October 14, 2016
Alumni who graduated 50 or more years ago toured Global Village this morning as part of Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend. Festivities continue through Sunday. more »
Today’s Top Stories
NTID awarded grant for educational training
The $443,200 grant from the National Science Foundation will help Sara Schley, co-director of NTID’s Research Center for Teaching and Learning, and her team develop an “accessibility toolkit” for STEM faculty who teach classes in which deaf, hard-of-hearing and hearing students are present. read more »
Student designers model jewelry for Fashion Week of Rochester
Students from RIT’s School for American Crafts modeled stunning, self-designed jewelry during the Fashion Week of Rochester opening runway show on Thursday night. read more »
The $443,200 grant from the National Science Foundation will help Sara Schley, co-director of NTID’s Research Center for Teaching and Learning, and her team develop an “accessibility toolkit” for STEM faculty who teach classes in which deaf, hard-of-hearing and hearing students are present. read more »
Student designers model jewelry for Fashion Week of RochesterStudents from RIT’s School for American Crafts modeled stunning, self-designed jewelry during the Fashion Week of Rochester opening runway show on Thursday night. read more »
Student Spotlight
Student Government prepares for Brick City weekend
Meet Farid Barquet, a third-year biotechnology and biomedical sciences major and director of programming for RIT’s Student Government. read more »
Meet Farid Barquet, a third-year biotechnology and biomedical sciences major and director of programming for RIT’s Student Government. read more »
Newsmakers
Manuela Campanelli, director, Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation, presented "Black Hole Mergers, Gravitational Waves and their Gaseous Environments" at the Gruber Cosmology Conference at Yale University on Oct. 7 in celebration of the Gruber Cosmology Prize presented in July to Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne, Ronald Drever and the entire LIGO team, including members of Campanelli's center, for the first detection of gravitational waves from the collision of two black holes.
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RIT in the News
Victor Post
Ontario County: Making landfill 'last resort'
Ava Labuzetta, pollution prevention engineer, New York State Pollution Prevention Institute, quoted more »
WXXI.org
Connections: The Art And Impact Of Campaign Photography
William Snyder, chair of the photojournalism program, featured more »
WHEC-TV
RIT Tigers host UConn at Blue Cross Arena on Saturday
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Rochester Business Journal
Reddit co-founder sees amazing tech opportunity
Alexis Ohanian, Saunders College of Business Gasser Lecture Series speaker, featured more »
Ontario County: Making landfill 'last resort'
Ava Labuzetta, pollution prevention engineer, New York State Pollution Prevention Institute, quoted more »
WXXI.org
Connections: The Art And Impact Of Campaign Photography
William Snyder, chair of the photojournalism program, featured more »
WHEC-TV
RIT Tigers host UConn at Blue Cross Arena on Saturday
more »
Rochester Business Journal
Reddit co-founder sees amazing tech opportunity
Alexis Ohanian, Saunders College of Business Gasser Lecture Series speaker, featured more »
Today’s Weather
Upcoming Events
Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend: Features hockey games, Presidents’ Alumni Ball, Horton Distinguished Speaker, more, today through Sunday (details)
Learning Assistant Recruitment Fair: Faculty and students welcome, 1–2 p.m. today, Gosnell Hall, room 1300
Volleyball: RIT Invitational, 3 and 7 p.m. today, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, Clark Gym
Women’s hockey: vs. Union College, 3:05 p.m. today, Gene Polisseni Center
Women’s soccer: vs. Vassar College, 4 p.m. today, Tiger Stadium
Concert: RIT Orchestra and Chamber Strings, 5 p.m. today, Schmitt Interfaith Center, Allen Chapel
Women’s hockey: vs. Union College, 12:05 p.m. tomorrow, Gene Polisseni Center
Women’s soccer: vs. Bard College, 2 p.m. tomorrow, Tiger Stadium
Men’s hockey: vs. UConn, 7:05 p.m. tomorrow, Blue Cross Arena, Rochester
In the Wrong Major? Now What? Information on switching majors, hosted by University Studies, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Monday, SAU 1829 Room
Learning Assistant Recruitment Fair: Faculty and students welcome, 1–2 p.m. today, Gosnell Hall, room 1300
Volleyball: RIT Invitational, 3 and 7 p.m. today, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, Clark Gym
Women’s hockey: vs. Union College, 3:05 p.m. today, Gene Polisseni Center
Women’s soccer: vs. Vassar College, 4 p.m. today, Tiger Stadium
Concert: RIT Orchestra and Chamber Strings, 5 p.m. today, Schmitt Interfaith Center, Allen Chapel
Women’s hockey: vs. Union College, 12:05 p.m. tomorrow, Gene Polisseni Center
Women’s soccer: vs. Bard College, 2 p.m. tomorrow, Tiger Stadium
Men’s hockey: vs. UConn, 7:05 p.m. tomorrow, Blue Cross Arena, Rochester
In the Wrong Major? Now What? Information on switching majors, hosted by University Studies, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Monday, SAU 1829 Room
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