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PLAYDATE TOMORROW! Come over to @CIatVT at 8.30am to learn all about Celestial Gardens, an interactive art installation that responds with changes in color & sound as people walk through it. Join us for some coffee, donuts and conversations with the team behind Celestial Gardens!
PechaKucha is a storytelling format where presenters show 20 slides for 20 seconds of commentary each. We have been using this format for knowledge-sharing b/w researchers who are working on projects funded by ICAT. Here are some snaps from our #PechaKucha event last Friday!
Rhode Island School of Design is looking for a term Research Fellow to join its Spatial Audio Studio.
Further information and application instructions are at this link:
risd.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/r…
NSF is soliciting applications for the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Graduate Fellowship (CSGrad4US).
The Application deadline is May 19, 2022, by 11:59 pm EST. Please visit nsf.gov/cise/CSGrad4US/ for additional details and deadlines.
ICAT Day is on Monday, and we've got an exciting set of events planned. Exhibits will open at 10am in Moss Arts Center, followed by a fashion show at @CIatVT at 3pm, and a panel discussion at 3.30pm. icat.vt.edu/events/2022/05/i….
Last night's amazing BioTech Couture Fashion show from students in @VTCAUS and @VTEngineering kicked off Creativity and Innovation Day today @ArtscenteratVT. Come by between 10am & 2pm and see over 30 exhibits showcasing @VTresearch in the arts, design, engineering and science.
Reality Boundary is a VT student team developing original games for Virtual Reality. The first game is an asymmetrical virtual reality / PC game called Eidolon. For more details and updates : blogs.lt.vt.edu/eidolon/
“I’ve been playing video games my whole life. As soon as I realized that could be my career, I started looking for ways to craft games and stories for people.”-Maureen Saverot ’15, MFA ’18
To read more: vtx.vt.edu/articles/2022/03/…
There is a lot of room for creativity and innovation in the world of children’s programming. Chris Valluzzo realized that a voice from Appalachia has been missing in the industry, and so “Penny P’s Backyard” was born. vtx.vt.edu/articles/2022/03/…
Last night, Sunday, April 3 at 7 p.m. at the Moss Arts Center, VT Philharmonic, Blacksburg Master Chorale, and Blacksburg Children's Chorale presented the world premiere of Dwight Bigler's new composition, "Mosaic for Earth." For more information: performingarts.vt.edu/perfor…
Happy April 1st! In honor of April Fools’ Day, this ICAT playdate will explore the relationship of humor and disciplinary culture. Join us this morning at 9:00am in the CID LLC Community Assembly space and online icat.vt.edu/live.htmll.
F.I.R.E. Starters is a new undergraduate research program that aims to increase access to and training for research opportunities for underrepresented minority students. Applications are due April 1.
More information can be found here: research.undergraduate.vt.ed…
We'll collect examples of disciplinary humor from the audience and tell them to each other. Please be prepared with a joke about your discipline, particularly jokes that only people with training in your discipline would get. (We’re not kidding!) icat.vt.edu/events/2022/04/a…
This week's Playdate falls on April Fools' Day, and we take this coincidence very seriously. This Friday at 8.30am, we will explore the relationship between humor and disciplinary culture.