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April 12, 2023
RIT to test emergency alert system April 16
RIT will be testing the RIT Alert emergency notification system at 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 16. Please make sure your contact information is in the RIT Alert system.
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April 12, 2023
Banning TikTok could weaken personal cybersecurity
Essay by Robert Olson, senior lecturer of computing security, published by The Conversation.
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April 12, 2023
2023 Alfred L. Davis Public Service Awards
RIT President David Munson, center, emceed the 2023 Alfred L. Davis Public Service Awards on April 11. Recipients Susan Fox, left, and Jade Myers, right, were honored for their outstanding record of service.
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April 12, 2023
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April 12, 2023
Mari Jaye Blanchard receives Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching
When Mari Jaye Blanchard hits the rock climbing gym, she describes the environment as a community supporting each other as they pursue their personal goals.
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April 12, 2023
O’Neil honored with Richard and Virginia Eisenhart Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
Jennifer O’Neil enjoys thermodynamic memes, powerplants, and Marvel Comic heroes, especially Iron Man, and she has found ways to connect all of them for her engineering technology classes. She makes these connections through activities that bring to life complex topics that solidify learning for her students.
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April 12, 2023
Jason Listman raises the bar in student-centered education
From an early age, Jason Listman knew that he was called to serve and help people navigate through their challenges. But it was a connection with an RIT/NTID professor that steered him into the classroom, where he would soon stand out as an instructor, mentor, and facilitator.
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April 12, 2023
Sharon Mason teaches students to succeed by embracing challenges
Sharon Mason knows that her students will encounter a few zigzags and bumps in their educational journeys. She views those challenges as a good thing.
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April 12, 2023
Business college professor a passionate advocate for students and alumni
When Clyde Eiríkur Hull interviewed for an assistant professor position in RIT’s Saunders College of Business in 2001, he remembers the impact of learning how the Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching represents RIT’s highest honor for tenured faculty.
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April 12, 2023
RIT mourns the loss of Trustee Emeritus John “Dutch” Summers
RIT is mourning the loss of Trustee Emeritus John “Dutch” Summers, who died April 7. A longstanding figure in the Greater Rochester community, Mr. Summers was widely known as both a business icon and philanthropist—oftentimes anonymously—whose impact transformed the lives of those who benefited from his generosity, including scores of RIT students.
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April 12, 2023
Photo, science classes merge for climate change talk by Pulitzer-winning photojournalist
Salwan Georges of The Washington Post visited the RIT campus for a pair of lectures, including one that detailed his work photographing climate change for a project that received a Pulitzer Prize.
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April 10, 2023
Local NASA engineer projects path forward for Artemis program
WHEC-TV talks to Darcy DeAngelis ’20 BS/ME (mechanical engineering), who is working on NASA's Artemis program.