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Dec. 1, 2003

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EMPAC’s New York City Debut
EMPAC Opening
On Monday, Nov. 17, Rensselaer unveiled plans for its Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) to an audience of artists, architects, media, and other invited guests. The event took place at The Duke, a black-box theater on 42nd Street. More

Pioneers of Terahertz at Rensselaer for Dedication of New Lab

President Shirley Ann Jackson, Dean of Science Joe Flaherty, Physics Chair Gwo-Ching Wang, Xi-Cheng Zhang, the J. Erik Jonsson ’22 Distinguished Professor of Science, and honored guests will join the Rensselaer community in dedicating the W. M. Keck Laboratory for Terahertz Science within the Center for Terahertz Research at Rensselaer. The Dec. 5 dedication ceremonies will include a “Conversation on Terahertz” and a “Technical Symposium on Terahertz Research.” The programs will be held in the George M. Low Center for industrial Innovation, Room 4050, beginning at 10:45 a.m., and are free and open to the public. More

Opposition Grows to NCAA Proposal To Eliminate Athletics Scholarships

Two nationally prominent organizations — representing Division III faculty and students — have weighed in against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) proposal to eliminate the ability of Division III institutions to award athletic grants-in-aid to Division I student-athletes. More

Rensselaer Students Honored for Work at Wynantskill School’s Library

Rensselaer service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega (APO) received a formal pat-on-the-back Nov. 14 for the students work this semester at the St. Jude the Apostle School in Wynantskill, N.Y. To show their gratitude to APO for helping organize the growing St. Jude library, Principal Cathleen Carney and her elementary school students presented fraternity members with an oversize, homemade thank-you card. More

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Fouché Publishes Book on Early African American Inventors

In his new book, Black Inventors in the Age of Segregation, Rayvon Fouché, assistant professor of science and technology studies at Rensselaer, examines the life and work of three early African American inventors. Fouché provides a view of African American contributions to — and relationships with — technology during a period of rapid industrialization and mounting national attention to the inequities of a separate-but-equal social order. More

RAA Fellows Award: Paul Alan Bleicher ’76

Paul Bleicher ’76 will receive the Rensselaer Alumni Association (RAA) Fellows Award from the Biology Department on Tuesday, Dec. 2, at the Biotechnology/Entrepreneurship Affinity Event at Biogen in Cambridge, Mass. More


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