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January 29, 2020
Cheer on RIT talent at Friday’s Performing Arts Challenge
The diverse talents of RIT students take center stage Friday night at the third annual President Munson’s Performing Arts Challenge. The competition, sponsored by Rochester Regional Health, is free and open to the public and begins at 6 p.m. in Ingle Auditorium.
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January 28, 2020
Graduate student’s research in identifying image manipulation can help lead to media literacy
Print media graduate student Emily Shriver headed a project to assess how individuals recognize manipulated images used in news. She found that most people are skeptical about images seen in print or online news, but only half can tell which images actually are altered.
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January 28, 2020
Connections: Discussing the impact of Wegmans' ban on most single-use plastic bags
WXXI’s “Connections” program features Harshita Sood, assistant director of campus sustainability.
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January 27, 2020
RIT gets greener with elimination of plastic bags and straws
Plastic bags, straws and stirrers will be a thing of the past beginning Friday at RIT, as the university begins its “Ditch the Disposables” campaign to decrease plastic waste. The initiative comes with student support, and in advance of a state ban on plastic bags that begins March 1.
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January 27, 2020
Call for Imagine RIT exhibits as deadline approaches
Planning to exhibit at this year’s Imagine RIT? The deadlines for submitting your proposals are fast approaching.
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January 27, 2020
Dane Gordon, beloved RIT historian and educator, dies at age 94
Dane Gordon, beloved professor emeritus, Presbyterian minister and author of two books on the history of RIT, died Jan. 22 after a brief illness. Professor Gordon, who retired from RIT in 2000, was 94. In his 38 years at RIT, he served as a professor of philosophy, department chair and acting dean of the College of Liberal Arts.
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January 27, 2020
RIT’s FreezeFest offers skating, comedy, performing arts and a mechanical reindeer
What better way to enjoy the winter than celebrating the season with some hot chocolate, ice skating, musical entertainment, free swag and an escape room to get away from winter’s icy grip. Those are just a few of the activities lined up for this year’s FreezeFest, Thursday through Sunday.
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January 27, 2020
RIT hosts all female, femme and nonbinary hackathon Feb. 29 – March 1
College students who want to break into the computing industry can start at the upcoming WiCHacks hackathon Feb. 29 – March 1 at RIT. For the two-day hackathon, teams work together to create apps, websites, games and other software that provide unique solutions to problems.
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January 24, 2020
Griffith takes over as new alumni board president
Victoria Decker Griffith ’93 (hospitality) took over as president of the Alumni Association Board of Directors in January. The Alumni Association Board serves as the advisory body of the RIT Alumni Association, which represents RIT’s more than 135,000 alumni.
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January 24, 2020
Connections: Dialogue on Disability - Sports, media, and inclusion
WXXI’s “Connections” program features Jenn Poggi and Josh Meltzer, assistant professors of photojournalism, and photography students Jackie Diller and Ashley Crichton.
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January 24, 2020
Student Spotlight: Student turns passion for video games into future career
Stevie West, a third-year film and animation student, has had a love for video games for as long as she could remember. This ever-growing connection to these games has inspired her to explore a future in the esports industry.
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January 24, 2020
RIT professor Zoran Ninkov tapped to support NSF as a program director
The National Science Foundation is bringing in RIT Professor Zoran Ninkov, an expert in imaging and astrophysics, to help the government agency evaluate future research opportunities.