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  • March 9, 2017

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    RIT alumna to be on SXSW panel

    RIT’s Peer to Peer: Challenging Extremism winners are headed to the South by Southwest conference and festival in Austin, Texas. It’s Time: ExOut Extremism co-CEO Olivia Hauck ’16 will be participating as a panelist, and co-CEO Jessica Kellner ’16 will be in attendance.

  • March 9, 2017

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    RIT to host statewide Game Dev Challenge kickoff

    RIT’s MAGIC Center will host the kickoff for its first-ever New York State Game Dev Challenge on Friday. The challenge is an opportunity for students and indie developers to bring their game ideas to production.

  • March 8, 2017

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    RIT evening classes canceled

    RIT classes – those starting at 5 p.m. or later – will be canceled this evening due to severe weather conditions. Any classes currently in session will end at 5 p.m.

  • March 8, 2017

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    Language processing expert to speak Friday

    Hal Daume III, an expert in how language is processed by machines, will discuss “Natural Language Processing on Creative Content” for the Distinguished Computational Linguistics Lecture.

  • March 8, 2017

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    FIRST Robotics regional kicks off March 17

    Robotic “adventure clubs” are mobilizing for Steamworks, the 2017 FIRST Robotics competition. This year, 49 high school teams from New York, Ohio and Canada will meet for the Finger Lakes Regional on March 17-18 at RIT.

  • March 8, 2017

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    RIT ranked among top animation schools

    RIT’s School of Film and Animation is once again ranked among the top animation schools in the country by Animation Career Review, a leading online resource of information for aspiring animation and game design professionals.

  • March 7, 2017

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    Alumnus wins national award for physics research

    Ryan Scott ’16 (physics) has been recognized by the American Association of Physics Teachers and the Advanced Laboratory Physics Association for his contributions as an undergraduate student researcher to RIT’s School of Physics and Astronomy.

  • March 7, 2017

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    Osher at RIT previews spring courses

    Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Rochester Institute of Technology is offering a sneak peek of spring term classes for thinkers ages 50 and beyond on March 20.

  • March 7, 2017

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    Professor to serve on panel for hip dysplasia

    Professor Hamad Ghazle has been nominated by the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography to serve on an expert panel developing criteria on pediatric hip dysplasia for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

  • March 7, 2017

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    NTID professor first U.S. scientist in EACH program

    Todd Pagano, professor of chemistry and associate dean for Teaching and Scholarship Excellence at NTID, was the first faculty member from RIT—and the first U.S. scientist—to participate in the Excellence in Analytical CHemistry (EACH) program.