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  • April 10, 2014

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    Twyla Cummings wins diversity award

    Cummings, senior associate dean of the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, was named the winner of the 2014 Isaac L. Jordan Sr. Faculty Pluralism Award.

  • April 9, 2014

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    RIT celebrates graduate students

    The first Graduate Education Week at RIT will be held April 14–18 and features speakers, workshops, information fairs and a keynote address and luncheon.

  • April 8, 2014

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    National math whizzes compete at RIT/NTID

    More than 80 sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders from 16 states and Canada attended the ninth annual National Math Competition for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students at NTID.

  • April 7, 2014

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    Michelle Lanphear honored by FIRST Robotics

    RIT’s Michelle Lanphear, event logistics coordinator, and UR’s Elayne Stewart, judge adviser, were named Volunteers of the Year at the FIRST Robotics Finger Lakes Regionals.

  • April 7, 2014

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    Meet RIT’s 2014 distinguished alumni

    Each year, the leaders of the colleges and centers select one graduate from each college who represents the best of RIT. This year, RIT honors 10 distinguished alumni.

  • April 4, 2014

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    Albert Paley, Wendell Castle to be honored

    Sculptors Albert Paley and Wendell Castle will be honored with the first-ever Visionary Awards from the Smithsonian on April 9 for their work in their respective industries.

  • April 4, 2014

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    NTID students go from chilly to Chile

    A dozen students from NTID spent much of January’s intercession in Chile, learning about its history, culture, politics and Chilean Sign Language.