Experimental Media and the Arts

According to Rensselaer President Shirley Ann Jackson, "Our society needs scientists and engineers who are able to speak out, guide the public, and establish policy-in short, to serve as leaders. If Rensselaer's graduates are to live up to this role, they must be not only technically brilliant, but also articulate, broad-minded, and humane.”

Rensselaer’s interdisciplinary approach to science and engineering is applied to the arts, as well. Disciplines such as The Electronic Media, Arts, and Communication (EMAC) Program, iEAR, and Cognitive Science and Arts often overlap with engineering or information technology to produce extraordinary results.

For Rensselaer’s new Game Design Studies Minor, for example, students follow the industry model of “team approaches” to game development, fostering a strong collaboration between electronic arts, cognitive science, human computer interaction, and computer science.

Scheduled to open in October 2008, the visionary Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) is a place and a program where the arts, technology, and science will challenge and transform each other.

Learn more about how you can support EMPAC...

Learn how you can support the Joel Dolven Conductor's Suite

Give Now Online or Contact Us to make your gift to EMPAC.