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  • March 24, 2017

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    Students provide 3D-printed arm to teen in Rwanda

    Laura Alderfer and Ken Postel, both undergraduate students in RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering, traveled to Rwanda to deliver a 3D-printed prosthetic arm after spending the fall semester designing, printing and testing it for a 19-year-old boy in Rwanda.

  • March 24, 2017

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    RIT/NTID segment on WXXI program wins award

    A segment on WXXI’s Arts InFocus featuring RIT’s Joseph F. and Helen C. Dyer Arts Center at NTID has won a bronze Telly Award, which recognizes distinction in local, regional and cable TV programs and commercials, as well as video and film productions.

  • March 24, 2017

    Poster for "Individualized Major Programs Conference 2017"

    RIT hosts Individualized Major Programs conference

    RIT’s School of Individualized Study, in partnership with Drexel University, Ithaca College and St. Bonaventure University, is hosting the ninth annual 2017 National Conference for Individualized Major Programs March 30-31.

  • March 23, 2017

    Logo for the "2017 Imagine RIT Festival"

    2017 Imagine RIT poster design announced

    Riley Yankowich, a third-year new media design student from Deerfield Beach, Fla., created the winning poster and will receive $500 in Tiger Bucks as her prize.

  • March 23, 2017

    Professor posing for camera

    Computing, data-sharing expert to speak April 11

    Ann Quiroz Gates, department chair and professor of computer science at the University of Texas at El Paso, will be the guest speaker at the sixth annual Eugene H. Fram Chair in Applied Critical Thinking Signature Lecture.

  • March 22, 2017

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    Shtrykov-Tanaka Duo to perform at RIT

    Two acclaimed virtuosi—clarinetist Maksim Shtrykov and pianist Misuzu Tanaka—will perform at 8 p.m. March 31 as part of the Performing Artists Concert Series, presented by RIT’s College of Liberal Arts.

  • March 22, 2017

    Entrance to RIT's Interfaith Center

    Carillon set to ring across campus once again

    The sound of the RIT carillon bells will be heard throughout campus for the first time in nearly three years on Friday. The system, which broke in 2014, was repaired and will resume chiming at 3 p.m. Friday.

  • March 22, 2017

    RIT President posing on field

    FIRST Robotics honors President Bill Destler

    RIT President Bill Destler and Xerox Corp. Director of Community Relations Elissa Nesbitt were each presented with the FIRST Robotics Finger Lakes Regional Competition’s Volunteer of the Year Award. The award is given to individuals and companies that have made major commitments to FIRST Robotics.

  • March 22, 2017

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    Accreditation evaluation team to visit RIT

    RIT is getting ready for its 10-year checkup with an outside accreditation team. A nine-member evaluation team, consisting of faculty and administrators from peer institutions, is on campus through Wednesday.