Today’s Top Stories

RIT announces first endowed coaching position
RIT announces the Bruce B. Bates Women’s Hockey Coach, the university’s first endowed coaching position for Tiger athletic programs. Scott McDonald, who recently signed a five-year extension to lead the women’s hockey team through 2020, becomes the first recipient of the endowment.
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RIT hosts ‘GenCyber’ computing security program
RIT is kicking off a summer learning opportunity for teachers as well as camps for middle and high school students interested in the burgeoning field of cybersecurity.
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Imagine RIT voted most family-friendly festival
The Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival has been named “Favorite Family-Friendly Festival” by Kids Out and About.
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Global News

RIT and University of Tokyo form partnership
RIT signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Tokyo to facilitate the exchange of students and faculty and to increase collaborative research activities.
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Tiger Hockey

Hockey standouts invited to NHL camps
Former men’s hockey captain Matt Garbowsky and sophomore Matt Abt will both compete in a National Hockey League prospects development camp in July. Garbowsky will play for the Buffalo Sabres, and Abt will suit up for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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RIT in the News

Financial Times
How rumour and gossip oil the wheels of office life
Nicholas DiFonzo, professor of psychology, quoted more »

Campus Technology
RIT Debuts Student Camps, Teacher Workshops in Cybersecurity
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Rochester Business Journal
RIT forms partnership with University of Tokyo
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Democrat and Chronicle
RIT researcher blogs for Psychology Today
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WXXI.org
RIT Professor Wins National Award
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PrintMag
Wordless Messaging
RIT Press mentioned more »

Air and Space
See The World From 100,000 Feet
Clint Wallington, professor of hospitality and tourism management, quoted more »