Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

April 23

5:30pm - 7pm

CBIS Auditorium

How is the climate crisis reshaping politics? April Anson (University of Connecticut) and William Callison (Hunter College) join RPI for a public conversation on climate politics and the global rise of authoritarianism. Bringing together political theory and environmental humanities, this event explores the growing connections between climate crisis and far-right politics—and what that may mean for the future.

April 1

3:30-5pm

Sage 5510

Please join us as the Department of Economics welcomes Dr. Edson Severnini, who will present: "The Social Lifecycle Impacts of Power Plant Siting in the Historical United States" next Wednesday, April 1st at 3:30 PM in SAGE 5510.

The Social Lifecycle Impacts of Power Plant Siting in the Historical United States

Wednesday, April 8 | 4-6pm | Student Union Theater (1st floor)

Come to this special panel event featuring guest speakers Alexis Goldsmith (Beyond Plastics), and RPI alumni Gavin McIntyre (Ecovative CEO), and Bobbi Wilding (Clean + Healthy Executive Director). Learn about their innovative solutions to sustainability and have a Q&A afterwards. Stay for a fun activity and food! This is a collaboration between SSTF, Sunrise, Vasudha, and the HASS STS department, thanks to support from Vollmer Fries Lecture Series funding.
 

April 10

DCC 308

7pm -9:30pm

4/8

Sage 5711

11:30am

TODAY: The 2026 Annual McKinney Reading Series and Student Awards Ceremony will take place on Thursday, April 9, 2026, from 7:00–9:00 p.m. at the Heffner Alumni House. The event will feature Hisham Matar, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of three novels and two memoirs.

The evening will include the announcement of the McKinney Student Writing Contest winners, a literary reading, and an audience Q&A, followed by a book signing. Books will be available for purchase at the event.

The RPI Debate Team will be presenting a double-header public debate on Thursday, April 16 beginning at 6:30pm in Sage 3303. The first debate topic will be increasing nuclear energy production in the United States. The second debate topic will be censorship of social media. This event is open to all students, faculty, and staff.
 

Join the RPI Concert Choir and the RPI Wind Symphony for their Spring Concert on Thursday, April 16th, at 7pm in the Chapel and Cultural Center at 2125 Burdett Avenue on RPI Campus. The first half of the program will feature the Concert Choir performing Morten Laurisden's radiant "Lux aeterna". The Choir will also perform Franz Biebl's enveloping "Ave Maria", three motets of Thomas Tallis, and a breathtaking setting of "Nkosi Sikelel iAfrika".

April 22

12pm

Carnegie 113

Starts: 4/14 and goes through June 27

Location: Sage Labs Dean’s Gallery, the Vertical Galleries, and the Corridor of Creativity near Sage 2411

You are cordially invited to Connected Dreams, an exhibition of our Advanced Digital Imaging class short study works in progress. The exhibition is in the Sage Labs Dean’s Gallery and extends to the Vertical Galleries (near the elevators on each floor) and sections of the Corridors of Creativity near Sage 2411.