Yearly Archives: 2009

Collaboration tool makes statewide meeting possible in tough times

The challenge: how to assemble emergency managers from 100 counties across North Carolina for an important meeting at a time when budgets are so tight that  traveling is not an option. The solution: gather the managers for a virtual meeting made possible by the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) and a collaboration tool called SmileTiger, a […]

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Botany camp offers non-traditional students Web 2.0 curriculum

Students from across the state took part in BotCamp 2009 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill June 19 and July 24-25. BotCamp offered a new innovative curriculum, called Bot 2.0, designed to educate, recruit and retain non-traditional students in the study of botanical science.

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Carolina Launch Pad

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Renaissance Computing Institute Names New Director

CHAPEL HILL, NC — Stanley C. Ahalt, will become the new director of the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI), the multi-campus research center with its home base in Chapel Hill, UNC-Chapel Hill Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development Tony Waldrop announced today.

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NLR’s TelePresence Exchange shows future of video conferencing

Cypress, Calif. – August 10, 2009 –  National LambdaRail (NLR), the cutting-edge network for advanced research and innovation owned by the U.S. research and education community, in collaboration with AARNet, Australia’s Academic and Research Network, and Cisco, arranged for the first, international Cisco TelePresence sessions over a research and education network between multiple physical locations.

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CWE2010 seeks presentations, posters

Scientists, academicians, technologists, architects and engineers from around the world are invited to present their ideas, experience and views related to computational wind engineering at the Fifth International Symposium on Computational Wind Engineering (CWE2010) in Chapel Hill, NC, May 23-27, 2010. The deadline for submitting all proposals is October 17, 2009.  

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NCEMA Fall All-Hazards Conference

Title: NCEMA Fall All-Hazards ConferenceLocation: Crown Plaza Hotel, Hickory, NCLink out: Click hereStart Date: 2009-10-18End Date: 2009-10-21

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Hurricane Floyd Sympsium: Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of Hurricane Floyd

Title: Hurricane Floyd Sympsium: Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of Hurricane FloydLocation: City Hotel and Bistro, Greenville, NCDescription: Research Conference, sponsored by East Carolina University’s Center for Natural Hazards ResearchStart Time: 12:30Date: 2009-09-17End Time: 17:30

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Discuss the Future:NC2030

Title: Discuss the Future:NC2030Location: RENCI at Duke UniversityLink out: Click hereDescription: RENCI (www.renci.org) is looking for groups of 8-12 people (who are not professionally trained in technology) to participate in focused discussions about how technology will impact North Carolinians in the near future (2030, to be exact). If interested, join a roundtable discussion group (and […]

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RENCI People Interview with William Seaman

[youtube LEMxjJjth-A] Watch entire video or click on any question below: Q: You have advanced degrees in the interactive arts and visual studies. What inspired you to pursue this field? Did you have any role models? Q: You describe your work as “examinations in meta-meaning processes.” Can you elaborate on that? Q: Two terms you […]

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