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November 29, 2022
The best gifts for the design nerd in your life, according to 9 great designers
Fast Company features a cast iron match striker, designed by Josh Owen, Vignelli Distinguished Professor of Design.
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November 28, 2022
Father and son build a winning combination
Hockey has been a cornerstone in the lives of Allan Shepard ’62 (printing) and his son Bryan ’89 (motion picture science), even as they have both excelled in their careers.
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November 28, 2022
Photo alumna named 2022 Guggenheim fellow
Rebecca Soderholm ’94 (photojournalism) is documenting the excitement of off-road dirt bike and ATV races through photography in a body of work titled “Hare Scramble.” Her vision for “Hare Scramble” earned Soderholm a spot as one of the 2022 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellows.
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November 28, 2022
Alumna uses film to teach diversity
Tina Cannaday Chapman DaCosta ’04 MS, ’14 MFA is using her parents’ life stories to teach important lessons about diversity, equity, and inclusion. In fall 2022, the director of RIT’s Diversity Theater program released Dear Eleanor, her second short film based on her parents’ lives.
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November 14, 2022
Vote now for RIT’s tiger courier for 'Dota 2' game
RIT is vying to be the first university to develop and have a game character accepted into the wildly popular online game Dota 2. The character, or courier, in the form of a tiger, was developed in MAGIC Spell Studios by a team of former RIT students and a faculty adviser.
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November 14, 2022
MFA student's films a big draw at festivals
Diane Lee ’24 MFA (film and animation) — who goes by the artist name Diane Catsburrow Linnet — has found comfort at RIT meshing her abilities as a creative writer, storyteller and artist.
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November 11, 2022
Student creates ceramic work at the intersection of technology, the arts, and design
Mikey Gambino, a fifth-year student double majoring in industrial design and ceramics, is combining cutting-edge technology with the ancient art of ceramics.
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November 11, 2022
RIT student Vincent Alban claims title of College Photographer of the Year
Three students and one alumnus from RIT’s School of Photographic Arts and Sciences took home 12 awards from the annual College Photographer of the Year competition—including the top placement of College Photographer of the Year.
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November 7, 2022
Community gathers at National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House for Big Shot 35
An early sunset didn’t deter the large crowd gathered at the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House and the surrounding neighborhood for the RIT Big Shot on Sunday. The community came together to shine a light on voting rights and equal rights as part of the annual photography project hosted by RIT.
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October 28, 2022
Jules Bass, Co-Producer of TV Holiday Staples, Is Dead at 87
The New York Times talks to Tom Gasek, professor in the School of Film and Animation, about the legacy of Jules Bass, who created an animation empire with his business partner, Arthur Rankin Jr.
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October 27, 2022
On Governors Island, a Machine That Jolts History
The New York Times features a public art piece by Charles Gaines ’67 MFA (art and design).
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October 27, 2022
RIT students assist local community with EUREKA! workshop
Thirty-two students from a variety of majors used their design-thinking skills to solve hiring and retention challenges faced by local nonprofit CP Rochester.