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March 28, 2017
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Marketing job gets alumnus out of a pickle
Filip Keuppens ’99 (hotel and resort management) took his hospitality degree, combined it with his love of sports and found the perfect job. -
March 28, 2017
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Robot pastime helped alumnus build career
Mike Jeffries is proud when Bombshell is on the attack, knowing there’s no “tapping out” or yielding in competitions. During this past season of ABC’s BattleBots show, taped over the summer, Bombshell and Jeffries’ Chaos Corps team battled to an impressive second place finish. -
March 28, 2017
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Graduates construct Rochester Top 100 company
Justin Hamilton and Christopher Stern were standing on the basketball court sidelines in 1998 when they started talking about majors. That was the beginning of Hamilton Stern Construction, a company that was No. 1 on the Rochester Chamber Top 100 list of fastest growing private companies in 2016. -
March 28, 2017
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Education fueled by hard work—and fruit cakes
Rosalie Rosini is proof that age is just a number and that life is what you make it to be. The 70-year-old, who celebrated the 50th anniversary of her graduation from RIT last May, said that she’s more active in her life now than she’s ever been. -
March 10, 2017
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ROTC student earns Gold Congressional Award
Meet Gabriel Curcione, a first-year mechanical engineering technology major and member of the Air Force ROTC. -
March 8, 2017
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Packaging science students host Packaging Jamboree
The 32nd annual Packaging Jamboree focuses on innovations and technologies that are helping improve problems in the environment. It is organized and run entirely by students. -
February 23, 2017
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Student prepares for conference championship game
Meet Jessica Glaz, a third-year packaging science student, who is a guard for the women’s basketball team. The team will compete in the Liberty League championship game on Saturday. -
February 17, 2017
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Air Force ROTC holds blood drive March 6
RIT’s Air Force ROTC Detachment 538 and the Greater Rochester chapter of the Red Cross are sponsoring the 2017 annual blood drive from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 6 at the Gordon Field House. -
February 16, 2017
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RIT celebrates 2017 National Engineers Week
Engineers Week, Feb. 20–25, takes place annually to highlight engineers’ contributions to society and to increase understanding of, and interest in, engineering and technology careers. Events at RIT include talks by engineering alumni and topical presentations. -
January 10, 2017
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Online programs score well in national rankings
The 2017 U.S. News & World Report Best Online Programs rankings recognizes RIT on its “Best Online Graduate MBA programs,”“Best Online Graduate Engineering Programs” and “Best Online Bachelor’s Programs” lists. -
January 3, 2017
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RIT Press publishes book on audio signal processing
Introduction to Audio Signal Processing, written by RIT Professor Emeritus Warren Koontz, provides students and technical professionals with the knowledge to process audio in real time on their own computers. -
November 30, 2016
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RIT awarded grant to develop curriculum modules
RIT was awarded nearly $75,000 from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop standards educational modules for the university’s College of Applied Science and Technology.
