Today’s Top Stories
Princeton Review names RIT among best colleges
The education-services company features RIT in the just-published 2015 edition of its annual book The Best 379 Colleges.
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Program aims to strengthen race relations
Person2Person, supported in part by RIT, pairs Rochesterians from different racial and ethnic backgrounds to build relationships, and hopefully to set aside biases. The program is modeled after RIT’s Partnerships in Pluralism initiative.
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Boys and girls from near and far attend NTID camps
Thirty-five deaf and hard-of-hearing teens from around the country attended the six-day TechBoyz and TechGirlz technology camps at RIT/NTID—including a boy from Alaska.
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The education-services company features RIT in the just-published 2015 edition of its annual book The Best 379 Colleges.
read more »
Program aims to strengthen race relations
Person2Person, supported in part by RIT, pairs Rochesterians from different racial and ethnic backgrounds to build relationships, and hopefully to set aside biases. The program is modeled after RIT’s Partnerships in Pluralism initiative.
read more »
Boys and girls from near and far attend NTID camps
Thirty-five deaf and hard-of-hearing teens from around the country attended the six-day TechBoyz and TechGirlz technology camps at RIT/NTID—including a boy from Alaska.
read more »
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RIT on TV: Building wildlife habitatsWROC-TV (channel 8) reports on an RIT project, led by Christy Tyler, an associate professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, to restore the wetlands near the High Acres Landfill in Perinton. watch video »
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Global News
French student earns 2014 Turkman Scholar Award
International engineering student Karine Florent was recently named the 2014 Ibrahim Renan Turkman Scholar in recognition of her outstanding academic achievements. Florent is from Saint-Brieuc in western France.
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International engineering student Karine Florent was recently named the 2014 Ibrahim Renan Turkman Scholar in recognition of her outstanding academic achievements. Florent is from Saint-Brieuc in western France.
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Sports News
Track and field athlete honored
Sophomore Hailey Burkhart of the women’s track and field squad earned 2013–2014 United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic team honors.
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Sophomore Hailey Burkhart of the women’s track and field squad earned 2013–2014 United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic team honors.
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RIT in the News
Democrat and Chronicle
Leader in genetic ancestry movement to visit RIT
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The Christian Science Monitor
Jon Schull brings do-it-yourself artificial hands to the masses
Jon Schull, research scientist in RIT's MAGIC Center, featured more »
Fast Company
How One Artist's Work Tackled Big Data (40 Years Before It Existed)
Charles Gaines '67 (art and design) featured more »
The Star-Ledger
Got a horse problem? Payne has the answer
Doug Payne '05 (mechanical engineering) featured more »
The Indiana Gazette
Local artist blends passions for illustrations, fly fishing
Andrea Larko '07 (illustration) featured more »
Democrat and Chronicle
Millennials behind Brainery kick it old-school
Stephanie Rankin '09 (marketing) featured more »
Leader in genetic ancestry movement to visit RIT
more »
The Christian Science Monitor
Jon Schull brings do-it-yourself artificial hands to the masses
Jon Schull, research scientist in RIT's MAGIC Center, featured more »
Fast Company
How One Artist's Work Tackled Big Data (40 Years Before It Existed)
Charles Gaines '67 (art and design) featured more »
The Star-Ledger
Got a horse problem? Payne has the answer
Doug Payne '05 (mechanical engineering) featured more »
The Indiana Gazette
Local artist blends passions for illustrations, fly fishing
Andrea Larko '07 (illustration) featured more »
Democrat and Chronicle
Millennials behind Brainery kick it old-school
Stephanie Rankin '09 (marketing) featured more »
Today’s Weather
Upcoming Events
Blood drive: For faculty and staff, 8:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Aug. 6, Gordon Field House (schedule appointment with sponsor code: ritfacultystaffrochester)
Staff Council: Staff, faculty and students welcome to attend, 2–4 p.m. Aug. 7, 1829 Room, SAU
SCCA Autocross event: Hosted by Finger Lakes Region Sports Car Club of America, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Aug. 10, G, H, E and F lots
meRIT webinars: Professional topics presented by RIT faculty and alumni, “The Posters of Pierre Mendell,” noon Aug. 12 (register)
New faculty orientation: Hosted by the Faculty Career Development Services team in The Wallace Center, Aug. 13–15, Gosnell Hall, room A-300
Alumni Day at SeaBreeze: Includes lunch buffet, 11 a.m.–10 p.m. Aug. 16, SeaBreeze Amusement Park, 4600 Culver Road, Rochester, $25 (register)
Staff Council: Staff, faculty and students welcome to attend, 2–4 p.m. Aug. 7, 1829 Room, SAU
SCCA Autocross event: Hosted by Finger Lakes Region Sports Car Club of America, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Aug. 10, G, H, E and F lots
meRIT webinars: Professional topics presented by RIT faculty and alumni, “The Posters of Pierre Mendell,” noon Aug. 12 (register)
New faculty orientation: Hosted by the Faculty Career Development Services team in The Wallace Center, Aug. 13–15, Gosnell Hall, room A-300
Alumni Day at SeaBreeze: Includes lunch buffet, 11 a.m.–10 p.m. Aug. 16, SeaBreeze Amusement Park, 4600 Culver Road, Rochester, $25 (register)
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