Today’s Top Stories
Doreen Edwards appointed engineering dean
Doreen Edwards, who is currently dean of the Kazuo Inamori School of Engineering at Alfred University, will join RIT on July 1 as dean of the Kate Gleason College of Engineering. She will be the first female dean of the only U.S. engineering college named after a woman.
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RIT to host chief climate scientist Monday
David Reidmiller, lead climate technology negotiator with the U.S. Department of State, will discuss the climate change talks in Paris on March 14.
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Vote for your favorite Imagine RIT poster
Voting closes today for the 2016 Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival poster design contest. Vote for your top three favorites. President Destler will select the winner from among the top vote-getters.
Doreen Edwards, who is currently dean of the Kazuo Inamori School of Engineering at Alfred University, will join RIT on July 1 as dean of the Kate Gleason College of Engineering. She will be the first female dean of the only U.S. engineering college named after a woman.
read more »
RIT to host chief climate scientist Monday
David Reidmiller, lead climate technology negotiator with the U.S. Department of State, will discuss the climate change talks in Paris on March 14.
read more »
Vote for your favorite Imagine RIT poster
Voting closes today for the 2016 Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival poster design contest. Vote for your top three favorites. President Destler will select the winner from among the top vote-getters.
Student Spotlight
RIT Bhangra president organizes Bollywood gala
Meet Shruti Kapoor, a third-year new media marketing and international global studies major and president of RIT Bhangra.
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Meet Shruti Kapoor, a third-year new media marketing and international global studies major and president of RIT Bhangra.
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Tiger Hockey
Men start Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinal series today
The men’s hockey team will begin its quest for a second straight Atlantic Hockey Championship as the No. 5 seed. The team will face No. 4 seed Mercyhurst today through Sunday for a best-of-three quarterfinal series at the Mercyhurst Ice Center.
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The men’s hockey team will begin its quest for a second straight Atlantic Hockey Championship as the No. 5 seed. The team will face No. 4 seed Mercyhurst today through Sunday for a best-of-three quarterfinal series at the Mercyhurst Ice Center.
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RIT in the News
Democrat and Chronicle
RIT plays Mercyhurst in the AHC quarterfinals
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Homework Hotline
Homework Hotline Women's History Month: Coding and Gaming
Elouise Oyzon, associate professor, School of Interactive Games and Media, featured more »
The Atlantic
Why Is the U.S. Determined to Have the Least-Secure Credit Cards in the World?
Guest column by Josephine Wolff, assistant professor of public policy and computing security more »
RIT plays Mercyhurst in the AHC quarterfinals
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Homework Hotline
Homework Hotline Women's History Month: Coding and Gaming
Elouise Oyzon, associate professor, School of Interactive Games and Media, featured more »
The Atlantic
Why Is the U.S. Determined to Have the Least-Secure Credit Cards in the World?
Guest column by Josephine Wolff, assistant professor of public policy and computing security more »
Today’s Weather
Upcoming Events
Gray Matter Discussion Series: “Did Social Media Kill Humanity?” noon today, SAU MOSAIC Center
Opening reception: The Deaf Heart: A Forty-Year Photographic Retrospective, 4–6 p.m. today, Dyer Arts Center (exhibition runs March 11-April 22)
Performance: Godspell, 7:30 p.m. today through Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, 1510 Lab Theatre, Lyndon B. Johnson Hall
Deaf Deaf World: Cultural event designed to simulate what the world would be life if most people were deaf, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. tomorrow, CSD Student Development Center
Passport drive: apply for or renew passport, 11 a.m.–2 p.m. tomorrow, Wallace Library, Community Room
Nachle Sari Raat: Indian dance party, featuring photo booth, talent show, Bhangra performance, trivia games, Indian food, 6:30 p.m. tomorrow, Clark Gym
Concert: RIT Concert Band, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Ingle Auditorium
Rosica Hall Research Series: “Variation in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing College Students’ Knowledge of Previously Unexplored English Language Properties,” noon Monday, CSD Student Development Center
Seminar: U.S. chief climate scientist David Reidmiller talks international climate policy, 1 p.m. Monday, Louise Slaughter Hall, room 2200
Speaker series: “Motivational Mondays,” with Lovely Warren, mayor of Rochester, 1 p.m. Monday, MOSAIC Center, SAU
Opening reception: The Deaf Heart: A Forty-Year Photographic Retrospective, 4–6 p.m. today, Dyer Arts Center (exhibition runs March 11-April 22)
Performance: Godspell, 7:30 p.m. today through Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, 1510 Lab Theatre, Lyndon B. Johnson Hall
Deaf Deaf World: Cultural event designed to simulate what the world would be life if most people were deaf, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. tomorrow, CSD Student Development Center
Passport drive: apply for or renew passport, 11 a.m.–2 p.m. tomorrow, Wallace Library, Community Room
Nachle Sari Raat: Indian dance party, featuring photo booth, talent show, Bhangra performance, trivia games, Indian food, 6:30 p.m. tomorrow, Clark Gym
Concert: RIT Concert Band, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Ingle Auditorium
Rosica Hall Research Series: “Variation in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing College Students’ Knowledge of Previously Unexplored English Language Properties,” noon Monday, CSD Student Development Center
Seminar: U.S. chief climate scientist David Reidmiller talks international climate policy, 1 p.m. Monday, Louise Slaughter Hall, room 2200
Speaker series: “Motivational Mondays,” with Lovely Warren, mayor of Rochester, 1 p.m. Monday, MOSAIC Center, SAU
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