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  • April 20, 2018

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    CIAS forms alliance with elite design school in China

    RIT’s College of Imaging Arts and Sciences has formed a partnership with the Central Academy of Fine Arts, China’s premier art school, which has graduated some of the most famous and recognized contemporary visual artists in the world today.

  • April 20, 2018

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    NTID hosts Student Research Fair

    The event gives undergraduate and graduate students, in partnership with faculty mentors, the opportunity to present posters or give demonstrations on topics related to health science, communication studies, access technology and environmental research, among others.

  • April 19, 2018

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    Imagine RIT preview: Take bite out of food waste

    The “Imagine Sustainability and... Food” exhibit at Imagine RIT on April 28 aims to educate festivalgoers on the many effects of food waste. Approximately 40 percent of edible food in the United States goes to waste.

  • April 19, 2018

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    Imagine RIT preview: Serious science in the sky

    RIT’s Space Exploration program will launch the High Altitude Balloon during the Imagine RIT festival as part of a mission to map vegetation density and orientation in the Finger Lakes region.

  • April 19, 2018

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    RIT honors its researchers

    RIT honored researchers who served as principal investigators on active awards in fiscal year 2017 at an April 18 reception. Also recognized were the 19 recipients of Seed Funding Awards and 10 new inductees in RIT’s PI Millionaires.

  • April 18, 2018

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    Potter receives prestigious grant

    Peter Pincus, visiting assistant professor in the School for American Crafts, has received a Biennial Grant from the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, a prestigious honor given to a small number of artists across the country to help them produce new work and push the boundaries of their creativity.

  • April 17, 2018

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    New book chronicles history of Imagine RIT

    RIT Press is releasing a new book titled Imagine This: RIT’s Innovation and Creativity Festival that chronicles the first 10 years of the Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival.

  • April 17, 2018

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    CAST celebrates alumni Rising Stars

    Six alumni from RIT’s College of Applied Science and Technology were honored as Rising Stars for outstanding achievements early in their careers, for significant public service and for helping to advance the careers of new professionals.