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  • July 2, 2013

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    Clean-technology courses earn accreditation

    Wind Power Systems and Solar Photovoltaics earned Continuing Education Provider Accreditation and are offered through RIT’s College of Applied Science and Technology.

  • June 11, 2013

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    RIT takes third in Baja World Challenge

    National and international collegiate racing teams participated in the Society of Automotive Engineers design challenge and three-days of off-road racing.

  • June 6, 2013

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    Packaging students redesign meal packs

    Graduate students used social media and an alumni connection to bridge the distance between themselves and a prepared-meals company in Washington, D.C.

  • May 14, 2013

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    RIT hosts 2013 Baja World Challenge

    The RIT Baja team will host national and international collegiate teams at the 2013 Baja World Challenge June 7-9 at RIT and at Hogback Hill in Palmyra, N.Y.

  • April 29, 2013

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    Baja team places in top-10 overall

    RIT’s SAE Baja race team placed ninth overall among 85 U.S. and international collegiate design teams competing April 18-21 at Tennessee Tech in Cookesville, Tenn.

  • April 15, 2013

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    RIT hosts bridge and canoe contest

    More than 300 students from New York and Canada will participate in the concrete canoe and steel bridge design competitions April 18-20.

  • April 1, 2013

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    Professor studies improving bridge design

    Amanda Bao, assistant professor of civil engineering technology, is researching how to increase load resistance and capacity of bridges—even during earthquakes or tsunamis.