#RPIHASS
It was so great to see everyone yesterday at the Alumni Showcase! We hope you're having a great weekend. #rpirhc #rpi #rpihass #reunion #homecoming
October 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
What’s the fate of “middlebrow” art in a world without a middle class? Join UIC's Anna Kornbluh TONIGHT @ 6:30 in Sage 3303 from UIC for Good Enough Art, exploring the aesthetics and future of the “mid.” #rpi #rpihass #artandculture #aesthetics #explorepage
October 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Planning to graduate in December? Don’t forget to apply for graduation at sis.rpi.edu by October 10. Questions? Ask your HASS Hub advisor! #rpi #rpihass
October 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
If you caught WAMC’s Roundtable last Friday, you heard RPI STS grad student Sophia Acquisto and James Hendler, Acting Head of Cognitive Science, join the panel. Sophia is developing quantum computing curriculum for girls, funded by a $300K RPI–IBM grant. #rpi #rpihass #womeninstem #stemeducation
October 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Flashback Friday! Last May, HASS students joined a SUNY Dutchess team in Arbor Hill, Albany for an ethnographic training day. 🎲 They’re now contributing to research on how analog games can build community and support neighbors’ goals. #rpi #rpihass #boardgames #tabletopgames #boardgamegeek #tabletop
October 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Get ready, HASS—now that it’s autumn, we’re about to have the 🍂best views on campus.🍂

What’s your favorite thing about RPI in the fall? #rpi #rpihass #fallvibes #autumn
October 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Thank you to Lane Relyea, Associate Professor of Art Theory and Practice at Northwestern University, for joining the Arts Graduate Colloquium earlier this month for an engaging talk and discussion, and to the New York State Council on the Arts for sponsoring the visit! #rpi #rpihass
October 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
HASS Sustainability Studies & @vasudha.rpi students recently participated in meadow remediation work happening onsite at the Native-led FORGE Project in Taghkanic, NY. Students learned about identifying native plants and land restoration practices#rpi #rpihass #gardening
September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Our Economics graduate students came together last week for a lively social to kick off the new academic year. Here’s to new connections, good conversations, and lots of energy for the semester ahead! #rpi #rpihass #economics #finance #business #econometrics #gradlife
September 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
What is the function of science? 🌍

At the latest Science & Technology Studies Colloquium, Lecturer Emrah Aktunc (Cognitive Science) explored evidence & inference in neuroscience, showing why interdisciplinary sharing is vital. What’s your answer? #rpi #rpihass #studyscience #technology
September 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Students in the HASS Inquiry class Life in Color visited downtown Troy to see a new mural by Greg Gossel. The work at 400 River Street celebrates Troy’s resilience, weaving together its history, wildlife, & industry into one vibrant image of the city’s spirit. #rpi #rpihass #troy #enjoytroy #mural
September 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Legendary architect John Storyk—designer of Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios—joined HASS in the Media Studio last Friday to share how recording spaces have evolved over the past decade from large, all-at-once sessions into file-based, flexible studios. #rpihass #AudioEngineering #StudioLife
September 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
When your dorm comes with a garden… 😎 Nature/Society students spent an afternoon building garden beds, planting fall veggies, sorting seeds, and prepping the Nason Hall garden for winter. 🍂 #rpi #rpihass #sustainability #gardening #collegelife
September 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The HASS Hub student advisors were out meeting students at the Sophomore Summit yesterday! Are you thinking about a dual major or minor? It’s not too late! HASS can help you mix your passions & boost your resume. Chat with your advisor! #rpi #rpihass #dualmajor #studentlife #collegestudent
September 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Switching around your schedule? The last day to add or drop courses for the Fall 2025 semester is this Friday, September 12. Questions? Contact your HASS Hub advisor. #rpi #rpihass
September 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
✨The Summer 2025 edition of the HASS Happenings newsletter has arrived! ✨ Sign up to get your copy at this link: lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/bHqZsNS/h... #rpi #rpihass #newsletter #collegelife #campusnews
September 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This week’s student artwork is “Three Concepts of Rock” by Linus Zhang ’27 (GSAS & EA), from Kathleen Ruiz’s Advanced Digital Imaging course. The paintings explore conceptual art as both method and goal, expressed through pure aesthetics. #rpi #rpihass #art
September 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
HASS’s own shop supervisor Abraham Ferraro is headlining at the Castellani Art Museum at Niagara University! "New Directions ↗ Going Up"runs through January 12, 2026—playful, ironic, interactive art that takes on the labor of making art itself. 👏 #rpi #rpihass #modernart
September 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Just Sage Labs looking like a postcard! What’s your favorite class so far? ✨📚 #rpi #rpihass #helloautumn #pumpkinspiceseason
September 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Nothing but good energy this morning in Lecturer Adrianna Oropello’s Graphic Storytelling class! Happy first day of classes, HASS -- let’s start strong! ✨ #rpihass #rpi #studentlife #learngamedev #comics #graphicnovels
August 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Arts Sr. Lecturer Ken Ragsdale’s “Symphony” at Hudson’s Front Room Gallery is earning rave reviews: “Impressive” & “Elegant” (Hyperallergic), “Singular vision” (Musée Magazine). Show ends this week—link below. #rpi #rpihass #photography #art #hudsonny #hudsonvalley
August 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
✨Just a few more days until THIS view from West Hall is back in your life… ✨ #rpi #rpihass #backtocollege
August 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
HASS's VAST Lab got a massive upgrade this summer! 🚀 High-performance Boxx PCs (led by RPI alum & veteran Kirk Schell ’88), a new projection system, and refreshed surround sound make HASS’s premier graphics lab more immersive than ever. #rpi #rpihass
August 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
We’re sliding into Fall 2025 like… 😄🍂

See you next week! #rpi #rpihass #fall2025 #backtocollege #backtoschool #engineers #gored
August 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Looking to take in some art while on break this week? Come by the Corridor on Creativity on Russell Sage Laboratory’s second floor to see examples of student work from Arts Sr. Lecturer Nathan Meltz’s screenprinting studio. #rpi #rpihass #screenprinting #silkscreen
August 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM