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September 13, 2022
RIT/NTID partners with Seneca Park Zoo for Deaf Culture Awareness Day Sept. 17
Monroe County’s Seneca Park Zoo, RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf, and Rochester School for the Deaf will hold the first Deaf Culture Awareness Day at Seneca Park Zoo this Saturday, Sept. 17, rain or shine.
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September 13, 2022
Speaker focuses on critical thinking to combat misinformation
Conflicting information about the safety of vaccines and how viruses spread in the community has created doubt, confusion, and debate during the global COVID-19 pandemic. But scholars are looking at how critical thinking techniques can help manage misinformation.
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September 13, 2022
RIT named ‘Diversity Champion’ and HEED Award winner by ‘INSIGHT Into Diversity’
RIT received two prestigious awards from the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine designated RIT as a 2022 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award recipient and a 2022 Diversity Champion.
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September 12, 2022
RIT remembers Sept. 11
WHAM-TV features RIT's 9/11 Remembrance Vigil and talks to first-year student Charles Adebayo Von Goins II, whose mother worked in the World Trade Center.
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September 12, 2022
RIT recognized as one of New York state’s best employers
RIT was recognized by Forbes on its 2022 list of America’s Best Employers by State. RIT ranked 20th in New York state, making it the highest rated university in the Greater Rochester region.
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September 12, 2022
RIT cited as one of the best universities in the nation by ‘U.S. News’
Innovation, value, co-op education, and excellence in undergraduate teaching are among the categories in which RIT is highly ranked and listed as one of the best national universities by U.S. News & World Report.
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September 12, 2022
Two faculty members honored as 2022 KEEN Engineering Unleashed Fellows
RIT faculty members Jennifer Bailey and Cynthia Tawaf were each named 2022 KEEN Engineering Unleashed Fellows for outstanding leadership in undergraduate engineering education.
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September 12, 2022
Student studies science and French
Tori Russell, a second-year biotechnology and molecular bioscience student from Warsaw, N.Y., recently added the College of Liberal Arts’ applied modern language and culture program as a second major. Russell is enrolled in the newest French option for this program.
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September 10, 2022
Local game developers connect with the public at Rochester Game Festival
WHEC-TV talks to Robert Mostyn, Digital Games Hub coordinator, about the ROC Game Fest.
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September 9, 2022
Democrats are losing on a key battleground — the meme wars
Essay written by Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, published by The Boston Globe. (This content may require a subscription to view.)
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September 9, 2022
Traveling Art: Gustav Stickley’s 1903 Exhibitions
The New York Almanack features A Symbiotic Partnership: Marrying Commerce to Education at Gustav Stickley’s 1903 Arts & Crafts Exhibitions by Bruce Austin, professor in the School of Communication and director of RIT Press.
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September 9, 2022
College of Liberal Arts introduces Liberal Arts Multidisciplinary Scholars program
The Liberal Arts Multidisciplinary Scholars program, which is being introduced this fall, gives financial support to students in STEM majors who are interested in adding a second major from RIT's College of Liberal Arts.