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September 3, 2024
Making Voting Easier for Disabled and Overseas Voters: Secure, Accessible Virtual Voting Infrastructure
Interactions talks to Justin Pelletier, director of the ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute Cyber Range and Training Center, about voting systems that integrate confidentiality, integrity, and availability for voters who are disabled and overseas.
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September 3, 2024
Mozaic Unveils Fully Inclusive Community Arts and Technology Center in Auburn
Fingerlakes1 highlights the opening of the newly renovated Center for Community Arts and Technology (CCAT) in Auburn, made possible through a partnership with RIT.
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September 3, 2024
Polluting leather industry adopts sustainable practices to reduce environmental footprint
Mongabay-India speaks with Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and interim head of the Department of Sustainability, about water pollution in the Ganges.
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September 3, 2024
RIT/NTID and School of Performing Arts present 2024-2025 theatrical and dance season
The 2024-2025 theatrical season will include thrillers, whimsical classical adaptations, a take on a popular Broadway show, and a reimagined look at The Nutcracker set in 1940s Harlem, among others.
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August 30, 2024
Saunders College of Business unveils upgraded Max Lowenthal Hall with ‘Opening Bell’ ceremony
Designed by LaBella Associates, this $25 million expansion almost doubles the size of RIT’s business college, adding more than 35,000 square feet of renovated classrooms, applied research and case analysis labs, a state-of-the-art auditorium and café, and more.
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August 29, 2024
RIT aids in global climate solution initiatives
The Exchange plans to build a 400,000-square-foot campus on Governors Island, in the West River, next to the Statue of Liberty. One of the new facilities will be a state-of-the-art building with a serpentine roof that resembles a roller coaster with a solar canopy.
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August 29, 2024
RIT unveils $25 million business school expansion
WHAM-TV features the grand opening of the Saunders College of Business expansion.
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August 29, 2024
RIT Press publishes new title in its Arts and Crafts Movement series
Women, Enterprise, Craft: Chicago’s Atlan Ceramic Art Club, 1893–1923, written by Sharon S. Darling, revisits the Atlan Ceramic Art Club, one of the leading studios of hand-painted china, or “china painting,” in the Midwest. The publication is part of the RIT Press Arts and Crafts Movement Series.
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August 28, 2024
RIT’s Saunders College of Business celebrates $25M expansion
The Rochester Business Journal features the opening of the newly renovated space in Max Lowenthal Hall, home of the Saunders College of Business.
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August 28, 2024
Faculty-researchers Katie McConky and Amanda Bao named ELATES Fellows
Two faculty-researchers at RIT have been selected to the Class of 2024-2025 of Drexel University’s Executive Leadership in Academic Technology, Engineering and Science (ELATES) program, designed to promote women in academic STEM fields and faculty allies of all genders into institutional leadership roles. -
August 28, 2024
RIT astrophysicist named one of world's most influential female scientists
Democrat and Chronicle highlights the accomplishments of Manuela Campanelli, Distinguished Professor of Astrophysics in the School of Mathematics and Statistics. (This content will require a subscription to view.)
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August 28, 2024
RIT welcomes 2024 class of Rochester City Scholars
WHAM-TV highlights the 15th class of students from the Destler/Johnson Rochester City Scholars program, which provides some city school graduates free tuition at RIT.