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Around
Campus: Week of Feb. 20, 2001
Dance
Performance
High Frequency Wavelengths, an award-winning dance theater company
that focuses on contemporary issues, will present the New York
premiere of "Being There," a spoof on the aging American
mom, at the RPI Playhouse Saturday, Feb. 24, at 7:30 p.m.  Admission
is free.
High Frequency Wavelengths, featuring the choreography of artistic
director Marilynn Danitz, tours nationally and internationally.
They have been invited to arts festivals in Germany, Poland, Japan,
China, Taiwan, and throughout the U.S.
Three
works will be presented on Feb. 24. For more information, contact
the Rensselaer Union at ext. 6505. 2/20/01
So,
You Want to Become a Virtual Professor?
The offices of the Provost and Professional and Distance Education,
along with the University at Albany, will present a public seminar
titled "So, You Want to Become a Virtual Professor?"
Friday, Feb. 23, at 3-4:30 p.m. in 318 DCC. Roxanne Hiltz and
Murray Turoff, authors of a number of books and papers on asynchronous
learning and co-authors of the classic book Learning Networks:
A Field Guide to Teaching and Learning, will take part in
the presentation and discussion. An informal reception will follow.
For more information, contact Michael Danchak, clinical professor
of computer science, at danchm@rpi.edu
or 6583. 2/20/01
Business
Plan Competition Open to Rensselaer Students
The Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship in the
Lally School of Management and Technology is calling for entries
to its annual $25,000 Rensselaer-Lucent Technologies Student Business
Plan Competition.
Faculty
members are encouraged to make students aware of this opportunity.
Prizes are $3,000 for first place, $2,000 for second place, and
$1,000 for third. The first-place finisher in the Lucent competition
also will qualify for an additional $20,000 in seed money to launch
a new venture.
March
2 is the deadline for executive summaries to be submitted to Jeanne
Stefanik at the Severino Center (Room 2304 Pittsburgh Building).
Final plans are due April 9 at noon. Finalist presentations will
be held April 25 in 4050 CII at 6-9 p.m.
For
more information on the business plan competition, go to http://scte.mgmt.rpi.edu/lucent.html
or
call ext. 8398. 2/12/01
Intellectual
Property Career Forum
The Office of Alumni Relations, the Career Development Center,
and the Office of Technology Commercialization will host an Intellectual
Property Career Forum Friday, Feb. 23, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the
Heffner Alumni House.
Representatives
from law firms, law schools, and the U.S. Patent & Trademark
Office will be on hand to take part in a career fair. There also
will be a panel discussion on "Why Is IP So Hot?" and
breakout sessions on careers in Intellectual Property.
To
register, contact Peter Pedone at pedonp@rpi.edu.
A complete schedule is available at www.alumni.rpi.edu
2/5/01
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