September 24, 2015
Dangerous Signs, an RIT/NTID performance poetry group, takes the Fringe Fest stage Friday. more »
Today’s Top Stories
RIT events continue at Rochester Fringe Festival
More crowds are expected as the 2015 First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival rolls toward its finale this weekend. Around 2,500 people attended performances and events by RIT students, faculty and staff during the first weekend.
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Eileen Pollack talks STEM gender bias on Friday
Novelist, essayist and short-story writer Eileen Pollack will discuss gender bias in STEM fields at 1 p.m. on Friday in Ingle Auditorium. A book signing will follow.
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More crowds are expected as the 2015 First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival rolls toward its finale this weekend. Around 2,500 people attended performances and events by RIT students, faculty and staff during the first weekend.
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Eileen Pollack talks STEM gender bias on Friday
Novelist, essayist and short-story writer Eileen Pollack will discuss gender bias in STEM fields at 1 p.m. on Friday in Ingle Auditorium. A book signing will follow.
read more »
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RIT at Rochester Fringe Festival 2015 Last weekend marked the start of the First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival, a 10-day lineup of more than 500 eclectic performances. Here’s a look at some of what RIT has to offer during the festival. watch video »
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For and About Alumni
Alumnus on Pulitzer-winning teamDavid Carson ’94 (professional photographic illustration) was a photography staff member with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, a newspaper that won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for its coverage of the events in Ferguson, Mo., after the police shooting of Michael Brown.
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Tiger Hockey
Men picked to finish second in preseason poll
Defending Atlantic Hockey Champion RIT men’s hockey team was picked to finish second in the AHC preseason poll. The Tigers made history last season as the first 16 seed team to defeat a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.
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Defending Atlantic Hockey Champion RIT men’s hockey team was picked to finish second in the AHC preseason poll. The Tigers made history last season as the first 16 seed team to defeat a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.
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Sports News
Women’s soccer win streak comes to a close
Despite valiant efforts, luck was not on the No. 15 Tigers’ side on Wednesday. University of Rochester eked out a goal that ended RIT's record 626 minute pointless streak and brought the team its first loss of the season.
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Despite valiant efforts, luck was not on the No. 15 Tigers’ side on Wednesday. University of Rochester eked out a goal that ended RIT's record 626 minute pointless streak and brought the team its first loss of the season.
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RIT in the News
The New York Times
Craft Breweries Multiply in the Finger Lakes
Garry Sperrick '89 (mechanical engineering) featured more »
WXXI.org
RIT Receives $1.5 Million Gift From Wegman Foundation
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Slate
You Do Not Need Personal Cybersecurity Insurance
Guest essay by Josephine Wolff, assistant professor of public policy and computing security more »
Democrat and Chronicle
Woman CIO at Kodak makes elite Top 100 STEM list
Kim VanGelder '86 (mathematics) featured more »
Democrat and Chronicle
RIT ranked 2nd in AHC preseason poll
more »
Craft Breweries Multiply in the Finger Lakes
Garry Sperrick '89 (mechanical engineering) featured more »
WXXI.org
RIT Receives $1.5 Million Gift From Wegman Foundation
more »
Slate
You Do Not Need Personal Cybersecurity Insurance
Guest essay by Josephine Wolff, assistant professor of public policy and computing security more »
Democrat and Chronicle
Woman CIO at Kodak makes elite Top 100 STEM list
Kim VanGelder '86 (mathematics) featured more »
Democrat and Chronicle
RIT ranked 2nd in AHC preseason poll
more »
Today’s Weather
Upcoming Events
Presentation: “Neo-African Religions from the Caribbean,” Leticia T. Ferrer-Rivera, the Bomba Queen, 1-2 p.m. today, SAU MOSAIC Center
Digital Storytelling and Curation: “Content Curation and the 21st Century,” Sree Sreenivasan, 2-3:15 p.m. today, SAU room 2650
Hale lecture series: “Justifying Copyrights and Patents: A Utility/Desert Hybrid Account,” Colin Mathers, 3:30 p.m. today, 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
Glass Pumpkin Patch: Benefits Women’s Council Scholarships, Bridging the Gap Fund and glass program’s Visiting Artists Series, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Sept. 26, Gene Polisseni Center (cash, checks, credit accepted)
Open house: See the total lunar eclipse at the RIT Observatory, 8 p.m. Sept. 27, 645 John St., Henrietta
Banff Mountain Film Festival Radical Reels Tour: 7 p.m. Sept. 28, Ingle Auditorium (tickets)
International Opportunities Fair: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 29, Gordon Field House Mezzanine
Career Fair: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 30, Gordon Field House
Digital Storytelling and Curation: “Content Curation and the 21st Century,” Sree Sreenivasan, 2-3:15 p.m. today, SAU room 2650
Hale lecture series: “Justifying Copyrights and Patents: A Utility/Desert Hybrid Account,” Colin Mathers, 3:30 p.m. today, 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
Glass Pumpkin Patch: Benefits Women’s Council Scholarships, Bridging the Gap Fund and glass program’s Visiting Artists Series, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Sept. 26, Gene Polisseni Center (cash, checks, credit accepted)
Open house: See the total lunar eclipse at the RIT Observatory, 8 p.m. Sept. 27, 645 John St., Henrietta
Banff Mountain Film Festival Radical Reels Tour: 7 p.m. Sept. 28, Ingle Auditorium (tickets)
International Opportunities Fair: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 29, Gordon Field House Mezzanine
Career Fair: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 30, Gordon Field House
Scoreboard
Women’s soccer: UR 1, RIT 0
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