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Engineers Still Near the Top Following Third Day of Liberty League Championships

ITHACA, N.Y. – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) turned in another steady day of performances on Friday at the 2026 Liberty League Swimming & Diving Championships at Ithaca College, with the women's team holding firm in second place and the men remaining third among the nine competing programs as the meet moved into its final day.

Liquid Borders

February 20-28, 2026 In staging grounds, Samson Young’s LIQUID BORDERS (2012-14) fills the theater lobby with the sounds of a closed frontier zone. The four-part composition traces both natural and manmade barriers, re-staging these as a textured symphony that flows from the industrial clang of metal to gentle shifts of water and wind. Installation Samson Young

PREMIERE: The Ghost Will Take Us by the Hand performance at EMPAC

Friday / February 20, 2026 at 8:00 pm An EMPAC commission that blends performance, video, and sound, Korakrit Arunanondchai’s THE GHOST WILL TAKE US BY THE HAND takes cues from Asian horror films, using atmosphere—sonic, choreographic, visual, spiritual—as a primary medium. This ticketed performance disorients spectatorship and tests the boundaries between film and live action. Performance Korakrit Arunanondchai

McKinney Contest Award Ceremony to be held April 9

The 2026 Annual McKinney Reading Series and Student Awards Ceremony will take place on Thursday, April 9, 2026, from 7:00–9:00 p.m. at the Heffner Alumni House. The event will feature Hisham Matar, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of three novels and two memoirs. The evening will include the announcement of the McKinney Student Writing Contest winners, a literary reading, and an audience Q&A, followed by a book signing. Books will be available for purchase at the event.

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