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February 14, 2020
Student Spotlight: On Valentine’s Day, student sees the heart as an everyday calling
Some may see the heart as a symbol of love on Valentine’s Day. Shelby Gilbert, a second-year echocardiography student, sees it as a profession.
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February 13, 2020
RIT’s Global Opportunities grant offers $500 to liberal arts majors to study abroad
The Global Opportunities (GO) grant, a partnership between RIT’s College of Liberal Arts and RIT Global, is the latest incentive program to encourage students to experience learning in other countries.
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February 13, 2020
Four RIT faculty and staff alumni acknowledged with the Golden Brick Award
Michelle Magee ’05 MS, senior associate director for Employment Engagement in the Office of Career Services and Cooperative Education; Hamad Ghazle ’88, director of the diagnostic medical sonography program; Kerry Hughes ’03 MS, project and events manager for the Office of the Provost; and David Long ’16 Ph.D., director of RIT MAGIC Center, and were honored with the Golden Brick Award for going above and beyond their duties to volunteer or serve in leadership roles at RIT.
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February 13, 2020
Orleans/Niagara BOCES and RIT teaming up to make music more inclusive
WKBW-TV in Buffalo features a team of RIT students who are collaborating with a school in Niagara Falls, N.Y., to design musical instruments that are easier for students with disabilities to play.
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February 13, 2020
New ‘baby giant planet’ discovered is the closest ever found to Earth
MSN features a video about a newborn massive planet discovered by RIT researchers.
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February 13, 2020
New 'Jeopardy!' champion is from Rochester
The Democrat and Chronicle features Josh Gruenberg '09 (software engineering).
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February 12, 2020
RIT named one of the best colleges to study video game design
Animation Career Review has again named RIT one of the top game design schools in the country. RIT ranked seventh on the list of Top 50 Game Design Schools in the U.S. and second in New York state.
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February 12, 2020
How the T-Mobile-Sprint merger will increase inequality
Essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, published by The Conversation.
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February 11, 2020
RIT international students waiting for a friendship volunteer
Faculty and staff members at RIT are encouraged to volunteer with Rochester Global Connections, which pairs community members with international students to help them feel more welcome. There are 30 RIT international students currently in the program, but another seven are waiting for a pairing.
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February 11, 2020
RIT listed as one of 2020’s most promising places to work in student affairs
A national publication is recognizing RIT’s Division of Student Affairs for its diverse and positive work environment. Diverse: Issues In Higher Education named RIT to its seventh annual report of “The Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs.”
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February 11, 2020
Comedy’s Toughest Gig: The World of Stand-up Sign-Language Interpreters
Vulture talks to Denise Herrera, associate interpreter, about the challenges involved with interpreting for comedians. (Note: this story contains explicit language.)
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February 11, 2020
‘Stolen’ elections open wounds that may never heal
Essay by Sarah Burns, associate professor of political science, published by The Conversation.