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December 1, 2021
Haunting HIV/AIDS posters are now art in new RIT Press book
City Newspaper features Up Against the Wall: Art, Activism, and the AIDS Poster, published by RIT Press.
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November 30, 2021
Saunders College of Business adds sports and entertainment management minor
Saunders College of Business will launch a new sports and entertainment management minor this spring. The minor will focus on the business and management of sports and entertainment organizations and provide students with applied skills in business strategy, analytics, customer service, negotiations, and event and venue management.
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November 30, 2021
Ask a Question: President Munson on WITR on Thursday
WITR-FM (89.7) will host RIT President David Munson at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, continuing the “Ask Munson” series.
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November 30, 2021
Packaging science student is first female Eagle Scout in Finger Lakes region
Rebecca Bober, a third-year packaging science major from Bloomfield, N.Y., recently earned Eagle Scout rank with Boy Scouts of America, becoming the first female Eagle Scout in the Finger Lakes region.
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November 30, 2021
Longtime RIT supporters give $2.5 million to SHED project
RIT alumnus and trustee Frank Sklarsky ’78 and his wife, Ruth, have made a significant gift to the university’s one-of-a-kind maker space and performing arts complex. They have given $2.5 million to RIT’s Student Hall for Exploration and Development (the SHED) to establish the Sklarsky Glass Box Theater.
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November 30, 2021
Company co-founded by RIT professor wins $1 million grand prize at GENIUS NY competition
Associate Professor Travis Desell's drone data management business, Airtonomy, was awarded the $1 million grand prize at the GENIUS NY international accelerator competition.
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November 30, 2021
RIT approves alternate grading option for undergraduate students for fall semester
Undergraduate students from RIT’s main campus will be able to select one undergraduate-level class to apply the satisfactory/pass/no pass option. The proposal for the alternate grading option for fall was submitted by RIT Student Government.
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November 29, 2021
Museum studies alumna discovers rare ‘Super Mario Bros. 3’ video game demo
While processing a box of donated items, Kirsten Feigel ’15 (museum studies), a cataloguer for Strong National Museum of Play, came across a rare piece of video game history—a demo of Super Mario Bros. 3 that was created in 1990 by id Software in an attempt to persuade Nintendo to partner with them to develop a version of the game for PC computers.
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November 29, 2021
Fellow brings strong passion for design, diversity, inclusion to College of Art and Design
Alesha Williams, a Future Faculty Post-Doc Fellow in RIT’s College of Art and Design, is an illustrator, designer, and educator from Cleveland. Williams is a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion, combining her many research interests to focus on character design and representation of marginalized and minority characters in the comic book medium.
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November 29, 2021
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences earns RIT’s Changing Hearts and Minds Award
The Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences earned RIT’s annual award for success in diversifying the university’s faculty ranks and helping to advance RIT’s overall commitment to diversity.
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November 29, 2021
Experts expect Cyber Monday sales to soar after unimpressive Black Friday
WROC-TV talks to Steven Carnovale, assistant professor of supply chain management, about shipping delays in the supply chain.
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November 29, 2021
Navigating supply issues while holiday shopping
WHEC-TV talks to Steven Carnovale, assistant professor of supply chain management, about how the pandemic interrupted the supply chain.