March 1, 2017
Incoming RIT President David C. Munson Jr. held an open forum with students, faculty and staff on Tuesday. A second forum will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow in Ingle Auditorium. more »
Today’s Top Stories
Students study habitable zone of alien planets
First-year students in RIT’s Science Exploration Program are reproducing a slice of life in their lab that might exist on the seven Earth-like planets recently discovered in another solar system. read more »
RIT joins Grand Challenge Scholars Program
RIT is the newest university to be designated as part of the Grand Challenge Scholars Program, a national initiative to train future engineering and non-engineering professionals to play a significant role in solving the major challenges of the 21st century. read more »
Mayor Warren visits public speaking class
Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren visited two public speaking classes to help students understand the potential power public speaking has. read more »
First-year students in RIT’s Science Exploration Program are reproducing a slice of life in their lab that might exist on the seven Earth-like planets recently discovered in another solar system. read more »
RIT joins Grand Challenge Scholars Program
RIT is the newest university to be designated as part of the Grand Challenge Scholars Program, a national initiative to train future engineering and non-engineering professionals to play a significant role in solving the major challenges of the 21st century. read more »
Mayor Warren visits public speaking class
Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren visited two public speaking classes to help students understand the potential power public speaking has. read more »
Student Newsmakers
Student presents at international symposium
Nargess Hassani, a Ph.D. candidate in color science from Tehran, Iran, presented “Color discrimination threshold for medical test devices” at the IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging in Burlingame, Calif., Jan. 29-Feb. 2. read more »
Nargess Hassani, a Ph.D. candidate in color science from Tehran, Iran, presented “Color discrimination threshold for medical test devices” at the IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging in Burlingame, Calif., Jan. 29-Feb. 2. read more »
Tiger Hockey
Sports News
RIT in the News
City Newspaper
ART: "Deaf Way, Her Way"
NTID mentioned more »
City Newspaper
Slaves to the machines
David Borkholder, Bausch and Lomb Professor of Microsystems Engineering, quoted more »
Rochester Business Journal
RIT launches cybersecurity program
more »
The 405
Moonlight winning Best Picture provides us with hope
Guest essay by Ian Effendi, second-year game design and development major more »
ART: "Deaf Way, Her Way"
NTID mentioned more »
City Newspaper
Slaves to the machines
David Borkholder, Bausch and Lomb Professor of Microsystems Engineering, quoted more »
Rochester Business Journal
RIT launches cybersecurity program
more »
The 405
Moonlight winning Best Picture provides us with hope
Guest essay by Ian Effendi, second-year game design and development major more »
Today’s Weather
Upcoming Events
Career Fair: Until 4 p.m. today, Gordon Field House
Artist talk: Benjamin Entner, 6 p.m. today, University Gallery
Concert: All College Jazz Ensemble, 7 p.m. today, Ingle Auditorium
Open forum: Meet incoming President David Munson, 10 a.m. tomorrow, Ingle Auditorium
Lecture: “Myth, Memory and Homecoming: A Homeric Reading of Phaedo,” Jill Gordon, Colby College, 4 p.m. tomorrow, Student Innovation Hall, room 1600
Speaker: “Timeframing: How Digital Comics, Games, and News Are Changing the Way We Use Time and Tell Stories,” Erik Loyer, digital media artist, 5 p.m. tomorrow, McKenzie Commons, Liberal Arts Hall
Concert: RIT Singers, 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, Allen Chapel
Power Your Potential: Keynote speaker Jane Elliot, 7:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Friday, Vignelli Center
Speaker: “Love, Patterns, Inclusiveness—Design at Microsoft,” Michael Gough, Microsoft, 11 a.m. Friday, Webb Auditorium
Lecture: “Philosophical Challenges to Developing a Philosophical Lexicon in American Sign Language,” Teresa Blankmeyer-Burke, Gallaudet University, 11 a.m. Friday, McKenzie Commons, Liberal Arts Hall
Artist talk: Benjamin Entner, 6 p.m. today, University Gallery
Concert: All College Jazz Ensemble, 7 p.m. today, Ingle Auditorium
Open forum: Meet incoming President David Munson, 10 a.m. tomorrow, Ingle Auditorium
Lecture: “Myth, Memory and Homecoming: A Homeric Reading of Phaedo,” Jill Gordon, Colby College, 4 p.m. tomorrow, Student Innovation Hall, room 1600
Speaker: “Timeframing: How Digital Comics, Games, and News Are Changing the Way We Use Time and Tell Stories,” Erik Loyer, digital media artist, 5 p.m. tomorrow, McKenzie Commons, Liberal Arts Hall
Concert: RIT Singers, 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, Allen Chapel
Power Your Potential: Keynote speaker Jane Elliot, 7:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Friday, Vignelli Center
Speaker: “Love, Patterns, Inclusiveness—Design at Microsoft,” Michael Gough, Microsoft, 11 a.m. Friday, Webb Auditorium
Lecture: “Philosophical Challenges to Developing a Philosophical Lexicon in American Sign Language,” Teresa Blankmeyer-Burke, Gallaudet University, 11 a.m. Friday, McKenzie Commons, Liberal Arts Hall
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