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a beam of light coming out of an observatory overlooking the RPI campus at night.

Detail View

Campus Perspectives
2013—2015
EMPAC — Troy, NY, USA

Detail View provides an opportunity for Rensselaer professors and researchers to share in-depth perspectives on their fields of inquiry. Inviting an exchange of ideas on campus and providing a window into a singular vision, these events are geared toward experts and non-experts alike.

Main Image: The Hirsch Observatory projects a beam of light into space as part of The Color Out of Space, Rosa Barba’s collaboration with Rensselaer astrophysics professor Heidi Newberg. Photo: Kris Qua / EMPAC.

Event Type
Talk
Series

Season

2015 Spring
2014 Fall
2013 Spring
2014 Spring
2012 Spring
2011 Fall
Curator
Emily Zimmerman
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
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Michael Century
Dance/Theater, Film/Video, Music/Sound
Extraordinary Freedom Machines
Vignettes in the History of a Multimedia Century
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 12PM
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Zbigniew Oksiuta in disucssion
Talk
Form, Processes, Consequences
Zbigniew Oksiuta
April 12, 2012 at Noon
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Zbigniew Oksiuta in disucssion
Talk
A Biological Future?
Zbigniew Oksiuta
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 12PM
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Robert Linhardt
Talk
Robert J. Linhardt
New Frontiers in Glycoscience and Glycoengineering
Tuesday, February 25, 2014, at 12PM
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ellen esrock in lecture.
Talk
Ellen Esrock
Touching Words & Images
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 12PM
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Ravi Kane in discussion.
Talk
Ravi Kane
The Design of Nanoscale Therapeutics and Nanostructured Materials
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at 12PM
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Vincent Meunier in discussion on a stage in front of a projection that reads 'Physics in Reduced Dimensions: Nano-Science for Mega-Impact'.
Talk
Vincent Meunier
Physics in reduced dimensions: nano-science for mega-impact
Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at 12PM
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A microscopic image of green bacteria spores.
Talk
Curt Breneman
Changing the World by Mining the Materials Genome
Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 12PM
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An open observatory shooting a beam of light into a gray sky.
Talk
Heidi Newberg and Rosa Barba
On the Speculative Intersection of Astronomy and Art