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'''''Attention''''': The RPI Wiki is under construction. Considerable parts of it may be unmade, incomplete, or not fit for public viewing. Do not treat any content as final.
'''''Attention''''': The RPI Wiki is under construction. Considerable parts of it may be unmade, incomplete, or not fit for public viewing. Do not treat any content as final.
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|colspan="3"| Welcome to the '''RPI Wiki''', an in-progress project to catalog [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]]'s rich history and provide lasting resources for new and returning RPI students.


RPI is the oldest engineering school in the Western Hemisphere, with 200 years of history. Its student life has evolved immensely in that time, and throughout its history it has been a provider for leading engineers and a flashpoint for political activism and student rights. It has the oldest continously-existing student government in the United States in the [[Rensselaer Union]], and its model for polytechnic education informed the American engineering schools that came after it.  
Welcome to the '''RPI Wiki''', an in-progress project to catalog [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]]'s rich history and provide lasting resources for new and returning RPI students.
 
RPI is the oldest engineering school in the Western Hemisphere, with 200 years of history. Its student life has evolved immensely in that time, and throughout its history it has been the ''alma mater'' of countless leading engineers and a flashpoint for political activism and student rights. It has the oldest continously-existing student government in the United States in the [[Rensselaer Union]], and its model for polytechnic education informed the American engineering schools that came after it.
 
The RPI Wiki is a project intending to write this history down, from the Institute's proudest moments to its darkest, while also providing a resource for students akin to the various "Student Handbooks" or "Student Guides" of prior years. In this way, the RPI Wiki can serve as a resource to students, faculty, alumni, and prospective students, and make our Institute's history last forever.


The RPI Wiki is a project intending to write this history down, from the Institute's proudest moments to its darkest, while also providing a resource for students akin to the "Student Handbooks" or "Student Guides" of prior years. In this way, the RPI Wiki can serve as a resource to students, faculty, alumni, and prospective students, and make our Institute's history last forever.
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*[[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]]
*[[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]]
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*[[Freshman Hill]]
*[[Freshman Hill]]
** [[Freshman Five]]
** [[Freshman Five]]
*[[The Summer Arch]]
*The [[Tunnels]]
*[[Rensselaer Drop Squad]]
*[[Rensselaer Drop Squad]]
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* [[Grand Marshal]]
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* [[President of the Union]]
* {{symbol|pu hat red white.png}} [[President of the Union]]
* [[Grand Marshal Week]]
* [[Grand Marshal Week]]
* [[Student Senate]]
* [[Student Senate]]
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* [[Undergraduate Council]]
* [[Undergraduate Council]]
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* [[Registration]]
* [[Registration]]
* [[The Student Discount]]
* [[The Student Discount]]
* [[Accessing Syllabi via Heliocampus]]
* [[Accessing Syllabi via Heliocampus]]
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'''The RPI Wiki is a strictly student-run and nonprofit project, and is not affiliated with the Institute or its administration in any way. The Wiki may use Institute logos or insignia in a way inconsistent with official RPI branding guidelines. This is compliant with fair use doctrine and it supports the Wiki's aim to research, report on, and comment on RPI as an institution and its history.'''

Latest revision as of 01:15, 30 June 2026

Attention: The RPI Wiki is under construction. Considerable parts of it may be unmade, incomplete, or not fit for public viewing. Do not treat any content as final.

Welcome to the RPI Wiki, an in-progress project to catalog Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's rich history and provide lasting resources for new and returning RPI students.

RPI is the oldest engineering school in the Western Hemisphere, with 200 years of history. Its student life has evolved immensely in that time, and throughout its history it has been the alma mater of countless leading engineers and a flashpoint for political activism and student rights. It has the oldest continously-existing student government in the United States in the Rensselaer Union, and its model for polytechnic education informed the American engineering schools that came after it.

The RPI Wiki is a project intending to write this history down, from the Institute's proudest moments to its darkest, while also providing a resource for students akin to the various "Student Handbooks" or "Student Guides" of prior years. In this way, the RPI Wiki can serve as a resource to students, faculty, alumni, and prospective students, and make our Institute's history last forever.


The RPI Wiki is a venture of the Rensselaer Union Student Government, and is maintained by the Student Senate's Web Technologies Group and the Wiki Subcommittee of its Rules and Administration Committee. Please contact Vice Grand Marshal for Internal Affairs Griffin Oliver (oliveg2@rpi.edu) or WTG Chair Aaron Niyazov (niyaza@rpi.edu) for questions, comments, or concerns.

The RPI Wiki is a strictly student-run and nonprofit project, and is not affiliated with the Institute or its administration in any way. The Wiki may use Institute logos or insignia in a way inconsistent with official RPI branding guidelines. This is compliant with fair use doctrine and it supports the Wiki's aim to research, report on, and comment on RPI as an institution and its history.