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News Archives Merrill Whitburn to Conduct Research at Yale Divinity School - 06.20.2003 Merrill Whitburn has been appointed a Visiting Research Fellow at the Yale Divinity School for the fall semester of 2003. His research at Yale will focus on the richness and complexity of nineteenth-century American homiletics and legal rhetoric. Among the specific works he will explore is James M. Hoppin's Homiletics. Hoppin (1820-1906) was professor at the Yale Divinity School from 1861-79.
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Kellie Carter Accepts Predoctoral Teaching Fellowship - 06.17.2003 Kellie Carter, Ph.D. student in Language, Literature, and Communication, has accepted a Predoctoral Teaching Fellowship in Computers and Composition at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She will work with the English Department in their Writing and New Media initiative by teaching in the composition program and participating in curriculum development and teacher training.
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Michael Century: International Symposium on Electronic Arts - 06.16.2003 Michael Century, professor and chair of Arts [which, with LL&C, co-administers the EMAC undergraduate program], has accepted to serve on the International Advisory Committee of the International Symposium on Electronic Arts. The next symposium will occur at Helsinki, Stockholm in August 2004. Century also was one of four speakers in a symposium at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, in New York City, presenting the findings of a new report from the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Research Council, titled "Beyond Productivity: Information Technology, Innovation, and Creativity," on May 15. Century was a member of the study committee.
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Winners Announced for 2003 EMAC Capstone Exhibition - 05.30.2003 By Matt Iacovone Jonathan Marcus and Maureen Duffy were recently named the top prize winners for their 2003 Capstone projects in Electronic Media, Arts, and Communication (EMAC). Marcus' project, "Window, Tangent to Time," was an interactive video installation that utilized real-time manipulation of video to produce dynamic works of art. Video cameras were positioned in a store-front window to both capture and aesthetically transform the happenings of 3rd Street in Troy. "Touch Painter Chair," a human-computer interface prototype developed by Duffy, explored the utility of tactile feedback to an average personal computer user. A tactile feedback system was designed using a massage chair, a micro-controller, and a drawing application. In addition to the two top prizes, eight students received honorable mention for their Capstone projects: Steve DeBellis, Rob Estevez, Ping Gu, Mike Kingsly, David Maurer, John Reiss, Catherine Renzullo, and Adam Varga. Capstone is a culminating experience for senior EMAC students. This year's exhibition, held on April 25-26, showcased work in video, web design, animation, multimedia installation, graphic design, electronic music, painting, and sculpture. For photos from the exhibition, visit our Photo Gallery. For more information on the EMAC program, please visit the EMAC Department website.
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Roger Grice Honored at 50th Annual STC Conference - 05.27.2003 Roger Grice received the President's Award during the opening session of the 50th Annual STC Conference in Dallas last week. The award recognizes Roger's "outstanding mentorship of new members of the Society; his guidance of Society leaders; and his personal skill and leadership that have helped transform the Society into the open, forward-looking community that it is today."
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Huatong Sun: STC Accomplishments - 05.15.2003 Huatong Sun, 3rd-year doctoral candidate, recently won a 2003-2004 STC Graduate Scholarship. This year, four students received scholarships to support their education in technical communication. Sun was also selected as a 2002 member of Sigma Tau Chi, STC's honorary fraternity. Sigma Tau Chi recognizes students enrolled in a technical communication program who have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or above, are exemplary in participation in STC, and demonstrate a potential for significant contribution to the profession. The Society for Technical Communication (STC) is a professional organization for people developing technical information through such occupations as technical writing, editing, graphical design, interface design, and Web design. For more information on the Jay R. Gould Student Chapter at Rensselaer, please visit: http://stc.llc.rpi.edu/
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McKinney Writing Competition: 2003 Contest Winners - 05.12.2003 The McKinney Writing Competition recognizes students who demonstrate talent in various genres of writing, including Fiction or Drama, Poetry, Essays, and Electronic Media. For a listing of the 2003 Contest winners, please visit the McKinney Competition website.
