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December 6, 2019
RIT 365 teaches first-year students more about RIT, and themselves
A college student’s first year on campus can be adventurous, exhilarating, challenging, academic, rewarding and even a bit scary. To help make that transition into higher education a bit easier, RIT has started an innovative program to help students discover how they can be active on campus and engage with new people and places.
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December 6, 2019
Podcast: Vignelli Metaproject
Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 28: Since 2010, Metaproject has paired RIT student designers with a client in what has become a signature project for the university’s internationally-ranked industrial design program. Distinguished professor Josh Owen, director of RIT’s industrial design program and founder of Metaproject, talks with distinguished professor Roger Remington, director of the Vignelli Center for Design Studies, about a decade of connecting students to industry.
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December 5, 2019
Venture Creations companies make an impact in New York state-funded business competitions
Four companies in RIT’s Venture Creations technology business incubator have won funding recently in New York state-funded business competitions.
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December 5, 2019
Graduate students hold town hall meeting tonight
A town hall meeting tonight will explore graduate student life and issues facing master’s and Ph.D. students at RIT. The “What’s Up?” forum will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5 in Institute Hall.
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December 5, 2019
Craft in America
"Craft in America," a documentary series on handmade objects and the artists who make them, will feature furniture maker Wendy Maruyama '80 MFA (woodworking and furniture design). The episode is scheduled to air at 10 p.m. Dec. 27 on WXXI-TV.
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December 3, 2019
Roger Remington, the Vignelli Distinguished Professor of Design, to retire in May
R. Roger Remington, RIT’s longest-serving faculty member, will retire in May after 57 years at the university. In addition to building a nationally recognized graphic design program in the College of Art and Design, Remington transformed RIT into an international archival resource for design, earning many of the industry’s most distinguished awards along the way.
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December 3, 2019
NY environmental study looks at bottle bill expansion
The Albany Times Union reports on a study by the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute on expanding New York's bottle bill to include wine and liquor bottles.
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December 3, 2019
RIT gifted 177-acre estate to expand research, educational offerings
RIT will use a substantial gift of real estate in Penfield to expand the university’s research and educational offerings in ecology, agriculture, sustainability and other fields. Amy Leenhouts Tait and Robert C. Tait have gifted to the university their 177-acre property, which will be dedicated as the Tait Preserve of RIT.
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December 3, 2019
RIT researchers turning to photodynamic therapy to beat cancer
WROC-TV talks to Maureen Ferran, associate professor of biology, about a technique to fight human papillomavirus, or HPV.
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December 2, 2019
California solves batteries’ embarrassing climate problem
Vox cites Eric Hittinger, associate professor of public policy, about changes to the Self-Generation Incentive Program.
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December 2, 2019
Chiodo Brothers and Netflix to Deliver ‘Alien Xmas’ Holiday Special in 2020
Animation Magazine reports on a new Netflix holiday special, to premiere in the fourth quarter of 2020, by The Chiodo Brothers, including Stephen Chiodo ’76 (professional photographic illustration).
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December 2, 2019
RIT students gather to celebrate Thanksgiving, new friends and traditions
As millions of American families gathered for the Thanksgiving holiday, a group of students – many of them international students at RIT – came together at a university administrator’s home to eat, socialize, make new friends and give thanks as well.