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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.
Tau Kappa Epsilon ( ΤΚΕ; TEKE), founded at RPI as the Gamma Epsilon chapter in 1949. Located at 1661 Tibbets Avenue, Troy, NY. Theta Xi ( ΘΞ; or locally as Zoo), Alpha chapter, founded on April 29, 1864. Alpha chapter of Theta Xi is the oldest active fraternity at RPI.
Rating percentage index. The rating percentage index, commonly known as the RPI, is a quantity used to rank sports teams based upon a team's wins and losses and its strength of schedule. It is one of the sports rating systems by which NCAA basketball, baseball, softball, hockey, soccer, lacrosse, and volleyball teams are ranked.
Common opponents: Boyd beat Lawrence County 22-14 and Rowan County 44-18; Mason lost to Lawrence County 20-14 and beat Rowan County 27-0. Last meeting: Visiting Boyd defeated Mason 45-21 on Sept. 8.
73001257 [1] Added to NRHP. October 25, 1973. West Hall is a building on the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus in Troy, New York, United States. It is currently home to the Arts Department at RPI. It was previously a hospital, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Old Troy Hospital .
Bobby's World (originally known as The World According to Bobby) is an American animated comedy children's television series that aired on Fox Kids from September 8, 1990, to February 23, 1998. [1] The show was created by Canadian actor/comedian Howie Mandel , who also performs the voices of both Bobby and his father Howard Generic.