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  • January 10, 2017

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    Alumnus to receive Academy Award

    Brian Cantwell ’99 (film and animation) is a member of the team at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) that will be recognized for its design and development of ILM’s facial performance-capture solving system.

  • January 10, 2017

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    Online programs score well in national rankings

    The 2017 U.S. News & World Report Best Online Programs rankings recognizes RIT on its “Best Online Graduate MBA programs,”“Best Online Graduate Engineering Programs” and “Best Online Bachelor’s Programs” lists.

  • January 9, 2017

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    Researcher presents at Consumer Electronics Show

    Callie Babbitt, associate professor in the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, presented the initial results of a comprehensive materials baseline study for all consumer electronics sold into the U.S. market for the past 25 years at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 7.

  • January 6, 2017

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    RIT seeks partnership with Moscow State University

    A contingent from the College of Science is meeting this week with their counterparts at Lomonosov Moscow State University, while five RIT students attend a short course on winter ecology at the Zvenigorod Biological Station outside of Moscow.

  • January 4, 2017

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    Top stories and videos for December

    News about RIT’s first-ever winter glass sale was among the most popular last month. Check out all of December’s top stories and videos.

  • January 4, 2017

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    RIT to lead new Manufacturing USA Institute

    Golisano Institute for Sustainability was selected today by the U.S. Department of Energy, as part of its Manufacturing USA initiative, to lead its new Reducing Embodied-Energy and Decreasing Emissions (REMADE) Institute.

  • January 4, 2017

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    RIT’s role in REMADE Institute builds on legacy

    The selection of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability by the U.S. Energy Department to lead its new REMADE Institute on clean energy builds on the university’s already impressive legacy helping U.S. companies to compete globally.

  • January 3, 2017

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    RIT alumnus named Forbes ‘30 Under 30’

    RIT alumnus Sean Petterson landed on the prestigious 2017 Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ list in manufacturing and industry. Petterson, who graduated from RIT in 2013 in industrial design, is a founder of the industrial safety products company StrongArm Technologies Inc.

  • January 3, 2017

    Poster for "Introduction to Audio Signal Processing"

    RIT Press publishes book on audio signal processing

    Introduction to Audio Signal Processing, written by RIT Professor Emeritus Warren Koontz, provides students and technical professionals with the knowledge to process audio in real time on their own computers.