Pumpkins, paint, and a whole lot of HASS spirit. 🎃 Thanks to everyone who came out yesterday and made our Pumpkin Painting event a smashing success! 🎨 #rpi #hass #autumnvibes #enjoytroy

A world-class education, hands-on experiences, a community that inspires, and the best fall views in town. 🍂 We 🧡 RPI. #pumpkinspiceseason #fall #rpi #rpihass

💛 Nothing beats seeing our alumni back on campus! It was so lovely to welcome our visiting alumni to the Innovation & Engagement Expo at EMPAC on Friday. Thanks for being part of the conversation! #RPIRHC26 #RPIAlumni #enjoytroy #highered

🌎 What does environmental economics look like? At RPI, you don’t just talk about it. You take your learning beyond the classroom through hands-on experiences, exploring how economics intersects with the environment, public policy and the community. #RPI #ThrowbackThursday

🌱 Did you know the garden outside Nason Hall helps fight hunger on campus? Thanks to Vasudha Living & Learning students for taking care of this vital campus resource!

Last semester, students in Assistant Professor Phil Vanderhyden’s VFX classes bent, broke, and rebuilt reality from scratch. 🎬 See their brand-new reel on the HASS YouTube channel: youtu.be/W2on9NFa9WA

RPI just kicked off Level Upstate, our year-long game development incubator, bringing together GEM faculty, game developers, alumni, and current students to help New York game creators prototype, playtest, and level up. Follow us now to see how it’s going! #gamedev #rpi #gaming

Don’t just play the game. Design. Code. Model. Animate. Produce. Disrupt. At RPI, you’ll build the creative + technical skills to turn your passion for games into a career. Want to learn more? Click the link in our bio.

And just like that… we’re back. 🎉 Let’s make this a great semester! #rpi #rpihass

🎶 Find your people. Find your sound. Auditions for RPI Ensembles are happening now—until August 29! Any major, voice, or instrument welcome. Join us, make friends, and perform on the EMPAC stage! Sign up at the link in our bio!

Did you know there's a native plant garden right here at RPI? 🌼🌿This hidden gem sits along the path between West Hall and Russell Sage Laboratory and is home to a variety of New York native plants, including asters, vervain, hoary skullcap, and more. #rpi #enjoytroy

Delivering art like pizza. 🍕 Turning sculptures into games (and vice versa). Sending art through the mail. 📬 Thanks to our summer Sculpture I students for turning every assignment into something unexpected! #sculpture #art #studioart #contemporaryart #arteducation

🎮 RPI alums Anton Hand '12G and Luke Noonan '09 have reached #1 on Steam! After nearly a decade in development, the VR smash Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades hit 1.0 on July 4 and became Steam's highest-rated game of July 2026 with a 94.75% user rating. Congrats to all! 🎉

We're huge fans of students who go all in—like Vanessa Bionda '26. 🎶 Vanessa created her debut album Metamorphosis from start to finish in the HASS Media Studio—writing, recording, producing, directing, and building the campaign behind it all. Hear more: linktr.ee/rpi_hass

Bittersweet doesn't begin to cover it. 💛 Congratulations to the #ClassOf26 from the RPI Orchestra, Concert Choir & Wind Symphony! Perhaps we’ll see you at Alumni Weekend for our side-by-side rehearsal? Bring your instrument and your stories. 🎶#RPI #GoEngineers

🎶 Find your people. Find your sound. Auditions for RPI Ensembles are Aug. 24–29. Any major, voice, or instrument. Join us, make friends, and perform on the EMPAC stage! Sign up at the link in our bio! #rpi #orchestralife #orchestra #windband #studentmusicians #classof30 #rpi2030

Artificial intelligence is transforming every industry—including game design. 🎮🤖 Students from #PREFACE, RPI's summer program for HS students, joined HASS for "Games & AI" with Professor Ben Chang, exploring how AI is shaping gameplay, creativity, and the future of technology.

Looking back for a moment at one of our favorite nights of the year: the '25–'26 Creative Seminar Exhibition—a gallery full of everything our amazing students can dream up. And we're just one month away from doing it all again. 🎉 #RPI #StudentLife #CampusLife #CreativeSeminar

From strangers ➡️ teammates ➡️game developers. In just 5 days, our campers built games, made friends, solved impossible bugs, and showed off their creations to some very proud parents. 🎮🚀 Mission accomplished. See you next year! #GameDevelopment #GameDesign #UnrealEngine5

History just got a high-tech backup. Through a new partnership with the NY State Museum, HASS staff and faculty created a high-resolution replica of Revolutionary War-era hearth ring recovered beneath the World Trade Center site—helping preserve history for future generations.