Today’s Top Stories
United Way CHAIRity auction opens today
Forty-two ordinary chairs have been transformed into beautiful works of art and are available to the highest bidder, benefiting RIT’s 2016 United Way Campaign. Online bidding starts today.
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Vote for your favorite Imagine RIT poster
Voting is now open for the 2016 Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival poster design. Vote for your top three favorites by Friday. President Destler will select the winner from among the top vote-getters.
Destler to field questions on WITR radio show
WITR-FM (89.7) presents The Bill Destler Show, featuring RIT’s president taking listener questions at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Call 475-2271, send questions to witrdj@rit.edu or tweet @WITR897.
Forty-two ordinary chairs have been transformed into beautiful works of art and are available to the highest bidder, benefiting RIT’s 2016 United Way Campaign. Online bidding starts today.
read more »
Vote for your favorite Imagine RIT poster
Voting is now open for the 2016 Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival poster design. Vote for your top three favorites by Friday. President Destler will select the winner from among the top vote-getters.
Destler to field questions on WITR radio show
WITR-FM (89.7) presents The Bill Destler Show, featuring RIT’s president taking listener questions at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Call 475-2271, send questions to witrdj@rit.edu or tweet @WITR897.
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RIT on TV: Drone researchWHEC-TV talks to Dave Finger of Pictometry about the company’s partnership with RIT to build an Outdoor Netted Enclosure Lab for research and academic coursework related to unmanned aircraft systems, also referred to as drones. watch video »
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Research at RIT
Harnessing light: Integrated photonics is the future
The creation of the American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics, or AIM Photonics, brings the nation’s leading companies, universities and federal research institutions together to realize the scalable manufacturing of integrated photonic circuits.
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The creation of the American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics, or AIM Photonics, brings the nation’s leading companies, universities and federal research institutions together to realize the scalable manufacturing of integrated photonic circuits.
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Sports News
Two to represent RIT at Track and Field Championship
Senior Hailey Burkhart of the women’s track and field team and freshman Ethan Maguire of the men’s team will represent RIT at the 2016 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships on Friday and Saturday at the Bear Athletic Center in Grinnell, Iowa.
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Senior Hailey Burkhart of the women’s track and field team and freshman Ethan Maguire of the men’s team will represent RIT at the 2016 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships on Friday and Saturday at the Bear Athletic Center in Grinnell, Iowa.
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RIT in the News
WXXI.org
Mobile app development degree program OK'd at RIT/NTID
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Orange County Register
Dad's determination is O.C. son's motivation in visit with Obama
Luong Ta '88, '95 (electrical engineering, computer science) featured more »
Slate
Why Solar Power Doesn't Threaten Electric Utilities
Guest essay by Eric Hittinger, assistant professor of public policy more »
Democrat and Chronicle
RIT prof explores 'green cooling' for refrigerators
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Mobile app development degree program OK'd at RIT/NTID
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Orange County Register
Dad's determination is O.C. son's motivation in visit with Obama
Luong Ta '88, '95 (electrical engineering, computer science) featured more »
Slate
Why Solar Power Doesn't Threaten Electric Utilities
Guest essay by Eric Hittinger, assistant professor of public policy more »
Democrat and Chronicle
RIT prof explores 'green cooling' for refrigerators
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Today’s Weather
Upcoming Events
Open house: Learn about master’s and doctorate degrees in architecture and sustainability, 4:30 p.m. today, Golisano Institute for Sustainability
Design Conversations: “Design at Cooper Hewitt,” Caroline Baumann, director, Cooper Hewitt, 4:45 p.m. today, University Gallery
Gray Matter Discussion Series: “Should You Bother to Vote: The Politics of Politics,” 6 p.m. today, SAU Fireside Lounge
Information session: January 2017 Galapagos expedition with Robert Rothman, 1 p.m. tomorrow, Gosnell Hall, room 2365
Competition: CIAS Three Minute Thesis Competition, presentations by graduate students, 5 p.m. tomorrow, University Gallery
Presentation and book signing: “The Deaf Heart: The Making of a Deaf Novel,” Willy Conley, author of The Deaf Heart: A Forty-Year Photographic Retrospective, 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Dyer Arts Center
United Way Campaign Kickoff: Activities include games, celebrity ice cream scoopers, CHAIRity Auction, prize auction, 11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Thursday, SAU lobby and Fireside Lounge
Conversations on Climate Change: “Local-to-Polar Connections: Weather, Climate, and Perspectives,” Cathleen Geiger, University of Delaware, 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Carlson Auditorium
Hale lecture series: “Lovers’ Knowledge: Sexuality as Practical Freedom,” Adam Rosen-Carole, CLA, 4 p.m. Thursday, Eastman Hall, room 2000
Opening reception: Ryszard Horowitz, photocomposer, 5–7 p.m. Thursday, University Gallery (exhibition runs March 10–May 26)
Design Conversations: “Design at Cooper Hewitt,” Caroline Baumann, director, Cooper Hewitt, 4:45 p.m. today, University Gallery
Gray Matter Discussion Series: “Should You Bother to Vote: The Politics of Politics,” 6 p.m. today, SAU Fireside Lounge
Information session: January 2017 Galapagos expedition with Robert Rothman, 1 p.m. tomorrow, Gosnell Hall, room 2365
Competition: CIAS Three Minute Thesis Competition, presentations by graduate students, 5 p.m. tomorrow, University Gallery
Presentation and book signing: “The Deaf Heart: The Making of a Deaf Novel,” Willy Conley, author of The Deaf Heart: A Forty-Year Photographic Retrospective, 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Dyer Arts Center
United Way Campaign Kickoff: Activities include games, celebrity ice cream scoopers, CHAIRity Auction, prize auction, 11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Thursday, SAU lobby and Fireside Lounge
Conversations on Climate Change: “Local-to-Polar Connections: Weather, Climate, and Perspectives,” Cathleen Geiger, University of Delaware, 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Carlson Auditorium
Hale lecture series: “Lovers’ Knowledge: Sexuality as Practical Freedom,” Adam Rosen-Carole, CLA, 4 p.m. Thursday, Eastman Hall, room 2000
Opening reception: Ryszard Horowitz, photocomposer, 5–7 p.m. Thursday, University Gallery (exhibition runs March 10–May 26)
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