News Stories
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December 4, 2020
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RIT rolls out new Slack Enterprise Grid as collaboration tool for academic and business needs
RIT is offering an expanded version of Slack, the popular interactive software, with features to improve coursework and project collaborations. Slack Enterprise Grid, the comprehensive version, offers several upgrades.
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December 4, 2020
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Joshua Rashaad McFadden to deliver keynote address at RIT’s Let Freedom Ring celebration
RIT’s 2021 Let Freedom Ring event commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day will feature a keynote address by a faculty member whose work photographing protests against racial injustice has gained national attention.
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December 3, 2020
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Rochester area part of video game industry boom
FOX Rochester mentions RIT's game design and development program.
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December 3, 2020
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Deaf Community Faces Further Barriers To Communication During COVID-19
The Transcontinental Times talks to Scott Gentzke, assistant director of RIT/NTID Student Life, about RIT's communication methods, testing, and use of see-through masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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December 3, 2020
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RIT supply chain expert looks at vaccine distribution challenges
WXXI talks to Steven Carnovale, assistant professor in the Department of Management, International Business, and Entrepreneurship, about distributing the COVID-19 vaccine.
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December 3, 2020
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RIT logistics expert on getting the vaccine to us: 'It's going to be like 78-dimensional chess'
WHEC-TV talks to Steven Carnovale, assistant professor in the Department of Management, International Business, and Entrepreneurship, about distributing the COVID-19 vaccine.
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December 2, 2020
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What to do and what to avoid for cord-cutting success this holiday season
CNY Central talks to Raj Murthy, associate professor of marketing, about alternatives to cable TV.
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December 1, 2020
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RIT names two new members to its board of trustees
Joining the RIT Board of Trustees are Clayton P. Turner, director of NASA’s Langley Research Center, and James P. Swift, president and CEO of Cortera.
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December 1, 2020
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RIT/NTID interpreting program earns national accreditation
RIT’s ASL-English interpretation program has achieved accreditation through the Commission on Collegiate Interpreter Education and now is one of only 16 accredited bachelor’s degree interpreting programs in the United States.
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December 1, 2020
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RIT receives NIST grant to develop standards modules for Environmental Management and Safety curricula
RIT recently received a grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop course modules that will provide students with guidelines and best practices in standards information toward helping organizations manage crisis situations.
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December 1, 2020
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Leaders outline challenges for distributing a COVID-19 vaccine
WHAM-TV talks to Steven Carnovale, assistant professor in the Department of Management, International Business, and Entrepreneurship, about shipping and storing the COVID-19 vaccine.
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December 1, 2020
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Watch: Milton S.F. Curry “Paul R. Williams and the Legacy of Black Aesthetics”
Design Milk highlights the Vignelli Center’s Design Conversations Lecture Series.
