The Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) will host an open house for its new engagement center at Carolina on Thursday, Feb. 7, featuring state-of-the-art visualization technology and collaboration tools.

The new center is in the campus' ITS Manning Building, 211 Manning Drive. The open house will run from 3 to 6 p.m. Admission is free.

Faculty, staff, students and other visitors will have the chance to learn about RENCI research collaborations and will be able to tour three research environments that use cutting-edge visualization and collaboration technologies.

For directions to the open house, see www.renci.org/unc/about/location.php