March 21, 2017
RIT student Kevin Cosgrove presented on incorporating drone technology into e-commerce delivery during the annual Packaging Jamboree, hosted by packaging science students. more »
Today’s Top Stories
Video game design programs jump in rankings
RIT is one of the top schools in the world to study game design and launch games for 2017, according to new international rankings from The Princeton Review. RIT’s game design and development program was ranked second at the undergraduate level and fourth at the graduate level. read more »
Celebration of life on Friday for Stan McKenzie
Stan McKenzie, who died Nov. 8, served RIT for 41 years in several capacities, including teaching English for 34 years and serving as provost for 14 years. The memorial will begin at 4 p.m. read more »
Information retrieval expert to speak Friday
Jeremy Pickens, a leading information retrieval research scientist, will discuss the problems and opportunities with law and the collection of massive amounts of data as part of the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences Dean’s Lecture Series. read more »
RIT is one of the top schools in the world to study game design and launch games for 2017, according to new international rankings from The Princeton Review. RIT’s game design and development program was ranked second at the undergraduate level and fourth at the graduate level. read more »
Celebration of life on Friday for Stan McKenzie
Stan McKenzie, who died Nov. 8, served RIT for 41 years in several capacities, including teaching English for 34 years and serving as provost for 14 years. The memorial will begin at 4 p.m. read more »
Information retrieval expert to speak Friday
Jeremy Pickens, a leading information retrieval research scientist, will discuss the problems and opportunities with law and the collection of massive amounts of data as part of the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences Dean’s Lecture Series. read more »
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RIT Dubai hosts Career Day
Hundreds of students and alumni from RIT Dubai met with employers from more than 25 of the United Arab Emirates’ largest national companies and multinational conglomerates during the university’s annual Career Day. read more »
Hundreds of students and alumni from RIT Dubai met with employers from more than 25 of the United Arab Emirates’ largest national companies and multinational conglomerates during the university’s annual Career Day. read more »
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RIT in the News
Slate
The Russian Officials Charged in the Yahoo Hack Will Never Be Arrested. Maybe That's OK.
Guest column by Josephine Wolff, assistant professor of public policy and computing security more »
Business Insider
Jeff Sessions 'appears intent on taking us back to the 1980s' and the 'War on Drugs'
John Klofas, professor of criminal justice and director, Center for Public Safety Initiatives, quoted more »
The Jerusalem Post
An end to the grievance-based approach
Guest essay by A.J. Caschetta, senior lecturer, Department of English more »
Campus Technology
Doing the New: A Student Experience That's More than Just Hands-On
Andrew Phelps, director, Center for MAGIC, featured more »
The Russian Officials Charged in the Yahoo Hack Will Never Be Arrested. Maybe That's OK.
Guest column by Josephine Wolff, assistant professor of public policy and computing security more »
Business Insider
Jeff Sessions 'appears intent on taking us back to the 1980s' and the 'War on Drugs'
John Klofas, professor of criminal justice and director, Center for Public Safety Initiatives, quoted more »
The Jerusalem Post
An end to the grievance-based approach
Guest essay by A.J. Caschetta, senior lecturer, Department of English more »
Campus Technology
Doing the New: A Student Experience That's More than Just Hands-On
Andrew Phelps, director, Center for MAGIC, featured more »
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Upcoming Events
CIAS Brown Bag Lecture Series: Michael Rogers, noon tomorrow, Neblette Conference Room, Gannett Hall
I’m First speaker series: Jeanne Casares, associate vice president and chief information officer, Finance and Administration, noon tomorrow, SAU Mosaic Center
20/20 Research in Focus Colloquium: Meredith Davenport, Sorim Chung, Mari Jaye Blanchard, Ammina Kothari, 3:30 p.m. tomorrow, University Gallery
Women’s lacrosse: vs. SUNY Geneseo, 4 p.m. tomorrow, 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. tomorrow, Allen Chapel
ASL Lecture Series: “The Naked Truth: Reclaim the Power of Self,” Storm Smith, Gallaudet University, 12:30 p.m. Thursday, 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. Thursday, Eastman Hall, room 2000
Modern Languages and Cultures Fair: 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Friday, SAU lobby
Gray Matter Discussion Series: “Truth: How do you decide what to believe?,” noon Friday, SAU Mosaic Center
I’m First speaker series: Jeanne Casares, associate vice president and chief information officer, Finance and Administration, noon tomorrow, SAU Mosaic Center
20/20 Research in Focus Colloquium: Meredith Davenport, Sorim Chung, Mari Jaye Blanchard, Ammina Kothari, 3:30 p.m. tomorrow, University Gallery
Women’s lacrosse: vs. SUNY Geneseo, 4 p.m. tomorrow, 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. tomorrow, Allen Chapel
ASL Lecture Series: “The Naked Truth: Reclaim the Power of Self,” Storm Smith, Gallaudet University, 12:30 p.m. Thursday, 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. Thursday, Eastman Hall, room 2000
Modern Languages and Cultures Fair: 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Friday, SAU lobby
Gray Matter Discussion Series: “Truth: How do you decide what to believe?,” noon Friday, SAU Mosaic Center
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