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  • March 1, 2017

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    Professor elected to CHI Academy

    Distinguished Professor Vicki Hanson was elected to the ACM CHI Academy, an honorary group of individuals who have made substantial contributions to the field of human-computer interaction.

  • February 28, 2017

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    RIT MicroMasters in cybersecurity launches March 21

    A new offering in cybersecurity from RIT was one of 16 new MicroMasters programs announced today by edX. The credit-eligible, career-relevant programs are free to try and can help advance careers and offer a pathway to an accelerated master’s program.

  • February 27, 2017

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    Voting now open for this year’s Imagine RIT poster

    Voting is open until March 3 to determine which poster will be used in this year’s Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival on May 6. Nearly 50 entries were received for the 10th annual poster design contest, and the winner will receive $500 in Tiger Bucks.

  • February 27, 2017

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    Spring Career Fair set for Wednesday

    More than 230 companies searching for skilled employees are expected at RIT’s 2017 Spring Career Fair, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Gordon Field House.

  • February 27, 2017

    Poster displaying "Preparing a Generation to Tackle the Grand Challenges" and people looking at globe

    RIT joins Grand Challenge Scholars Program

    RIT is the newest university to be designated as part of the Grand Challenge Scholars Program, a national initiative to train future engineering and non-engineering professionals to play a significant role in solving the major challenges of the 21st century.

  • February 27, 2017

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    Game makers put to the test at GDC

    Hundreds of game developers and designers from around the world come to the Prototype/Playtest Night, hosted by RIT, at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco hoping to have their games torn apart.

  • February 27, 2017

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    Students study habitable zone of alien planets

    First-year students in RIT’s Science Exploration Program are reproducing a slice of life in their lab that might exist on the seven Earth-like planets recently discovered in another solar system.

  • February 27, 2017

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    Saunders College alumni strike ‘Shark Tank’ deal

    Nathan Coleman ’09 (marketing) and James Brooks ’09 (international business) gave up 17.5 percent of e-commerce retail company The Elephant Pants to fashion mogul shark Daymond John for $500,000.

  • February 24, 2017

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    School of Media Sciences to offer new master’s degree

    To help meet the changing needs facing the graphic communications industry, RIT's School of Media Sciences will offer a new master of science degree in media arts and technology this fall that will teach and demonstrate the latest technologies in print, web, mobile and social media workflows.