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March 26, 2019
Cornel West and Robert George ‘Agree to Disagree’ at RIT
Political philosophers Cornel West, a progressive professor of public philosophy at Harvard University and professor emeritus at Princeton University, and Robert George, a conservative legal scholar at Princeton, will discuss the importance of learning how to disagree with respect, civility and humor during RIT's Center for Statesmanship, Law & Liberty’s sixth Annual Symposium.
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March 21, 2019
Student Spotlight: Student attends Diversity Abroad Student Leadership Summit
Meet Kevin Mejia, a fourth-year business management and international and global studies student who recently attended the fifth annual Diversity Abroad Global Student Leadership Summit.
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March 21, 2019
RIT to premiere short film aimed at promoting dialogue on diversity and inclusion
RIT will debut a new short film to be used as a tool for promoting dialogue on diversity and inclusion. Brick by Brick, presented by RIT Diversity Theater, premieres at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 28, in Wegmans Theater at MAGIC Spell Studios.
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March 21, 2019
RIT Libraries hosts Women on Wikipedia Edit-a-thon March 22
Women are the subject of less than 30 percent of biographies on Wikipedia, and RIT Libraries is seeking the community’s help to improve gender equity on the internet’s leading source of information.
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March 21, 2019
Podcast: Using AI to Save the Seneca Language
Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 11: Artificial intelligence and deep learning have many research applications. Ray Ptucha, assistant professor of computer engineering in RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering, talks with computing doctoral student Robert Jimerson from the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences about a project using deep learning systems to help preserve the Native American Seneca language.
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March 20, 2019
RIT GEAR UP sponsors mock trial challenge for 11th graders in Rochester high schools
High school juniors in the Rochester City School District are learning about careers in the law through a mock trial tournament sponsored by RIT and attorneys from the Rochester community.
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March 7, 2019
Bright Spot: RIT participates in program helping students in need study abroad
WHAM-TV's "Bright Spot" segment highlights RIT's participation in the International Educational Exchange Passport Caravan, which helps students in need study abroad.
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March 6, 2019
Student Spotlight: Showing the artistic side of science
Meet Deirdre Cannon, a first-year biotechnology and molecular bioscience student who loves drawing.
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March 1, 2019
Native American communities are fighting to preserve endangered languages
WXXI talks to Robbie Jimerson, a computer science doctoral student about the effort to document the Seneca language with the aid of artificial intelligence.
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February 26, 2019
Mobile Tech Lab brings hands-on STEM education to Rochester high schools
In hopes of inspiring more area K-12 students to pursue careers in technology, RIT’s Women in Computing group is bringing technology workshops to Rochester city schools as part of the new RIT & AT&T Mobile Tech Lab.
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February 19, 2019
Expressions of King’s Legacy to take place March 7
RIT’s 37th annual Expressions of King’s Legacy event, rescheduled for March 7, features CNN political commentator Tara Setmayer as well as performances by viral female tap dance band Chloe Arnold’s Syncopated Ladies and vocalist Kearstin Piper Brown.
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February 19, 2019
RIT celebrates National Engineers Week
National Engineers Week takes place this week at RIT, and the university will participate in the annual recognition of engineers’ contributions by hosting a variety of programming for those interested in learning more about what engineers do.