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Emilie Gould: LL&C Graduate Student Accomplishments - 05.06.2003 Emilie Gould, LL&C Ph.D. candidate, recently participated in a national conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (hosted by ACM SIGCHI) in Fort Lauderdale on April 9, 2003. She presented "Culture: Predictive or Heuristic?" for the panel of Culture Issues and Mobile User-Interface Design. Gould also presented a paper entitled "Globalizing Plain Language: Cultural Constraints on Website Development" at the ABC (Association for Business Communication) Conference, a regional conference in Toronto, Ontario, on April 4, 2003.
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Kathleen Brown Receives Honorable Mention in Audre Lorde Poetry Prize Competition - 05.06.2003 Kathleen Brown, graduating EMAC senior, won honorable mention in the Audre Lorde Poetry Prize Competition for her poem entitled "little cherry o." This year, the contest had over 100 submissions and, for the first time, a poet from RPI was among the contest winners. The Audre Lorde Poetry Prize is sponsored by the Medusa Community of Poets and Writers at Russell Sage College in Troy, NY.
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Ellen Esrock Awarded a Fellowship from Columbia University for Research in Art and Somatosensory Systems - 05.05.2003 Ellen Esrock was awarded a 2003-2004 fellowship from the Columbia University's Italian Academy for Advanced Studies to pursue her research within their Art and Neuroscience Project. Her project, Touching Art: Intimacy, Embodiment, and the Somatosensory System, investigates a process by which viewers use their somatosensory systems to shift their sense of bodily boundaries in order to more deeply engage art objects.
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LL&C Runs for Literacy - 05.04.2003 On Sunday, May 4th, several members of the LL&C Department and various family members participated in the 2nd annual "Run/Walk for Literacy" in Downtown Troy. Among those who competed in the event included graduate students Kellie Carter, Carrie Clegg, Sandy Dincki, Carrie Pascal, Kim Scott, and Shaun Slattery; undergraduate Jes Constantine; and Assistant Professor Bill Hart-Davidson. Results of the 5k event are posted on the web at: http://www.usatfadir.org/results/03lit.htm. The race is a fund-raiser for the Literacy Volunteers of Greater Rensselaer County.
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Cheryl Geisler to Serve as an Expert Reviewer - 04.30.2003 Cheryl Geisler will serve as an expert reviewer for the Swedish Council for Renewal of Higher Education, funded by the Swedish Parliament, to support innovative projects to enhance teaching and learning in undergraduate and postgraduate education. She also served as a reviewer for the National Science Foundation's Program on the Societal Dimensions of Engineering, Science, and Technology.
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Priya Nambisan Awarded a Summer Fellowship to WebShop - 04.28.2003 Priya Nambisan, LL&C Ph.D. student, has been awarded a summer fellowship to the Internet Scholars Program, WebShop, at the University of Maryland. This very competitive fellowship provides two weeks of intensive research workshops with prominent Communication and Sociology scholars. This year, the fellowship adds a third week spent at UC Berkeley and Stanford University, where the student researchers will work with massive databases of Internet usage developed by Neilsen/NetRatings. The fellowship pays all travel and living expenses and provides a stipend for the graduate students selected. The intent of the fellowship is to collect the most promising young researchers while they are graduate students, give them time and resources to develop their own proposed research projects during the fellowship workshops and research tools, and promote the growth of a network of young researchers who are familiar with each others' work. Priya was recognized in the award letter as "one of the top young scholars in the country... Our selection committee judged your application as among the most promising we received." For more information on WebShop please visit: http://www.webuse.umd.edu/about_webshop.htm
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Graduating EMAC Seniors Exhibit Capstone Projects - 04.25.2003 The graduating seniors of the EMAC (Electronic Media, Arts and Communication) Program at Rensselaer will hold an exhibition at The Alumni House, from Friday, April 25 through Saturday, April 26. An opening reception will be held on Friday, April 25 from 4–9 pm. The show will run on Saturday from 10-5 pm. The exhibition will showcase work in video, web design, animation, multimedia installation, graphic design, electronic music, painting and sculpture. The show is free and open to the public. EMAC is a Bachelor of Science Degree program in Electronic Media, Arts, and Communication jointly offered by the Arts Department, and The Department of Language, Literature and Communication at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The EMAC program integrates aesthetic, creative, and critical thought with expertise in advanced electronic multimedia. The interdisciplinary approach combining arts and communication produces entrepreneurs and critical thinkers who will use technology in innovative ways in commercial, academic and artistic spheres, and the increasingly significant overlap between these realms. Built upon the strong technological infrastructure of Rensselaer, this pioneering program offers students hands-on education in new art and communication technologies as well a theoretical framework to understand and shape the cultural impact of these technologies. A major strength of the program is the balance between individual and collaborative activities facilitated by the interactive multimedia education pioneered by Rensselaer. For more information, please visit the EMAC Department website.
