Thursday, December 2, 2004
Dr. Daniel Fasulo of Celera Genomics/Applied Biosystems delivers a Computer Science lecture titled “Emerging Technologies in Proteomics and Their Application to Cancer.” The talk begins in JEC 3117 at 2 pm, with refreshments served at 1:30 pm; Michael Mahoney of Yale University follows at 4 pm with “The CUR Matrix Decomposition with Applications to Algorithm Design and Massive Data Set Analysis.”
Friday, December 3, 2004
Ridden and POTOTSOLATTTJ play Ground Zero at 8 pm. Admission is free. Go online to http://www.gzbasement.net to learn more.
Mark Rust finishes UPAC Mother’s fall schedule with a two-night performance on Friday and Saturday. Both shows begin at 8 pm. Admission is free with an RPI or Russell Sage ID and $8 for the general public.
Garden State comes to the Empire State with three showings by UPAC Cinema in DCC 308 at 7 pm, 9:30 pm, and midnight. Tickets cost $2.50.
Saturday, December 4, 2004
UPAC Concerts’ Battle of the Bands Round Two tears up the McNeil Room at 8 pm. Admission is free; visit http://concerts.union.rpi.edu/ for more information.
Malta Ballet presents The Nutcracker at The Egg at 2:30 pm and 7:30 pm. Tickets cost $24.50 for adults, $19.50 for seniors, and $14.50 for children. Order tickets online by going to http://www.theegg.org/.
Armenian Arts and Culture night broadens horizons at the C+CC from 7:30 pm to 10 pm, featuring live speakers, music, and food. Admission is free and all are welcome. To find out more, go to http://www.rpi.edu/web/C+CC/ccc/ccc.html.
Sunday, December 5, 2004
Troy goes back to the old days with its 22nd annual Victorian Stroll downtown from 11 am to 5 pm. The event will include musicians, dancers, storytellers and magicians, among other attractions. More information is available at the event’s website, http://www.troyvictorianstroll.com/.
The Andrew Eckel Ensemble plays Ground Zero at 8 pm with creative arrangements of traditional instruments, including clarinet, drums, vocals, electric violin, viola, and electric bass. Both the admission and coffee are free. Go online to http://www.rpi.edu/~eckela/ for further details.
Christmas arrives early at the Palace Theatre with Broadway’s Spirit of Christmas show at 7:30 pm in a large scale musical celebration of the holiday. Tickets range from $25 to $45 and can be purchased online at http://www.palacealbany.com/.
Monday, December 6, 2004
Dr. David Lynn of Emory University presents an Origins of Life seminar in CII 3051 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm. For further details, log on to http://www.origins.rpi.edu/.
Peter Monk of the University of Delaware expounds on “The Ultra Weak Variational Formulation for time-harmonic acoustic and electromagnetic scattering problems” in a Mathematical Sciences colloquium beginning at 4 pm in Walker 5113.
Wednesday, December 8, 2004
Students of the Creativity in Information Technology class display their final projects in Lally 102 and 104 from noon to 4 pm. The projects cover a variety of media. Visit http://www.rpi.edu/dept/IT/ to find out more.
