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Discussion by Rensselaer Professor Michael Century offers an introduction for general audiences. A new lecture series traces the path between contemporary electronic art and more established media arts. Michael Century, professor of new media and music in the Arts Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will speak on “From Virtuality to Virtuosity” on Nov. 29, from noon – 1 p.m. in the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) Theater. The event is free and open to the public.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Engineering Researchers Overcome Decade-Old Hurdle Hampering Development of Nanostructure-based Gas Sensors

Competition Administered at Rensselaer Promotes Effective and Sustainable Use of Outdoor Lighting in Public Urban Areas The Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is administering a Latin American Student Luminaire Design Competition sponsored by the AES Corporation and Philips Lighting. The objective of the competition is to promote the effective and sustainable use of outdoor lighting in public urban areas throughout Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.

Rensselaer Professor Michael Mascarenhas Explores Nonprofit Water Development in Project on Globalization Supported by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Conference focused on harnessing the potential of solar energy conversion by emulating the highly efficient mechanisms of natural photosynthesis to create a carbon-neutral future

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Researchers Use Supercomputer To Study Effects of Stacking Graphene Nanoribbons

Rensselaer To Host Remembrance Day National Roll Call on Nov. 11

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Engineer Deanna Thompson Is Studying How To Stimulate and Direct Peripheral Nerve Growth Following an Injury

Congressman Paul Tonko To Speak at Annual Conference of the Center for Future Energy Systems U.S. Representative Paul D. Tonko will speak Wednesday evening at the Rensselaer Center for Future Energy Systems (CFES) 2011 Annual Conference and Industrial Advisory Board Meeting.

Rensselaer Professor and Composer Neil Rolnick To Perform Newest Composition December 1