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Latin American fraternity? Uhm. OK. Uh, I that maybe my alma mater had a few other notable firsts. Maybe?

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I can't think of any off the top of my head. -Michael

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Well, I guess being the "oldest" is still first, but that is already covered in the intro. There has to be some other stuff, but I suppose it also has to be a substantial "first" in order to avoid seeming silly.

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RPI had the first Ben & Jerry's on campus. [[User:Besselfunctions|Besselfunctions]] 03:20, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

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Wasn't RPI the first college to offer a Civil Engineering degree? [[User:Christopherk|Christopher]] 06:37, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

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*Yes, I believe so, but rather than 1860, 1835. This is according to an article called '''Amos Eaton was Right!''' in the ''Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice'' , Vol. 123, No. 1, January 1997, pp. 30-34 by Francis E. Griggs, Jr.

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According to the exibit in the Folsom Library it was started in 1860. [[User:Christopherk|Christopher]] 06:41, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

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== Liberal arts? ==

:1860 was the year when the Civil Engineering degree was extended to a four year program. I misread. [[User:Christopherk|Christopher]] 05:19, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

The third paragraph says: "It is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R1: Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity" and recognized for its degree programs in engineering, computing, business and management, information technology, the sciences, design, and liberal arts." As a current student here, this is mostly true ''but'' the last one, since the liberal arts section of the university are basically a joke, but the other programs are absolutely super strong and well recognized. [[User:RPI2026F1|RPI2026F1]] ([[User talk:RPI2026F1|talk]]) 21:07, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

==Status as Oldest Technological University==

:The "Rankings" section of this article only discusses the engineering programs so I've trimmed the sentence in question accordingly. If someone disagrees, please first add evidence and supporting sources to the body of the article. [[User:ElKevbo|ElKevbo]] ([[User talk:ElKevbo|talk]]) 21:47, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

== Hartford Campus ==

Is it correct to call the U.S. Military Academy a university?

As far as I can tell, the Hartford ___location was sold. See https://archive.is/IrY7j

* Yes. [[User:RPIRED|RPIRED]] 18:10, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

I don’t think it needs to be mentioned in the first sentence, nor does the long-closed Groton building belong in the second sentence. These are not currently noteworthy and if anything they belong as passing comments in the campus section. [[Special:Contributions/98.179.178.92|98.179.178.92]] ([[User talk:98.179.178.92|talk]]) 02:13, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

The IP range 128.113.x.x belongs to RPI. [[User:Christopherk|Christopher]] 05:38, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

This is true. [[User:Besselfunctions|Besselfunctions]] 05:40, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

== List of Faculty ==

Does anyone else feel that it would be a good idea to include a list of faculty in the article?

If so, should we limit it to just professors who have tenure or include all professors? [[User:Christopherk|Christopher]] 09:01, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Why do you feel as though this would be a good idea? [[User:Besselfunctions|Besselfunctions]] 15:05, 8 November 2005 (UTC)