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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (/ r ɛ n s ə ˈ l ɪər /; RPI) is a private research university in Troy, New York, with an additional campus in Hartford, Connecticut. A third campus in Groton, Connecticut , closed in 2018. [8]
The history of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) spans nearly two hundred years beginning with its founding in 1824. RPI is the oldest continuously operating technological university in both the English-speaking world and the Americas. [1] The Institute was the first to grant a civil engineering degree in the United States, in 1835.
George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (1881), inventor of the Ferris wheel. Lois Graham (1946), the first woman to receive an engineering degree from RPI, and the first woman in the U.S. to receive a PhD in mechanical engineering. Frederick Grinnell (1855), inventor of the modern fire sprinkler.
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The RPI Engineers are composed of 21 teams representing Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, and track and field. Men's sports include baseball, football, and golf. Women's sports include field hockey, and ...
The Richmond Professional Institute ( RPI) was an educational institution established in 1917 which merged with the Medical College of Virginia to form Virginia Commonwealth University. RPI was located on what is now known as the Monroe Park Campus of VCU. The entire history of RPI can be found in "A History of the Richmond Professional ...
Here's to Old RPI. " Here's to Old RPI " is the Alma Mater of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. It is sung at various formal events. It is also played by the RPI Pep Band at Hockey games (when it is traditional to stand and sing along while the band is playing). It was written in 1897 by Edmund Fales, and was published in the first book of ...
The Theta chapter of Chi Phi at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Chi Phi (ΧΦ), Theta chapter, founded in 1878. Theta chapter of Chi Phi is one of the oldest fraternities on campus and owns two houses next door to each other at 1981 and 1985 15th St., across from the Quad and Student Union. The Chi Phi house at 1981 15th Street was ...