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From Players to Creators: RPI Camp Empowers Teens to Design Video Games
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) recently hosted its immersive Game Development Camp, giving middle and high school students a unique opportunity to jump-start their careers in game design and development.
RPI Study Suggests Incentives Are a Valuable Alternative to School Cell Phone Bans
As schools increasingly move to ban smartphones in classrooms, new research from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) suggests that there may be a more effective way to boost focus and academic engagement.
Learning Through Play: RPI Game on Freshwater Science Installed at ECHO Leahy Center
World of Plankton, an interactive educational game developed by faculty and students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), has been permanently installed at the ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain as part of the center’s newly renovated Into the Lake exhibit.
Experience AI Like Never Before: Digital Art Pioneer David Rokeby at RPI
Artificial intelligence isn’t just about algorithms and automation — it’s rooted in centuries of human fascination with consciousness, creativity, and what it means to be human.
A Celebration of Sound and Silence: RPI Releases Book Honoring Pauline Oliveros
What started as a yearlong social media tribute has grown into a landmark publication. The Center for Deep Listening at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has released A Year of Deep Listening: 365 Text Scores for Pauline Oliveros, a groundbreaking collection of listening scores created by over 300 artists in celebration of the late composer and RPI professor Pauline Oliveros.
RPI Appoints Dena Beard Executive Director of Curtis. R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has named Dena Beard, M.A., the new Executive Director of the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC).
Experience I Dream in Concert at RPI: A Powerful Tribute to the Civil Rights Movement
The Musical Dramatic Arts Foundation is proud to present a concert version of the groundbreaking musical I Dream in Concert in partnership with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). The special performance will take place on November 1, 2024, at RPI, Troy, NY, and aims to reach both the broader community and RPI students, faculty and staff.
In New Opera, Art and Technology Harmonize to Raise Up Voices
Opera is synonymous with the power of the human voice. The Other Side of Silence, a new opera produced by Opera Saratoga presented as a workshop performance at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on October 16 at 7 p.m., merges creativity and technology to include new voices and audiences in the artform. 
RPI Economics Professor Participates in Big Tech-AI Symposium
Vivek Ghosal, Ph.D., Virginia and Lloyd W. Rittenhouse Professor and Department Head of Economics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was an invited participant in ProMarket’s Big Tech-AI Investment Symposium.
RPI Concert Highlights Partnership Between Major Experimental Composers
Faculty, students, and alumni from the Arts Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will present Time Regained, a concert showcasing the partnership of Pauline Oliveros and Terry Riley through the lens of time-delay techniques, on Wednesday, November 6, at 4 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC).

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