<!-- start content --> <table class="infobox vcard" style="font-size:90%; width:21em; text-align:left;"><tr><th style="text-align:center; font-size:120%;" class="fn n org" colspan="2">Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"><a href="/wikipedia/index.php/Image:RPI_Coat_of_Arms.svg" title="Image:RPI Coat of Arms.svg">Image:RPI Coat of Arms.svg</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><hr /></td></tr><tr class="note"><th><a href="/wikipedia/index.php/Motto" title="Motto">Motto</a>:</th><td>Knowledge and Thoroughness</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/wikipedia/index.php/Date_of_establishment" title="Date of establishment">Established</a>:</th><td>1824</td></tr><tr><th>Type:</th><td><a href="/wikipedia/index.php/Private_university" title="Private university">Private</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/wikipedia/index.php/Financial_endowment" title="Financial endowment">Endowment</a>:</th><td><a href="/wikipedia/index.php/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US $</a>813 <a href="/wikipedia/index.php/1000000_%28number%29" class="mw-redirect" title="1000000 (number)">million</a><sup id="cite_ref-Shirley_Speech_0-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shirley_Speech-0" title="">[1]</a></sup></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/wikipedia/index.php/University_president" title="University president">President</a>:</th><td><a href="/wikipedia/index.php/Shirley_Jackson_%28physicist%29" title="Shirley Jackson (physicist)">Shirley Ann Jackson</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/wikipedia/index.php/Provost_%28education%29" title="Provost (education)">Provost</a>:</th><td>Robert Palazzo <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1" title="">[2]</a></sup></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/wikipedia/index.php/Faculty_%28university%29#North_American_usage" title="Faculty (university)">Faculty</a>:</th><td>481</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/wikipedia/index.php/Undergraduate_education" title="Undergraduate education">Undergraduates</a>:</th><td>5,116</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/wikipedia/index.php/Postgraduate_education" title="Postgraduate education">Postgraduates</a>:</th><td>1,176 Troy<br />729 Hartford Part-time<br />187 Distance Part-time</td></tr><tr><th>Location:</th><td class="adr"><span class="locality"><a href="/wikipedia/index.php/Image:Flag_of_the_United_States.svg" title="Image:Flag of the United States.svg">Image:Flag of the United States.svg</a> <a href="/wikipedia/index.php/Troy%2C_New_York" title="Troy, New York">Troy</a></span>, <span class="region"><a href="/wikipedia/index.php/New_York" title="New York">New York</a></span>, <span class="country-name"><a href="/wikipedia/index.php/United_States" title="United States">USA</a></span><pre> </td></tr></pre><tr><th>Campus:</th><td><a href="/wikipedia/index.php/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a>, 275 acres (1.11 km²)</td></tr><tr><th>Athletics:</th><td>23 <a href="/wikipedia/index.php/Varsity_team" title="Varsity team">varsity teams</a><br />2 <a href="/wikipedia/index.php/Division_I" title="Division I">Division I</a><br />21 <a href="/wikipedia/index.php/Division_III" title="Division III">Division III</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/wikipedia/index.php/School_colors" title="School colors">Colors</a>:</th><td>Cherry and White <span style="background-color:#ED1C2E;width:50px;border:1px solid #000000"> </span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;width:50px;border:1px solid #000000"> </span></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/wikipedia/index.php/Mascot" title="Mascot">Mascot</a>:</th><td>The Red Hawk and Puckman</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/wikipedia/index.php/Website" title="Website">Website</a>:</th><td><a href="http://www.rpi.edu/" class="external text" title="http://www.rpi.edu/" rel="nofollow">www.rpi.edu</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"><div class="center"><div class="floatnone"><span><a href="/wikipedia/index.php/Image:RPI_Logo_Small.svg" title="Image:RPI Logo Small.svg">Image:RPI Logo Small.svg</a></span></div></div></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table><p><b>Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute</b>, or <b>RPI</b>, is a <a href="/wikipedia/index.php/Nonsectarian" title="Nonsectarian">nonsectarian</a> <a href="/wikipedia/index.php/Private_university" title="Private university">private</a> <a href="/wikipedia/index.php/Research" title="Research">research</a> <a href="/wikipedia/index.php/University" title="University">university</a> in <a href="/wikipedia/index.php/Troy%2C_New_York" title="Troy, New York">Troy</a>, <a href="/wikipedia/index.php/New_York" title="New York">New York</a>, a city lying just outside the state capital of <a href="/wikipedia/index.php/Albany%2C_New_York" title="Albany, New York">Albany</a>. RPI was founded in 1824 by <a href="/wikipedia/index.php/Stephen_Van_Rensselaer_III" title="Stephen Van Rensselaer III">Stephen Van Rensselaer</a> for the "application of science to the common purposes of life", and is the oldest technological university in the English-speaking world.<sup id="cite_ref-history_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-2" title="">[3]</a></sup> The institute is known for its success in the transfer of technology from the laboratory to the marketplace.</p><p>RPI's mission has slowly evolved over the years while retaining its focus on the scientific and technological roots upon which the school was founded. Adopted by the Board of Trustees in 1995, RPI's current mission is to "educate the leaders of tomorrow for technologically based careers. We celebrate discovery, and the responsible application of technology, to create knowledge and global prosperity."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3" title="">[4]</a></sup></p>