December 13, 2016
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Professor gets grant to help gaming scholars
Owen Gottlieb, assistant professor in the School of Interactive Games and Media and research affiliate in the MAGIC Center, received a National Science Foundation grant to design a capacity-building program tailored to early-career scholars. read more »
Students help roller derby team stay on track
Students in Professor David Neumann’s Campaign Management and Planning class presented their ideas to help the Roc City Roller Derby build its fan base and membership. read more »
Owen Gottlieb, assistant professor in the School of Interactive Games and Media and research affiliate in the MAGIC Center, received a National Science Foundation grant to design a capacity-building program tailored to early-career scholars. read more »
Students help roller derby team stay on track
Students in Professor David Neumann’s Campaign Management and Planning class presented their ideas to help the Roc City Roller Derby build its fan base and membership. read more »
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Andre Hudson, associate professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, published a paper in the Dec. 1 issue of the journal Acta Crystallographica on the crystal structure of the enzyme dihydrodicpicolinate reductase from the human pathogenic bacterium Bartonella henselae. The enzyme has potential in the development of antibiotics. Co-authors include RIT undergraduate students Ali Cala, a biotechnology and molecular bioscience major, and Maria Nadeau, a biochemistry major and RIT/NTID student; Renwick Dobson, associate professor at University of Canterbury, New Zealand; and scientists at the Seattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Diseases.
Moumita Das, assistant professor of physics, presented "Better, stronger, faster: Collective mechanobiology of cells and tissues emerging from differential physical properties of components and their interplay," at a seminar in the Chemical and Biological Seminar Series at Colorado State University on Nov. 17.
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Moumita Das, assistant professor of physics, presented "Better, stronger, faster: Collective mechanobiology of cells and tissues emerging from differential physical properties of components and their interplay," at a seminar in the Chemical and Biological Seminar Series at Colorado State University on Nov. 17.
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Upcoming Events
Final exams: Today through Friday
Poster presentations: Department of Psychology senior capstone projects, until 1 p.m. today, University Gallery
Speaker: “Virginia Tech’s Academy of Integrated Science: Retooling Science for the 21st Century,” Michel Pleimling, 11 a.m. Thursday, Carlson Auditorium
Book signing: Michael Peres, CIAS, Michael Photographs a Snowflake, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Thursday, Shop One2
Staff Council: Staff, faculty and students welcome to attend, 2 p.m. Thursday, SAU 1829 Room
Winter Solstice: View 270 degrees of imagery by students and faculty from School of Design, 7 p.m. Thursday, Student Innovation Hall
Poetry reading: Dane Gordon, professor emeritus, Magic Light, 7–8 p.m. Thursday, Cary Graphic Arts Collections, The Wallace Center
Residence halls close: Saturday
Memorial service: In memory of RIT/NTID interpreter Joy Duskin, 1–4 p.m. Dec. 18, Panara Theater (reception to follow in CSD Student Development Center and Ellie’s Place)
Holiday break: Administrative and academic offices close at 2 p.m. Dec. 23 and reopen on Jan. 3
Poster presentations: Department of Psychology senior capstone projects, until 1 p.m. today, University Gallery
Speaker: “Virginia Tech’s Academy of Integrated Science: Retooling Science for the 21st Century,” Michel Pleimling, 11 a.m. Thursday, Carlson Auditorium
Book signing: Michael Peres, CIAS, Michael Photographs a Snowflake, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Thursday, Shop One2
Staff Council: Staff, faculty and students welcome to attend, 2 p.m. Thursday, SAU 1829 Room
Winter Solstice: View 270 degrees of imagery by students and faculty from School of Design, 7 p.m. Thursday, Student Innovation Hall
Poetry reading: Dane Gordon, professor emeritus, Magic Light, 7–8 p.m. Thursday, Cary Graphic Arts Collections, The Wallace Center
Residence halls close: Saturday
Memorial service: In memory of RIT/NTID interpreter Joy Duskin, 1–4 p.m. Dec. 18, Panara Theater (reception to follow in CSD Student Development Center and Ellie’s Place)
Holiday break: Administrative and academic offices close at 2 p.m. Dec. 23 and reopen on Jan. 3
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