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April 15, 2021
RIT’s updated communication master’s degree offers students flexibility to graduate in one year
Major changes have been implemented to ensure the Master of Science in communication degree is more accessible, affordable, and competitive with benchmark schools.
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April 15, 2021
RIT advertising photography students win gold at Rochester ADDY awards
Three fourth-year advertising photography majors—Jordan Hundelt from Seattle, Julia Abbonizio from Downingtown, Pa., and Bianca Ranciato from Wallingford, Conn.—won gold at the the 2021 Rochester ADDY awards, which honor the best in local advertising and cultivate the highest creative standards in the industry.
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April 15, 2021
Renovation to RIT’s College of Art and Design is coming into focus
Renovation work inside RIT’s College of Art and Design—including key areas within the internationally recognized School of Photographic Arts and Sciences—is part of a five-year masterplan that has already begun to renovate, rejuvenate, and transform spaces to meet the growing demands for a college that serves as the university’s intersection of technology, art, and design.
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April 15, 2021
Program at RIT creates new tools to help municipalities reduce wasted food
WXXI talks to Charles Ruffing, director, New York State Pollution Prevention Institute, about a new program to help municipalities throughout the state reduce food waste.
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April 15, 2021
Advances in Deaf Education
Inside Higher Ed interviews Miriam Lerner, interpreter; Keith Cagle, chair, Department of ASL and Interpreting Education; students Marshall Hurst and Zee Chuan; and Kristi Love, interpreter and director, Randleman Program, about technical and discipline-specific sign language and the important role of interpreters of color.
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April 15, 2021
Congressman Morelle announces federal funding to expand technical education for deaf and hard-of-hearing students at RIT
Congressman Joe Morelle announces that $470,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation has been awarded to RIT to support the DeafTEC Ready Pilot Program housed at NTID to help deaf and hard-of-hearing students learn IT technical skills to better prepare them for the workforce.
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April 15, 2021
Tiger Records: RIT record label gives students real-life experience in the music business
WROC-TV talks to mechanical engineering major Jared MacKenzie; computer science major Anthony Roberts; and Karl Stabnau, visiting lecturer for music business and performing arts initiatives, about RIT's Tiger Records initiative.
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April 14, 2021
High Frequency Trading Helps Stabilize The Stock Market, New Research Shows
Forbes references research by Archana Jain, associate professor in the Department of Finance and Accounting.
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April 14, 2021
Emmett Ientilucci’s knack for engaging students earns him award for excellence in teaching
Emmett Ientilucci's rapport with students is earning him recognition as the recipient of this year’s Richard and Virginia Eisenhart Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, which recognizes tenure-track faculty who excel in teaching and leadership on campus.
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April 14, 2021
Eisenhart Award winner Nathaniel Barlow strives to bring out the fun in math
Embracing experimentation in the classroom has worked well for Associate Professor Nathaniel Barlow, who is receiving an Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching—RIT’s highest honor for tenured faculty—in just his first year as tenured faculty.
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April 14, 2021
Amanda Bao: Building bridges as an engineer and a teacher
Associate Professor Amanda Bao brings extensive experience in building bridges and strong connections to students to her classroom, and she is being honored with a 2021 Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching.
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April 14, 2021
RIT Students Use Data Visualizations to Pose Questions About Crime, Policing, Parks, and More
Reclaiming the Narrative features Hinda Mandell, associate professor in the School of Communication, and her data journalism class.