News

November 18, 2013

Book explores wine anthropology

Anthropology Professor Robert Ulin is co-editor of Wine and Culture: Vineyard to Glass and will sign copies of the book Dec. 3 at Pittsford Wine and Spirits.
November 8, 2013

Kern lecture series welcomes Africana philosopher

Lewis Gordon, professor of philosophy and Africana studies at the University of Connecticut, presents Living Thought, Living Freedom: Themes in Africana Philosophy” Nov. 13.
November 7, 2013

Internet freedom advocate to speak Monday

Ethan Zuckerman, director of the Center for Civic Media at MIT, visits as part of the “Where Text and Code Collide: Digital Humanities Distinguished Speaker Series.”
November 7, 2013

RIT to connect journalism and technology students

RIT is creating a Digital Journalism Incubator, a multidisciplinary program that combines technology, design and entrepreneurial skills, with help from the Knight Foundation.
November 4, 2013

Conable lecturer explores war, peace and trade

Thomas Gibson, professor of social anthropology at UR, presents “Freedom of the Seas, ‘Just War’ and Shari’a” on Tuesday as part of the Conable Distinguished Lecture Series.
October 29, 2013

Exhibit reveals professor’s battle with cancer

Gallery r showcases work by Jessica Lieberman, assistant professor of visual culture, who was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma and lupus in 1998.
October 25, 2013

History professor featured on PBS documentary

Richard Newman is one of several scholars to appear in the second episode of the six-hour PBS documentary series The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross.
October 24, 2013

Play explores hilarity of blind dating

A Q&A with Nick Giordano, a third-year management information systems and political science double major and director of Check, Please, a 30-minute, one-act play.
October 9, 2013

RIT named a top college for Native Americans

For the sixth year in a row, The American Indian Science and Engineering Society named RIT as one of America’s “Top 200 Colleges for Native Americans.”
October 4, 2013

Stan McKenzie Salon Series kicks off Oct. 9

The event includes a musical performance, reception and ribbon-cutting ceremony and a featured lecture.
October 4, 2013

Gay rights advocate to speak at RIT

Scholar, author and activist Aaron Belkin presents “Does American Imperial Power Depend on Military Sexual Violence?” on Oct. 9 for the Conable Distinguished Lecture Series.
October 3, 2013

RIT hosts Malmo University faculty members

Twenty-six faculty members from Malmo University—the largest contingent of faculty to ever visit RIT from an international campus—will participate in a three-day symposium.