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Today’s Top Stories
Wegman Foundation gives $1.5M to MAGIC Center
A $1.5 million gift from The Wegman Family Charitable Foundation will enable RIT to more than double the size of the MAGIC Spell Studios sound stage, offering a better learning experience for students and enticing independent filmmakers to use it.
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Welcome to Merit
RIT uses Merit to share students’ academic accomplishments with their friends and family through their social media networks and their hometown newspapers.
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A $1.5 million gift from The Wegman Family Charitable Foundation will enable RIT to more than double the size of the MAGIC Spell Studios sound stage, offering a better learning experience for students and enticing independent filmmakers to use it.
read more »
Welcome to Merit
RIT uses Merit to share students’ academic accomplishments with their friends and family through their social media networks and their hometown newspapers.
read more »
Tiger Hockey
Women gun for third consecutive championship
The women’s hockey team is shooting for regular season development with the ability to peak at the end of the year, according to head coach Scott McDonald. They aim to capture their third consecutive CHA championship in just their fourth Division I season.
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The women’s hockey team is shooting for regular season development with the ability to peak at the end of the year, according to head coach Scott McDonald. They aim to capture their third consecutive CHA championship in just their fourth Division I season.
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Sports News
Women’s soccer ranked No. 15
The women’s soccer team was ranked No. 15 in the latest National Soccer Collegiate Association of America Division III poll. This is the highest ranking in program history, the previous highest ranking being 16.
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The women’s soccer team was ranked No. 15 in the latest National Soccer Collegiate Association of America Division III poll. This is the highest ranking in program history, the previous highest ranking being 16.
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RIT in the News
Western Michigan University News
Healing powers of artistic expression explored at Medical Humanities Conference
Wade L. Robison, Ezra A. Hale Professor of Applied Ethics, featured more »
Rochester Business Journal
RIT researchers receive $500,000 NSF grant
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The Maritime Executive
LNG Not Clear Greenhouse Gas Winner
James Winebrake, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, featured more »
WTNH-TV
Report: 'Intimate Partner Violence' an escalating problem
Caroline Easton, professor of forensic psychology, quoted more »
The Wall Street Journal
'Spring Awakening' Melds Song and Sign Language
Jess Thurber '06 (graphic design) quoted more »
Rochester Business Journal
Schools see ups, downs: Demographics have impact on enrollment
James Miller, senior vice president for enrollment management and career services, quoted more »
Time
Why Colleges Need Helicopter Parents
Chelsea Petree, director, Parent and Family Programs, quoted more »
Arthouse Press
Chuck Miller Takes It to the Street: An Installation Worth Staying Up For
Chuck Miller '13 (computer graphics) featured more »
Healing powers of artistic expression explored at Medical Humanities Conference
Wade L. Robison, Ezra A. Hale Professor of Applied Ethics, featured more »
Rochester Business Journal
RIT researchers receive $500,000 NSF grant
more »
The Maritime Executive
LNG Not Clear Greenhouse Gas Winner
James Winebrake, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, featured more »
WTNH-TV
Report: 'Intimate Partner Violence' an escalating problem
Caroline Easton, professor of forensic psychology, quoted more »
The Wall Street Journal
'Spring Awakening' Melds Song and Sign Language
Jess Thurber '06 (graphic design) quoted more »
Rochester Business Journal
Schools see ups, downs: Demographics have impact on enrollment
James Miller, senior vice president for enrollment management and career services, quoted more »
Time
Why Colleges Need Helicopter Parents
Chelsea Petree, director, Parent and Family Programs, quoted more »
Arthouse Press
Chuck Miller Takes It to the Street: An Installation Worth Staying Up For
Chuck Miller '13 (computer graphics) featured more »
Today’s Weather
Upcoming Events
Alo-Hockey: Luau to kick off the men’s and women’s hockey season, free food and giveaways, 4:15 p.m. today, Gene Polisseni Center
Digital Storytelling and Curation: “The Intersections of Journalism and Museum Studies,” Sree Sreenivasan, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Sept. 24, SAU room 2650
Presentation: “Neo-African Religions from the Caribbean,” Leticia T. Ferrer-Rivera, the Bomba Queen, 1-2 p.m. Sept. 24, SAU MOSAIC Center
Digital Storytelling and Curation: “Content Curation and the 21st Century,” Sree Sreenivasan, 2-3:15 p.m. Sept. 24, SAU room 2650
Hale lecture series: “Justifying Copyrights and Patents: A Utility/Desert Hybrid Account,” Colin Mathers, 3:30 p.m. Sept. 24, Campus Center Bamboo Room
Golisano College Alumni Speaker Series: “From Brooklyn to Comcast,” Franklyn Athias ’85, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Sept. 25, Golisano Hall auditorium
Talk and book signing: American novelist, essayist and short story writer Eileen Pollack, The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science is Still a Boys’ Club, 1 p.m. Sept. 25, Ingle Auditorium
Open house: See the total lunar eclipse at the RIT Observatory, 8 p.m. Sept. 27, 645 John St., Henrietta
Digital Storytelling and Curation: “The Intersections of Journalism and Museum Studies,” Sree Sreenivasan, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Sept. 24, SAU room 2650
Presentation: “Neo-African Religions from the Caribbean,” Leticia T. Ferrer-Rivera, the Bomba Queen, 1-2 p.m. Sept. 24, SAU MOSAIC Center
Digital Storytelling and Curation: “Content Curation and the 21st Century,” Sree Sreenivasan, 2-3:15 p.m. Sept. 24, SAU room 2650
Hale lecture series: “Justifying Copyrights and Patents: A Utility/Desert Hybrid Account,” Colin Mathers, 3:30 p.m. Sept. 24, Campus Center Bamboo Room
Golisano College Alumni Speaker Series: “From Brooklyn to Comcast,” Franklyn Athias ’85, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Sept. 25, Golisano Hall auditorium
Talk and book signing: American novelist, essayist and short story writer Eileen Pollack, The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science is Still a Boys’ Club, 1 p.m. Sept. 25, Ingle Auditorium
Open house: See the total lunar eclipse at the RIT Observatory, 8 p.m. Sept. 27, 645 John St., Henrietta
Scoreboard
Volleyball: RIT 3, UR 2
Men’s soccer: RIT 3, Nazareth 2
Men’s soccer: RIT 3, Nazareth 2
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