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August 24, 2020
More than 300 RIT students from travel advisory states start college in quarantine
More than 300 RIT students are starting this semester in quarantine at area hotels for 14 days because they are from a state on the New York State travel advisory list. The mandatory quarantine was imposed by New York state officials. When cleared, RIT Housing staff will help the students move to campus with help from a chartered bus company.
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August 21, 2020
Music video review: 'Pandemic Blues Improv'
City Newspaper features Sungmin Shin, adjunct faculty in the College of Liberal Arts and member of the contemporary classical chamber ensemble fivebyfive.
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August 21, 2020
Physician assistant program keeps tradition with modified coating ceremony
RIT physician assistant students from the Class of 2020 met in front of the Clinical Health Sciences Center one evening last month for a special tradition and rite of passage—the White Coat ceremony.
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August 21, 2020
Keith Jenkins updates RIT community on RIT’s antiracism and social justice efforts
Keith Jenkins, vice president and associate provost for diversity and inclusion, provided an update to the community on Tuesday about the university’s efforts on antiracism and social justice. Jenkins said that he and university leaders spent the summer engaging with students, faculty, staff, and alumni groups to generate a list of roughly 100 ideas of ways RIT can do more on these fronts.
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August 19, 2020
'I never thought it would be me.' Orlando Ortiz, wearer of many hats, named RIT Minett professor
The Democrat and Chronicle features Orlando Ortiz '04 (manufacturing engineering technology) '08 (MBA).
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August 19, 2020
How to Tell Your Native Story on a College Application
Winds of Change magazine talks to Abigail Reigner, second-year mechanical engineering student, and Sally Douglas, senior associate director of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, about advice for Native American students applying to college.
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August 19, 2020
RIT students start semester with encouragement and precautions
RIT welcomes a record number of first-year students today as classes begin in a semester that will look like no other due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new students were welcomed Tuesday afternoon during an online convocation that featured several speakers, livestreamed without an audience from Ingle Auditorium.
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August 17, 2020
Learn-to-can classes offered through RIT/GCV&M partnership
With more people staying closer to home than ever before thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, home gardening has grown in popularity. And many will want to savor the fruits (and vegetables) of their labor long after summer has gone. So a series of online classes on how to preserve food is being offered through the ongoing partnership between RIT and the Genesee Country Village & Museum.
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August 17, 2020
RIT acquires former Radisson hotel property adjacent to campus
RIT has acquired a hotel adjacent to the university’s Henrietta campus. Rochester Airport Hospitality LLC gifted RIT the former Radisson Hotel Rochester Airport located at 175 Jefferson Road. The property includes 171 bedrooms, conference room spaces, a large indoor pool, a kitchen and dining area, and more.
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August 17, 2020
With safety in mind, variety of activities planned for RIT students
Outdoor movies, fireworks, outdoor fitness pods, community engagement, and volunteer opportunities are just a few of the experiences awaiting RIT students on campus this semester.
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August 17, 2020
Wallace Library welcomes RIT community with new protocols and services
RIT’s Wallace Library has reopened this fall with new protocols that enable students, faculty, and staff to take full advantage of the library’s resources as safely as possible.
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August 17, 2020
What school districts can do to prevent remote learning hackers
WHAM-TV talks to Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer in the Department of Computing Security, about how to protect Zoom meetings against hackers.