About the Lighting Research Center
The Lighting Research Center (LRC) is part of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, N.Y., and is the leading university-based research center devoted to lighting. The LRC offers the world's premier graduate education in lighting, including one- and two-year master's programs and a Ph.D. program. Since 1988 the LRC has built an international reputation as a reliable source for objective information about lighting technologies, applications, and products. The LRC also provides training programs for government agencies, utilities, contractors, lighting designers, and other lighting professionals. Visit |
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Parsons School of Design Creating Masters of Light
Reflecting the growing importance of lighting as a discipline, the Parsons School of Design in New York, N.Y. has announced that it is creating a two-year Masters of Light program.
The curriculum offered beginning in September 2004 will continue to have a strong technical foundation, while expanding upon topics such as:
Light perception
Theory
History
Sociology
Daylighting
Sustainability
In addition, the new curriculum will allow lighting students to work directly with graduate students in architecture and interior design.
As Parsons Lighting Program director, JoAnne Lindsley will continue to guide a faculty of 30 designers and industry leaders. Lindsley is immediate past president of the International Association of Lighting Designers and principal of Lindsley Consultants, Inc.
Parsons School of Design, a division of New School University, is one of the largest degree-granting colleges of art and design in the U.S.
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