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March 21, 2019
RIT’s NTID Performing Arts presents August Wilson’s ‘Fences,’ April 11-14
Fences, the American play written by August Wilson, will be presented next month by the Performing Arts department of RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Shows will run at 7:30 p.m. April 11-13, and 2 p.m. April 14, in Panara Theatre, Lyndon Baines Johnson Hall, on the RIT campus.
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March 21, 2019
RIT Libraries hosts Women on Wikipedia Edit-a-thon March 22
Women are the subject of less than 30 percent of biographies on Wikipedia, and RIT Libraries is seeking the community’s help to improve gender equity on the internet’s leading source of information.
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March 21, 2019
5 Tips to Improve Your Corporate Cybersecurity
Guest blog by Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer in the Department of Computing Security, published on the edX Business Insights Series.
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March 21, 2019
Podcast: Using AI to Save the Seneca Language
Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 11: Artificial intelligence and deep learning have many research applications. Ray Ptucha, assistant professor of computer engineering in RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering, talks with computing doctoral student Robert Jimerson from the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences about a project using deep learning systems to help preserve the Native American Seneca language.
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March 21, 2019
Connections: Photojournalism Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists on visual storytelling, part 2
WXXI’s “Connections” program features a number of RIT alumni who have been selected as winners or finalists for Pulitzer Prizes in photojournalism, in a two-part series.
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March 21, 2019
This High-Tech Toilet Seat Can Detect Heart Failure
Futurism reports on a toilet-seat based cardiovascular monitoring system created by a team of RIT researchers, led by postdoctoral fellow Nicholas Conn.
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March 21, 2019
Connections: Photojournalism Pulitzer Prize winners/finalists on visual storytelling, part 1
WXXI’s “Connections” program features a number of RIT alumni who have been selected as winners or finalists for Pulitzer Prizes in photojournalism, in a two-part series.
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March 21, 2019
Inside a big white barn, browngrotta arts is an international showcase
CT Post features Tom Grotta '80 (professional photographic illustration), who runs browngrotta arts, an international showcase for contemporary fiber arts.
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March 20, 2019
RIT GEAR UP sponsors mock trial challenge for 11th graders in Rochester high schools
High school juniors in the Rochester City School District are learning about careers in the law through a mock trial tournament sponsored by RIT and attorneys from the Rochester community.
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March 20, 2019
RIT’s Army ROTC Tiger Battalion celebrates 50 years
In 1969, the Army ROTC program at Rochester Institute of Technology began with 54 students. By 1971, eight would be commissioned and serve in the early years of Vietnam. Fifty years and more than 500 cadets later, the Tiger Battalion at RIT is commemorating its golden anniversary.
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March 20, 2019
Hamburg market replacing Tops in dramatic shift for downtown grocery store
The Buffalo News features Stuart Green '82 (professional photography), owner of Braymiller Market.
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March 19, 2019
RIT’s 14th annual Creative Industry Day set for March 21 at Gordon Field House
Rochester Institute of Technology’s 14th annual Creative Industry Day provides companies like Adobe, Blue Sky Studios and Google the opportunity to meet with RIT’s creative talent in a career-fair setting.