February 27, 2015
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Today’s Top Stories
NTID’s Todd Pagano named Fulbright Specialist
The Fulbright Specialist Program promotes linkages between U.S. scholars and professionals in select disciplines and their counterparts at host institutions around the world.
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ASL dictionary available online
NTID’s American Sign Language dictionary, the ASL Video Dictionary and Inflection Guide, is available free to the RIT community at rit.edu/ntid/dictionary. The dictionary has video clips of 2,700 signs and 650 sentences and is also available as an app.
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The Fulbright Specialist Program promotes linkages between U.S. scholars and professionals in select disciplines and their counterparts at host institutions around the world.
read more »
ASL dictionary available online
NTID’s American Sign Language dictionary, the ASL Video Dictionary and Inflection Guide, is available free to the RIT community at rit.edu/ntid/dictionary. The dictionary has video clips of 2,700 signs and 650 sentences and is also available as an app.
Show us your best campus photos
RIT University News Services wants to see your best photo work for possible credited inclusion in our publications, including Athenaeum.
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Student Spotlight
D.I.V.A.S. at RIT work toward empowering women
Meet Olivia Harrison, a fourth-year journalism student and original member of D.I.V.A.S. at RIT — Determined Individuals Victoriously Achieving Success.
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Meet Olivia Harrison, a fourth-year journalism student and original member of D.I.V.A.S. at RIT — Determined Individuals Victoriously Achieving Success.
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Tiger Hockey
Men wrap up regular season
The men’s hockey team wraps up the 2014–2015 regular season with a pair of home games against Atlantic Hockey Conference foe Mercyhurst today and Saturday. Both games start at 7:05 p.m.
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The men’s hockey team wraps up the 2014–2015 regular season with a pair of home games against Atlantic Hockey Conference foe Mercyhurst today and Saturday. Both games start at 7:05 p.m.
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Sports News
Five wrestlers named to All-Academic Team
Rory Bruce, Nick Fisk, Brad Mayville, Nicholas Greenquist and Jake Swearingen of the wrestling team were named to the 2015 Empire Collegiate Wrestling Conference All-Academic Team on Thursday.
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Rory Bruce, Nick Fisk, Brad Mayville, Nicholas Greenquist and Jake Swearingen of the wrestling team were named to the 2015 Empire Collegiate Wrestling Conference All-Academic Team on Thursday.
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RIT in the News
USA Today
Family of missing RIT student Max Maisel: 'We're praying very, very hard'
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Democrat and Chronicle
Roth: RIT's Matt Garbowsky's comeback is Hobey Baker worthy
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Democrat and Chronicle
RIT prof's reputation in waste reaches Trump Organization
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Rochester Business Journal
RIT gets $600,000 grant to benefit deaf community
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Democrat and Chronicle
Printer maker Durst Image plans expansion here
Graham Anthony, lecturer, School of Media Sciences more »
Family of missing RIT student Max Maisel: 'We're praying very, very hard'
more »
Democrat and Chronicle
Roth: RIT's Matt Garbowsky's comeback is Hobey Baker worthy
more »
Democrat and Chronicle
RIT prof's reputation in waste reaches Trump Organization
more »
Rochester Business Journal
RIT gets $600,000 grant to benefit deaf community
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Democrat and Chronicle
Printer maker Durst Image plans expansion here
Graham Anthony, lecturer, School of Media Sciences more »
Today’s Weather
Upcoming Events
Graduate Research and Creativity Symposium: Until 4:30 p.m. today (schedule and registration)
Gospel Fest: Featuring performances by the RIT Gospel Ensemble, 7 p.m. today, Panara Theatre
Def Meets Deaf Poetry Jam: Featuring RIT, NTID and community poets, 2:30–5 p.m. Feb. 28, Lovin’ Cup, Park Point
Career Clothing Open House: First-come, first-serve and free of charge, sponsored by TRiO Student Support Services, 2–4 p.m. March 2, Campus Center room 2650
Knight Speaker Series: “Carpe Prescribo: Melding Technology and Media,” David Cohn, executive producer, Al-Jazeera+, 4 p.m. March 2, McKenzie Commons, Liberal Arts Hall
Artist lecture: James Borders ’09, sculptor, 5 p.m. March 2, University Gallery
Conable Distinguished Lecture Series: “For Whom is Africa Rising? Activism & Agency in the Age of Hope,” Saida Hodziae, Cornell University, 3 p.m. March 3, SAU 1829 Room
Spring Career Fair: 10 a.m.–4 p.m. March 4, Gordon Field House
Performance: RIT Jazz Ensemble and jazz ensembles from Rochester-area colleges and universities, 7 p.m. March 4, Ingle Auditorium
Lyon Memorial Lectureship Series: “Technology Innovation: 3D Printing and Multi-rotors Drone,” Steven Forney, Systems Management and Production Center, 7 p.m. March 4, CSD Student Development Center 1300/1310
Gospel Fest: Featuring performances by the RIT Gospel Ensemble, 7 p.m. today, Panara Theatre
Def Meets Deaf Poetry Jam: Featuring RIT, NTID and community poets, 2:30–5 p.m. Feb. 28, Lovin’ Cup, Park Point
Career Clothing Open House: First-come, first-serve and free of charge, sponsored by TRiO Student Support Services, 2–4 p.m. March 2, Campus Center room 2650
Knight Speaker Series: “Carpe Prescribo: Melding Technology and Media,” David Cohn, executive producer, Al-Jazeera+, 4 p.m. March 2, McKenzie Commons, Liberal Arts Hall
Artist lecture: James Borders ’09, sculptor, 5 p.m. March 2, University Gallery
Conable Distinguished Lecture Series: “For Whom is Africa Rising? Activism & Agency in the Age of Hope,” Saida Hodziae, Cornell University, 3 p.m. March 3, SAU 1829 Room
Spring Career Fair: 10 a.m.–4 p.m. March 4, Gordon Field House
Performance: RIT Jazz Ensemble and jazz ensembles from Rochester-area colleges and universities, 7 p.m. March 4, Ingle Auditorium
Lyon Memorial Lectureship Series: “Technology Innovation: 3D Printing and Multi-rotors Drone,” Steven Forney, Systems Management and Production Center, 7 p.m. March 4, CSD Student Development Center 1300/1310
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