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October 31, 2017
New TigerSafe app offers additional features
Public Safety has launched a new and improved RIT TigerSafe app, accessible on all smartphone devices on Apple iOS and Android platforms. -
October 31, 2017
RIT helps foster faculty growth through mini grants
To help faculty develop professionally, hone their teaching skills and stay current in their fields, RIT is now accepting applications for four annual grant programs. -
October 31, 2017
Princeton Review ranks RIT's online MBA in top 10
Saunders College of Business ranked eighth in the “Top 25 Online MBA Programs for 2018.” Saunders College's online Executive MBA program also earned high placements the past three years since the inception of The Princeton Review’s comprehensive rankings of online MBA programs in 2015. -
October 30, 2017
Keith Jenkins named vice president and associate provost for diversity
Jenkins has been serving as interim vice president and associate provost since June 2016 and assumes the new position Nov. 1. -
October 30, 2017
RIT features sculpture by Cornell’s Roberto Bertoia
“Confluence,” an exhibit featuring the unique sculpture of Cornell University artist Roberto Bertoia, explores site, context, material and craft as it relates to an artist’s investigation into isolation, absence and presence—all at the intersection of sculpture, landscape, architecture and design. -
October 30, 2017
Hunting for massive black-hole mergers
The outskirts of spiral galaxies like our own could be crowded with colliding black holes of massive proportions and a prime location for scientists hunting the sources of gravitational waves, according to RIT researchers.
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October 30, 2017
RIT hosts Native American Heritage Month events
Renowned photographer Matika Wilbur will headline a series of events planned by RIT’s Native American Future Stewards Program to celebrate Native American Heritage Month. -
October 27, 2017
VEX U Robotics Team designs, builds robots
Meet Shane Murphy, a second-year electrical engineering major and team leader of RIT’s VEX U Robotics Team. -
October 26, 2017
Student-run company heads to Hello Tomorrow global summit
Two RIT students have taken their revolutionary hair care product all the way to Europe for the unique opportunity to engage and brainstorm with investors, innovators and industry experts. Their student-run company, OWA Haircare, has been named to the Top 500 deep-tech startups worldwide. -
October 25, 2017
RIT honors typographer and founder of Janus Press
Claire Van Vliet, a renowned typographer, printmaker and fine artist who has published more than 100 artists’ books and hundreds of additional works of art, is the recipient of the 2017 Frederic W. Goudy Award, given to an outstanding practitioner in type design and its related fields. -
October 25, 2017
RIT fraternities aim to increase awareness about suicide prevention
Two fraternities at RIT are hoping students and members of the community will learn more about suicide awareness, prevention and counseling with speakers and a panel discussion from 3:30 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 28, at the Gene Polisseni Center. -
October 24, 2017
RIT honors Tom Golisano’s contributions to global health
Tom Golisano was honored at RIT for his contributions to global health, specifically through Special Olympics, in a new Golisano Archives exhibit unveiled Oct. 20.