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Andreas Karatsolis Presents Paper on Engaging Advanced ESL Writers - 03.28.2003 On March 28, 2003, Andreas Karatsolis, LL&C Ph.D. candidate, presented his paper entitled: "Engaging Advanced ESL Writers in a Community of Practice: Text Analysis in a Technology Classroom" at a conference sponsored by the English department of the University of Albany whose theme was "Crossing Perceived Boundaries: Teaching Writing as Shared Responsibility."
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Patricia Search Received Editor's Choice Award from International Visual Literacy Association - 03.22.2003 Patricia Search received the Editor's Choice Award from the International Visual Literacy Association for her paper "The Metastructural Dynamics of Interactive Electronic Design." This coveted award is given to the paper that represents an "exemplary work of research and literature" and the best submission to the 2003 book of Selected Readings published by the International Visual Literacy Association. In her research, Professor Search is developing new multiliteracy models for interactive computing. This paper explores new forms of temporal, spatial, and rhythmic links in interactive design that are expanding the boundaries of visual literacy theory. This research includes the development of a new design syntax that is derived from oral communication techniques in aboriginal cultures. Professor Search will be presented with this award later this year at the annual International Visual Literacy Association Conference.
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Virginia Martin Honored for Community Service Work - 03.18.2003 At Friends of Hudson's annual members' party in March, LL&C Ph.D. student Virginia Martin received the honor of being named their "volunteer of the year" for her community service work. Friends of Hudson is a 3300-member organization which is a project of The Open Space Institute. Friends' mission is to promote quality of life in the mid-Hudson Valley by protecting public health, air and water quality, as well as scenic, historic, and agricultural resources; advocating smart and balanced development; and supporting the work of The Open Space Institute by empowering citizens to protect their environment.
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Alan Nadel: Society for the Study of Narrative Literature - 02.20.2003 Alan Nadel is a member of the Executive Committee of the Society for the Study of Narrative Literature and attended a board meeting in New York City in December.
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Roger Grice Publishes "Evaluating the Complete User Experience" - 02.20.2003 Roger Grice had a book chapter entitled "Evaluating the Complete User Experience: Dimensions of Usability" in the series Research in Technical Communication, edited by Laura J. Gurak (LL&C Doctoral Alumnus) and Mary M. Lay, published by Praeger. He was also recently elected to IEEE's Publications and Products boards, and IEEE's Transnational Committee.
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Carrie Pascal to Publish in IEEE Transactions on Professional Comm. - 02.11.2003 Carrie Pascal, LL&C M.S. and Ph.D. student, has just received word that her article, "Enabling Chance Interaction Through Instant Messaging", written as part of her work in Cheryl Geisler's "Writing and Editing" class, has been accepted for publication as an Interface feature article in the IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication for July 2003.
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