News Stories
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December 16, 2013
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FIRST Robotics kicks off Jan. 4
Teams will receive the robot kits and equipment for the game. Teams will then have six weeks to build robots for the Finger Lakes regional competition at RIT in March. -
December 13, 2013
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Art students explore Rochester environments
The exhibition explores the human experience with urban environments and runs through Jan. 10 at the Rochester Regional Community Design Center. -
December 13, 2013
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Student wins Miss Black Deaf America pageant
A Q&A with Chenae Laldee, a fourth-year multidisciplinary studies who was crowned Miss Black Deaf America. -
December 12, 2013
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Professor speaks at astrophysics symposium
RIT was represented at a symposium celebrating 50 years of relativistic astrophysics and research exploring quasars, black holes, exploding stars and colliding galaxies. -
December 12, 2013
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RIT projects win $1.25M in state funding
The funding, included in the award to the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council, will benefit the Center for Urban Entrepreneurship and Venture Creations. -
December 11, 2013
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Talk show host Tavis Smiley headlines MLK event
Tavis Smiley, national talk show host, author and community advocate, will be the keynote speaker for the 2014 Expressions of King’s Legacy Celebration on Jan. 30. -
December 11, 2013
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Imaging science student wins ‘best paper’
Graduate student Saugata Sinha won Best Student Paper at the 2013 IEEE Western New York Image Processing Workshop for his work on detecting thyroid cancer. -
December 11, 2013
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CIAS holds holiday auction fundraiser tonight
New and used photographic equipment and accessories will be auctioned off at the event hosted by the RIT National Press Photographers Association chapter. -
December 10, 2013
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Cochlear implant recipients share stories in book
New Beginnings, Acquiring and Living with a Cochlear Implant, published by RIT Press, was edited by NTID researcher Michael Stinson and NTID President Gerry Buckley. -
December 10, 2013
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Cary Collection purchases 1890s hand press
The Kelmscott/Goudy Albion iron hand press No. 6551, manufactured by Hopkinson & Cope in 1891, will arrive on the RIT campus within the next few weeks. -
December 9, 2013
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Public Safety offers free TigerSafe app at RIT
The student-created app allows campus users to connect with RIT Public Safety officers, turning any smartphone into a virtual blue light security phone. -
December 6, 2013
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Student awarded scholarship for volunteer work
A Q&A with Stephen Johnson, a fifth-year civil engineering technology major and volunteer firefighter. He received the Howard Freckleton and Roy Hamel Endowed Scholarship.
