April 27, 2015
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Today’s Top Stories
Three RIT students win Fulbright scholarships
The Office of the Provost is hosting A Celebration of Study and Work Abroad from 3 to 5 p.m. today to formally announce the three Fulbright winners.
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RIT places third in cyber defense competition
University of Central Florida and University of California–Berkeley topped RIT in the 2015 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition.
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Student team proposes energy retrofit of town hall
Electrical/mechanical engineering technology students evaluated Irondequoit Town Hall for the national Green Energy Challenge.
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The Office of the Provost is hosting A Celebration of Study and Work Abroad from 3 to 5 p.m. today to formally announce the three Fulbright winners.
read more »
RIT places third in cyber defense competition
University of Central Florida and University of California–Berkeley topped RIT in the 2015 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition.
read more »
Student team proposes energy retrofit of town hall
Electrical/mechanical engineering technology students evaluated Irondequoit Town Hall for the national Green Energy Challenge.
read more »
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Imagine RIT
Packaging science students put parcels to the test
The “Packaging—Will it Survive?” exhibit at Imagine RIT will demonstrate how packaging products are tested to endure challenges. Students are also building a milk-jug igloo.
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The “Packaging—Will it Survive?” exhibit at Imagine RIT will demonstrate how packaging products are tested to endure challenges. Students are also building a milk-jug igloo.
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Sports News
Men’s lacrosse wraps up perfect regular season with win
The No. 1 men’s lacrosse team completed a perfect regular season with an 18-12 win over St. Lawrence University on Senior Day at Tiger Stadium. RIT enters the postseason 16-0 and has won 40 straight regular-season games.
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The No. 1 men’s lacrosse team completed a perfect regular season with an 18-12 win over St. Lawrence University on Senior Day at Tiger Stadium. RIT enters the postseason 16-0 and has won 40 straight regular-season games.
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RIT in the News
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Bringing the Liberal Arts to Engineering Education
Guest essay co-written by James Winebrake, dean, College of Liberal Arts more »
Democrat and Chronicle
Solar rising: Rochester looks to sun power
Susan Spencer, microsystems engineering Ph.D. student, quoted, and RIT's solar array featured more »
Democrat and Chronicle
RIT cyber team finishes 3rd in national event
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Rochester Business Journal
Optimax president to participate in White House summit
Michael Mandina '03 (EMBA) featured more »
Bringing the Liberal Arts to Engineering Education
Guest essay co-written by James Winebrake, dean, College of Liberal Arts more »
Democrat and Chronicle
Solar rising: Rochester looks to sun power
Susan Spencer, microsystems engineering Ph.D. student, quoted, and RIT's solar array featured more »
Democrat and Chronicle
RIT cyber team finishes 3rd in national event
more »
Rochester Business Journal
Optimax president to participate in White House summit
Michael Mandina '03 (EMBA) featured more »
Today’s Weather
Upcoming Events
Panel: “Sustainability and Our Future,” 4:30 p.m. today, Lowenthal Hall, room 1215
Talk: “Rooting out militancy with civic activism,” Jibran Nasir, civil rights activist and blogger from Pakistan, 6 p.m. today, Xerox Auditorium
MAGIC Speaker Series: “The Promise and Perils of Drone Proliferation,” Sarah Kreps, 3 p.m. April 28, Student Innovation Hall (details)
Lecture: “Mediating Prisoners’ Voices: Women, Class and Incarceration,” Anne Schwan, Edinburgh Napier University, 3:30 p.m. April 28, Campus Center Reading Room
Conable Lecture Series: “An Insurgent Nostalgia: The Middle Passage and the Politics of Remembering,” Jason Young, University at Buffalo, 5 p.m. April 28, Golisano Hall auditorium
Lecture: “Unflattening: Reimagining Interdisciplinary Scholarship Through Comics,” Nick Sousanis, University of Calgary, 3 p.m. April 29, Webb Auditorium
Talk: “Rooting out militancy with civic activism,” Jibran Nasir, civil rights activist and blogger from Pakistan, 6 p.m. today, Xerox Auditorium
MAGIC Speaker Series: “The Promise and Perils of Drone Proliferation,” Sarah Kreps, 3 p.m. April 28, Student Innovation Hall (details)
Lecture: “Mediating Prisoners’ Voices: Women, Class and Incarceration,” Anne Schwan, Edinburgh Napier University, 3:30 p.m. April 28, Campus Center Reading Room
Conable Lecture Series: “An Insurgent Nostalgia: The Middle Passage and the Politics of Remembering,” Jason Young, University at Buffalo, 5 p.m. April 28, Golisano Hall auditorium
Lecture: “Unflattening: Reimagining Interdisciplinary Scholarship Through Comics,” Nick Sousanis, University of Calgary, 3 p.m. April 29, Webb Auditorium
Scoreboard
Softball: RIT 2—6, Nazareth 0—4
Baseball: RIT 5—11, Union 0—2
Men’s lacrosse: RIT 18, St. Lawrence 12 (April 25)
Women’s lacrosse: UR 10, RIT 9 (April 25)
Men’s track/field: St. John Fisher Cardinal Classic, 6th of 15 teams (April 25)
Women’s track/field: St. John Fisher Cardinal Classic, 1st of 12 teams (April 25)
Baseball: RIT 5—11, Union 0—2
Men’s lacrosse: RIT 18, St. Lawrence 12 (April 25)
Women’s lacrosse: UR 10, RIT 9 (April 25)
Men’s track/field: St. John Fisher Cardinal Classic, 6th of 15 teams (April 25)
Women’s track/field: St. John Fisher Cardinal Classic, 1st of 12 teams (April 25)
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