March 20, 2017
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Today’s Top Stories
RIT ranked among best graduate schools
Two RIT graduate programs are ranked among the best in the nation, demonstrating the depth and breadth of quality educational opportunities available at the university, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2018 edition of America’s Best Graduate Schools. read more »
RIT wins regional cyber defense competition
A team of RIT cybersecurity students is heading to the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition after taking first place at the regional competition March 17–19. read more »
RIT holds regional DataFest hackathon March 24-26
RIT will hold its first DataFest hackathon this spring, joining a growing list of colleges and universities participating in the American Statistical Association-sponsored event. read more »
Two RIT graduate programs are ranked among the best in the nation, demonstrating the depth and breadth of quality educational opportunities available at the university, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2018 edition of America’s Best Graduate Schools. read more »
RIT wins regional cyber defense competition
A team of RIT cybersecurity students is heading to the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition after taking first place at the regional competition March 17–19. read more »
RIT holds regional DataFest hackathon March 24-26
RIT will hold its first DataFest hackathon this spring, joining a growing list of colleges and universities participating in the American Statistical Association-sponsored event. read more »
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Two artists, two generations share their inspirations
Brett Baker, second-year metals and jewelry design major, featured more »
Rochester Business Journal
RIT research centers flourish
more »
City Newspaper
RIT hosts Game Dev Challenge
more »
Harvard Business Review
How One Law Measurably Lifted the Status of Women in India
Guest essay by Priti Kalsi, assistant professor of economics more »
Daily Herald
Animator from West Chicago gives Disney's 'Beauty' a visual effects boost
Matthew Doll '05 (film and animation) featured more »
Today’s Weather
Upcoming Events
CIAS Brown Bag Lecture Series: Michael Rogers, noon March 22, Neblette Conference Room, Gannett Hall
20/20 Research in Focus Colloquium: Meredith Davenport, Sorim Chung, Mari Jaye Blanchard, Ammina Kothari, 3:30 p.m. March 22, University Gallery
Women’s lacrosse: vs. SUNY Geneseo, 4 p.m. March 22, RIT turf field
Viva l’Italia lecture series: “Capodimonte: Out of the Ruins and into the Fire,” Heidi Nickisher, with performance by Jennifer Tirre and Irina Lupines, 6:30 p.m. March 22, Allen Chapel
ASL Lecture Series: “The Naked Truth: Reclaim the Power of Self,” Storm Smith, Gallaudet University, 12:30 p.m. March 23, CSD Student Development Center, room 1300
Speaker: “Collaborative Worldbuilding,” Trent Hergenrader, CLA, 3 p.m. Thursday, Eastman Hall, room 2220
Hale lecture series: “Primum Non Nocere Mortuis: Bioethics and the Interests of the Dead,” Richard Dees, University of Rochester, 4 p.m. March 23, Eastman Hall, room 2000
20/20 Research in Focus Colloquium: Meredith Davenport, Sorim Chung, Mari Jaye Blanchard, Ammina Kothari, 3:30 p.m. March 22, University Gallery
Women’s lacrosse: vs. SUNY Geneseo, 4 p.m. March 22, RIT turf field
Viva l’Italia lecture series: “Capodimonte: Out of the Ruins and into the Fire,” Heidi Nickisher, with performance by Jennifer Tirre and Irina Lupines, 6:30 p.m. March 22, Allen Chapel
ASL Lecture Series: “The Naked Truth: Reclaim the Power of Self,” Storm Smith, Gallaudet University, 12:30 p.m. March 23, CSD Student Development Center, room 1300
Speaker: “Collaborative Worldbuilding,” Trent Hergenrader, CLA, 3 p.m. Thursday, Eastman Hall, room 2220
Hale lecture series: “Primum Non Nocere Mortuis: Bioethics and the Interests of the Dead,” Richard Dees, University of Rochester, 4 p.m. March 23, Eastman Hall, room 2000
Scoreboard
Men’s lacrosse: Dickinson 10, RIT 9 (March 18)
Men’s lacrosse: RIT 17, Amherst 16 (March 17)
Men’s lacrosse: RIT 17, Amherst 16 (March 17)
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