Today’s Top Stories
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden Jr. to give commencement address
Maj. Gen. Charles Bolden Jr., head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, will be the keynote speaker for RIT’s 130th commencement celebration May 22.
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Carestream Health donates new ultrasound systems
Carestream is donating $1 million in new ultrasound systems to the diagnostic medical sonography program at RIT to help faculty provide a richer academic experience and to gather insight and feedback on the equipment.
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RIT hosts GlobalFoundries director Friday
Min-hwa Chi, senior fellow and director of advanced programs with GlobalFoundries will discuss the advances in integrated circuits on Friday.
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Maj. Gen. Charles Bolden Jr., head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, will be the keynote speaker for RIT’s 130th commencement celebration May 22.
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Carestream Health donates new ultrasound systems
Carestream is donating $1 million in new ultrasound systems to the diagnostic medical sonography program at RIT to help faculty provide a richer academic experience and to gather insight and feedback on the equipment.
read more »
RIT hosts GlobalFoundries director Friday
Min-hwa Chi, senior fellow and director of advanced programs with GlobalFoundries will discuss the advances in integrated circuits on Friday.
read more »
New ‘Athenaeum’ on stands today
The latest Athenaeum will be out on newsstands across campus this afternoon. In this issue, read about RIT’s partnerships with Sweden and Peru, turning coffee grounds into biofuel and research on e-cigarettes.
The latest Athenaeum will be out on newsstands across campus this afternoon. In this issue, read about RIT’s partnerships with Sweden and Peru, turning coffee grounds into biofuel and research on e-cigarettes.
For and About Alumni
Tiger Talk with Austin McChord
Austin McChord ’09 started his computer data backup company out of his parents’ basement in 2007. This summer, Datto Inc. opened an office in downtown Rochester.
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Austin McChord ’09 started his computer data backup company out of his parents’ basement in 2007. This summer, Datto Inc. opened an office in downtown Rochester.
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Tiger Hockey
Women to face Mercyhurst
The women’s hockey team plays College Hockey America leader Mercyhurst on Friday and Saturday at the Gene Polisseni Center. On Saturday, the Tigers will honor fifth-year student manager Joe Vicario, better known as “Part Time Joe.”
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The women’s hockey team plays College Hockey America leader Mercyhurst on Friday and Saturday at the Gene Polisseni Center. On Saturday, the Tigers will honor fifth-year student manager Joe Vicario, better known as “Part Time Joe.”
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Sports News
Basketball games benefit veterans, cancer research
The men’s basketball team will honor local veterans and soldiers killed in action at its Saturday game, and the women’s team dedicates its Saturday game to Think Pink, which raises money and awareness for breast cancer research.
The men’s basketball team will honor local veterans and soldiers killed in action at its Saturday game, and the women’s team dedicates its Saturday game to Think Pink, which raises money and awareness for breast cancer research.
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Upcoming Events
Opening reception: CIAS Research, Scholarship and Creativity exhibition, 5–7 p.m. today, University Gallery (exhibition runs Feb. 5–March 20)
Performance: How I Learned to Drive, 7:30 p.m. today and Feb. 6–7, 2 p.m. Feb. 8, Panara Theatre, $5 students, $10 general public
Thursday Night Cinema: The Theory of Everything, 9 p.m. today, Ingle Auditorium
Opening reception: RIT/NTID Visual Communications Studies’ Faculty Exhibition, 4–6 p.m. Feb. 6, Dyer Arts Center (exhibition runs Feb. 4–March 18)
The Price is Right: Play games and win $500 worth of prizes, hosted by College Activities Board, 9 p.m. Feb. 7, Ingle Auditorium
Conable lecture series: “Multiculturalism in Multinational States,” Audie Klotz, Syracuse University, 3 p.m. Feb. 10, SAU Skalny Room
MAGIC Speaker Series: “Games Should Be More Violent, Not Less,” Yannick LeJacq, Kotaku, 1 p.m. Feb. 11, Student Innovation Hall, room 1600
Provost’s Town Hall Meeting: Research themes of the new Strategic Plan, 1:30 p.m. Feb. 11, Louise Slaughter Hall, room 2220/2230
Performance: How I Learned to Drive, 7:30 p.m. today and Feb. 6–7, 2 p.m. Feb. 8, Panara Theatre, $5 students, $10 general public
Thursday Night Cinema: The Theory of Everything, 9 p.m. today, Ingle Auditorium
Opening reception: RIT/NTID Visual Communications Studies’ Faculty Exhibition, 4–6 p.m. Feb. 6, Dyer Arts Center (exhibition runs Feb. 4–March 18)
The Price is Right: Play games and win $500 worth of prizes, hosted by College Activities Board, 9 p.m. Feb. 7, Ingle Auditorium
Conable lecture series: “Multiculturalism in Multinational States,” Audie Klotz, Syracuse University, 3 p.m. Feb. 10, SAU Skalny Room
MAGIC Speaker Series: “Games Should Be More Violent, Not Less,” Yannick LeJacq, Kotaku, 1 p.m. Feb. 11, Student Innovation Hall, room 1600
Provost’s Town Hall Meeting: Research themes of the new Strategic Plan, 1:30 p.m. Feb. 11, Louise Slaughter Hall, room 2220/2230
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