Earlier in October, I learned that Jean-François Gosselin, a fellow RPI Hockey alumnus, is running for Mayor of Québec City, Canada. I looked around for a web page written in English that described his candidacy, and when I couldn't find…

Here's a critical piece from The Chronicle of Higher Education on Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, the President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ("Behind RPI's Highly Paid Chief, Tales of an Imperial Air and Cowed Staff"). In case you are wondering, here…

A friend of mine told me this story about a local bike store in Eastern Pennsylvania that we both frequent as customers. He walked into the store the other day while the owner of the store was discussing the upkeep…

A couple of my more well known friends in social media (especially David Jacobs) are surprised that there haven't been more negative or questioning comments about Jeff Bezos purchase of The Washington Post from The Washington Post Company. I don't…

Friday RPI Alumni Relations launched a page on its website devoted to the RPI Alumni Social Action Stream. This page pulls together the RPI Alumni action stream from eight social media sites (Twitter, Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram, Google+, Reddit, Tumblr, and…