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February 23, 2015
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Today’s Top Stories
Vote for your favorite Imagine RIT poster
Voting is now open for the 2015 Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival poster design. Vote for your top three favorites by Friday. President Destler will select the winner from among the top vote-getters.

Hospitality students host 30th RITz Dinner
This year’s guests at the annual RITz Black Tie Dinner will be treated to a delicious meal in the setting of a 1930s prohibition-era speakeasy for “The 30 Club at the RITz.”
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Featured Video
story photoRIT on TV: Suited for Success
Time Warner Cable News reports on the Suited for Success program, in which students in RIT’s MOCHA program take part in workshops on health and wealth, ambition, integrity, service and achievement. If the men fulfill the requirements, they receive a custom-made suit from Adrian Jules. watch video »

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Featured Video
RIT on TV: FreezeFest
Several local TV stations came out to cover the sixth annual FreezeFest last weekend. See coverage from Time Warner Cable News, WROC-TV and WHAM-TV on the University News YouTube channel.

Tiger Hockey
McGowan records hat-trick; Binnington ties shutout record
Brad McGowan scored a hat-trick to lift the men’s hockey team to a 4-3 win over Robert Morris on Saturday. Ali Binnington tied a school record with her 18th shutout in the women’s team’s 1-0 win over Syracuse on Saturday.

Sports News
Men’s swimming/diving breaks 400-freestyle relay record
The men’s swimming and diving team broke a relay record Saturday en route to a sixth place finish at the 2015 Upper New York State Collegiate Swimming Association Championships, held at the Webster Aquatic Center.
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RIT in the News
Democrat and Chronicle
Faith, family help RIT athlete overcome anorexia
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Ottawa Citizen
Why don't people trust science?
Brian Koberlein, senior lecturer in physics, featured more »

Scientific American
Stars Reveal Hidden Galaxy
Sukanya Chakrabarti, assistant professor of physics, featured more »

Today’s Weather
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Upcoming Events
Project Lead the Way training: Elementary school teachers from across the country to train as Lead Teachers in PLTW’s Launch program to introduce K-5 students to STEM fields, Feb. 24–26, Louise Slaughter Hall

Campus visit: Saunders College of Business dean finalist Donald E. Harter, Syracuse University, 2 p.m. Feb. 24, Eastman Hall, room 2000

Conable lecture series: “Brazilian Education Perspectives: Issues of Social & Cultural Diversity,” Maria Cristina Rodrigues Azevedo Joly, University of Brasilia, 3 p.m. Feb. 25, 1829 Room

Hale lecture series: “How Practical Wisdom Unifies Aristotle’s Ethical Theory,” Kathleen Harbin, The College at Brockport, 3:30 p.m. Feb. 25, Liberal Arts Hall, room A205

Fair: COLA Major, Minor, and Immersion Fair, 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Feb. 26, SAU Fireside Lounge

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Scoreboard
Men’s tennis: RIT 6, Daemen College 2

Men’s swimming/diving: UNYSCSA Championships, 6th of 15 teams (Feb. 21)

Women’s swimming/diving: UNYSCSA Championships, 6th of 16 teams (Feb. 21)

Men’s hockey: RIT 4, Robert Morris 3 (Feb. 21)

Women’s hockey: RIT 1, Syracuse 0 (Feb. 21)

Women's Tennis: Skidmore 9, RIT 0 (Feb. 21)

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