Designing Human-Centered AI Systems for Human-AI Collaboration with Dr. Dakuo Wang
Time: 12pm
Date: 9/27
Location: Carnegie 113
STS Colloquium: Composting Utopia: Finding Hope in Grassroots Infrastructures
Date: 10/4
Time: 11:30am - 1pm
Location: Sage 5711
iEAR SALON
FREE CUTTING EDGE SPEAKER SERIES - Beginning this Wednesday!
TROY, NY – The Arts Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) presents the 2023 “iEAR Salon” virtual speaker series, exploring relationships between minds, bodies, the virtual spaces humans enact and inhabit, and our planet in crisis. Curated by the Arts Graduate Colloquium of RPI.
iEAR SALON: Wadada Leo Smith
TROY, NY – The Arts Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) presents the 2023 “iEAR Salon” virtual speaker series, exploring relationships between minds, bodies, the virtual spaces humans enact and inhabit, and our planet in crisis. Curated by the Arts Graduate Colloquium of RPI. Mutli-disciplinary artists, musicians, and thinkers address topics from embodied improvisation to technologies of the human corpse; from eco-critical approaches to art history to video games as responses to ecological chaos; and from speculative design to participatory sense-making.
Petra Kuppers & Diverse Disability Networks: Wheelchair Procession along Sanctuary Eco-Art Trail
Thursday, October 12
McKinney Student Writing Contest
The 2024 McKinney Writing Contest is open! Submit in any or all of the following categories: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, or Drama; Poetry; Academic Essay; Electronic Media Using Language; or our multi-genre category: Language and Empowerment. Undergraduate and graduate divisions. First prize $300; 2nd prize $175; and 3rd prize $75. Submit: info.rpi.edu/mckinney. Deadline: 3/11/24. Questions? McKinney@rpi.edu
Drop-In Advising for DIS, STS, and Sustainability Studies
October 25
11:30AM-1PM
Sage 5711
Questions about Spring course selections? Need to have a SAM meeting before registering? Curious about completing a minor or adding a dual major? Professors will be on hand to answer your questions about Science and Technology Studies, Sustainability Studies, Design, Innovation, and Society, and related programs.
Rensselaer Family Weekend Concert
Date: 10/28
Time: 7:30pm
Location: EMPAC Concert Hall
An engaging one-hour concert featuring the Rensselaer Orchestra, Choir, and Wind Symphony, led by Rensselaer music faculty Dr. Robert Whalen. Featured composers include Sergei Rachmaninoff, Gustav Holst, inti figgis-vizueta, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Inocente Carreño.
Panel Discussion with Velan Studios
Date: 11/1
Time: 10:30am
Location: Sage 4510
RPI's Game Hub is proud to announce an upcoming panel discussion on video game production featuring five producers from Velan Studios, a local game studio and long-time community partner. If you're interested in learning more about the world of games production and project management from industry professionals, be sure to join us on Wednesday, November 1 from 10:30am-12pm in Sage 4510 -- and come prepared with questions!
Rensselaer Games Showcase
Organized by RPI's Game Dev Club, RGS is an annual opportunity for all Rensselaer students to showcase their games to the local community. This year's event is the second following a pandemic-era hiatus between Fall 2019 and 2022, so we're looking forward to seeing you there -- especially if it's your first time around!