19

5pm-7pm

EMPAC Studio Beta

December 11

7pm

Chapel and Cultural Center

November 12

11:30am-1pm

Sage 5711

November 11

2pm-3:30pm

Sage 5510