MIT Provost Martin Schmidt has been named as the 19th president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the nation’s oldest technological research university. Schmidt, who earned his BS in electrical engineering at RPI in 1981, will assume its presidency on July 1, 2022. He has spent more than 40 years at MIT as a student, faculty member, and administrative leader. “MIT has been a remarkable home for me,” Schmidt says. “It has allowed me to pursue my research and teaching passions, and has immersed me in an environment of inspiring and dedicated…
