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July 7, 2021
RIT unveils Action Plan for Race and Ethnicity outlining new diversity and inclusion initiatives
RIT unveiled an extensive new plan and series of initiatives aimed at making the university more diverse, equitable, and inclusive. The Action Plan for Race and Ethnicity will guide RIT’s efforts over the next several years as it rolls out new programs, services, and policies to help create equal access, opportunities, and respect for all students, faculty, and staff.
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July 7, 2021
Q&A with Vice President and Associate Provost for Diversity and Inclusion Keith Jenkins
RIT unveiled its Action Plan for Race and Ethnicity, outlining numerous new initiatives that will guide the university’s work in diversity and inclusion over the next several years. Vice President and Associate Provost for Diversity and Inclusion Keith Jenkins, who led efforts to compile the plan, answered several questions about the plan and its implications.
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July 6, 2021
RIT appoints Clifford Jacobs as new director of Native American Future Stewards Program
RIT has hired a new leader for its Native American student success initiatives. Clifford Jacobs joined RIT as director of the Native American Future Stewards Program (FSP) on July 1.
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July 6, 2021
RIT donates $314,159 to the annual United Way campaign
The RIT Community members “added their piece to the pie” this year in reaching the goal of donating $314,159 to the United Way of Greater Rochester Workplace Campaign. In addition to playing off the mathematical constant Pi, RIT also embraced a campus theme of Community + Passion = COMPASSION.
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July 2, 2021
NSF renews funding for RIT to help detect and characterize low-frequency gravitational waves
The National Science Foundation renewed its support of the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) with a $17 million grant over five years to operate the NANOGrav Physics Frontiers Center (PFC). RIT will receive $703,000 over the next five years to contribute research to the NANOGrav PFC.
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July 1, 2021
$1.25 million gift from RIT alum to fuel facility expansion
The Rochester Beacon features Susan Holliday ’85 for her $1.25 million donation to Saunders College of Business.
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July 1, 2021
A new production of 'The Tempest' in ASL and English goes beyond translation
City Newspaper features Luane Davis Haggerty, principal lecturer in NTID's Department for Performing Arts; Eliza McDaniel, a fourth-year ASL-English interpretation student; and Sam Langshteyn, a fourth-year film and animation student.
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June 30, 2021
RIT professor is motivated by tragic past to help stop violence in Rochester
WHAM-TV talks to Irshad Altheimer, associate professor and director of the Center for Public Safety Initiatives, about the factors driving violence in Rochester.
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June 30, 2021
Livingston County students awarded Saunders College endowed scholarships to attend RIT
Kiersten Kennedy, a senior at Dansville High School, and Ella Sexton, a senior at Livonia High School, are recipients of this year’s annual E. Philip Saunders Endowed Business Scholarship. The students have been accepted at Saunders College of Business, where they will begin classes in the fall.
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June 30, 2021
Rochester on pace for its deadliest year in recent history
WROC-TV talks to Chris Schreck, chair of the Department of Criminal Justice, about the increase in homicides in Rochester and access to firearms.
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June 29, 2021
Scientists detect gravitational waves for the first time from black holes swallowing neutron stars
For the first time, scientists detected gravitational waves caused by mergers between black holes and neutron stars. Researchers from RIT’s Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation (CCRG) helped identify key characteristics about the merger events.
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June 28, 2021
Holliday’s gift will create event space at Saunders College of Business
The Rochester Business Journal features Susan Holliday ’85 for her $1.25 million donation to Saunders College of Business.