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Matchett named assistant vice president at NTID
Mary Karol Matchett has been named assistant vice president for student and academic services at NTID, leading programs and services that bridge academic and student life.
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RIT seeks companies for Capacity Building Program
The Center for Urban Entrepreneurship’s Capacity Building Program assesses businesses and focuses on the components identified as most important for growth.
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Boy Scouts collect donations at Baja event
A Henrietta Boy Scout troop collected more than 40 bags of food and personal items for the Rush-Henrietta Area Food Terminal at the Baja SAE Rochester off-road race competition.
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RIT on TV: Inventor of the Year
WHAM-TV talks to David Borkholder, the Bausch and Lomb Professor of Microsystems Engineering, about his work on the Blast Gauge sensor system that earned him “Distinguished Inventor of the Year” from the Rochester Intellectual Property Law Association. watch video »

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RIT on TV: Eid al-Fitr
WROC-TV visits the Gordon Field House, where Muslims in the Rochester area celebrated Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. watch video »

Newsmakers

Ernest Fokoué, associate professor of statistics in the School of Mathematical Sciences, served as general chair of the UP-STAT 2016 conference at Canisius College in Buffalo on April 22-23. more Newsmakers »

Tiger Hockey

Former Tigers reunite in Germany
Former men’s hockey standouts Josh Mitchell and Brad McGowan will team up professionally with the Hamburg Crocodiles of Oberliga in Hamburg, Germany, for the 2016-17 season.
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RIT in the News

Democrat and Chronicle
Madolora hired as RIT women's hockey assistant
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GoodCall
Dartmouth Creates History By Graduating More Female Engineers Than Male Ones
Betsy Dell, associate professor of mechanical engineering technology, and Callie Babbitt, associate professor of sustainability, quoted more »

Colorado Springs Independent
Zach Miller's running path: From Pikes Peak to Europe
Zach Miller '12 (mechanical engineering) featured more »

Scientific American
Satellite Spies International Space Station Orbiting Earth
Michael Gartley, assistant research professor, Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, featured more »

Democrat and Chronicle
Salvatore's converting locations to Pizza Pubs
Eugene Fram, professor emeritus, Saunders College of Business, quoted more »

Campus Technology
RIT to Open Additive Manufacturing R&D Center
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Science
Tuning in to deaf needs
Peter Hauser, professor and director, Deaf Studies Laboratory, featured more »

KCRA-TV
Watercraft-making company makes splash in Rancho Cordova
Jordan Darling '15 (mechanical engineering technology) featured more »