News Stories
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October 3, 2024
![A top-down view of the RIT Hockey team celebrating a win on the ice. There is a large orange RIT flag waving in the foreground of the image, and there are a number of camera people and videographers on the ice with the team.]()
Rochester to host NCAA men's hockey tournament games for first time since 2007
Democrat and Chronicle interviews Jacqueline Nicholson, RIT's executive director of athletics, about the announcement that Rochester will serve as a regional site for NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament in 2028.
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October 3, 2024
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RIT remains a HEED Award winner and Diversity Champion
RIT’s commitment to diversity has been recognized with INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine's Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award and Diversity Champion designation.
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October 3, 2024
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RIT Car Club preps Fall Motor Show
Fox Rochester features the RIT Car Club's Fall Motor Show, which includes an array of classic and modern cars.
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October 2, 2024
![A grocery cart filled with perishable foods like fruits and vegetables standing alone in the dairy aisle of a grocery store. The background of the aisle has a blurred effect.]()
The decision supermarkets face with perishable food
The Rochester Beacon features an essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and interim head of the Department of Sustainability, about food waste and food insecurity.
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October 2, 2024
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ASL-English Interpretation major uses life experiences to build sign-language skills
Growing up in Ethiopia, Zahria Ruper couldn’t communicate with her Deaf brother. Today, Ruper, a fourth-year ASL-English Interpretation major at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, is looking ahead to graduating in May and starting her career.
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October 2, 2024
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RIT surpasses $102 million in research funding for a single fiscal year
RIT achieved a significant milestone by receiving $102 million in sponsored research awards during the past fiscal year, surpassing a key goal in its strategic plan a year ahead of schedule.
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October 2, 2024
![8 members of the RIT rowing team are rowing down the river as part of their practice. There is lush greenery in the background on the other side of the river, and in the foreground of the image there is the side profile of one of the team members using a megaphone to direct her teammates. Along the bottom is a news graphic that reads, Good Day Rochester, Rowing with RIT's Crew Team.]()
RIT previews women's rowing season
Fox Rochester interviews athletes on RIT's women's rowing team and their coach Carol Schoenecker as they gear up for the 2024-2025 season.
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October 2, 2024
![Photograph of a rocket launching from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The rocket is off the ground, with fire and smoke below it from launching. In the foreground, there is a black sign for the U.S. Space Force.]()
RIT to receive nearly $10 million in federal funding for work on space power and propulsion
WXXI interviews Seth Hubbard and Ahmad Kirmani about RIT being selected to lead U.S. Space Force University Consortium/Space Strategic Technology Institute 3 research.
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October 1, 2024
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Future Faculty Career Exploration Program welcomes newest class of diverse scholars
The 21st cohort of RIT’s Future Faculty Career Exploration Program was welcomed to campus Sept. 25-28. The program invites exceptional underrepresented researchers and artists to experience what it would be like to be a faculty member at RIT.
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October 1, 2024
![A photo of RIT campus showing the University Services Center in the distance. The foreground is mostly green lawn space in front of the building.]()
RIT to lead advanced space power and propulsion research for U.S. Space Force
Spectrum News reports that RIT was awarded nearly $10 million in funding to lead research for the U.S. Space Force around advanced space power and propulsion.
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October 1, 2024
![Austin McChord, left, stands with his wife Allison, right, in the middle of the industrial island they plan to transform into a park. In the background, you can see the old industrial plant.]()
Donors Say a Scarred Island Could Become a Park
The New York Times features alumnus Austin McChord and his pledge to transform an abandoned industrial site into an ecological waterfront park in Norwalk, Conn. (This content may require a subscription to view).
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October 1, 2024
![Photograph of a rocket launching from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The rocket is off the ground, with fire and smoke below it from launching. In the foreground, there is a black sign for the U.S. Space Force.]()
RIT to receive nearly $10 million for space research
Rochester Beacon interviews Seth Hubbard and Ahmad Kirmani about RIT being selected to lead U.S. Space Force University Consortium/Space Strategic Technology Institute 3 research.
