April 14, 2017
Nearly 100 people from around the country attended the Symposium on American Indian Languages, including Gabriela Perez Baez of the Smithsonian Institution. more »
Today’s Top Stories
Venture Creations companies advance in competition
Four clients of the Venture Creations Business Incubator at RIT have advanced to the final round of the 2017 Rochester Venture Challenge business competition. read more »
RIT hosts Grammy-winning recording engineer
Richard King, professor of music research at McGill University, will discuss how science influences the art of recording for the 2017 CAST Dean’s Lecture Series on April 19. read more »
Four clients of the Venture Creations Business Incubator at RIT have advanced to the final round of the 2017 Rochester Venture Challenge business competition. read more »
RIT hosts Grammy-winning recording engineer
Richard King, professor of music research at McGill University, will discuss how science influences the art of recording for the 2017 CAST Dean’s Lecture Series on April 19. read more »
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Newsmakers
Stephanie Thompson, senior data scientist, and Richard Dirmyer, assistant vice president of Institutional Research, Assessment, and Strategy at NTID, were invited panelists and paper presenters for SAS Global Forum 2017 April 2-5 in Orlando, Fla. Thompson presented "Using Big Data to Visualize People Movement Using SAS Basics," and Dirmyer presented "The Truth Is Out There: Leveraging Census Data Using PROC SURVEYLOGISTIC." Both participated on the "Hot Topics for Analytics in Higher Education" panel.
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RIT in the News
Rochester Business Journal
RIT team heads to national cybersecurity competition
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Democrat and Chronicle
Innovate or die
Bob Boehner, senior lecturer, Saunders College of Business, featured more »
New York Business Journal
How one of YouTube's early developers went on to launch his own startup
Chris Zacharias '04 (new media interactive development) featured more »
RIT team heads to national cybersecurity competition
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Democrat and Chronicle
Innovate or die
Bob Boehner, senior lecturer, Saunders College of Business, featured more »
New York Business Journal
How one of YouTube's early developers went on to launch his own startup
Chris Zacharias '04 (new media interactive development) featured more »
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Tiger Walk: Celebrating Bill Destler and Rebecca Johnson, 2 p.m. today, outside the SAU
Speaker: “Interpretable prediction models for network-linked data,” Liza Levina, University of Michigan, 3 p.m. today, Carlson Auditorium
Discussion: “Discussion of InterVol and Short Term Medical Missions,” Dr. Ralph Pennino, Rochester General Hospital, 4 p.m. today, Booth Hall, room 1480
Artist lecture: Stephanie Mercedes, performance artist, 5 p.m. today, University Gallery
Dance competition: RIT’s Best Dance Crew, hosted by Velocity, 7–10 p.m. today, Clark Gym
Speaker: “Speak Out Against Sexual Assault,” Pastor John Pavlovitz, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Ingle Auditorium
Conable lecture series: “Brief History of Japanese Anime Fandom and Mobile Suit Gundam’s First 38 Years,” William Ashbaugh, SUNY Oneonta, 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, SAU 1829 Room
Speaker: “Interpretable prediction models for network-linked data,” Liza Levina, University of Michigan, 3 p.m. today, Carlson Auditorium
Discussion: “Discussion of InterVol and Short Term Medical Missions,” Dr. Ralph Pennino, Rochester General Hospital, 4 p.m. today, Booth Hall, room 1480
Artist lecture: Stephanie Mercedes, performance artist, 5 p.m. today, University Gallery
Dance competition: RIT’s Best Dance Crew, hosted by Velocity, 7–10 p.m. today, Clark Gym
Speaker: “Speak Out Against Sexual Assault,” Pastor John Pavlovitz, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Ingle Auditorium
Conable lecture series: “Brief History of Japanese Anime Fandom and Mobile Suit Gundam’s First 38 Years,” William Ashbaugh, SUNY Oneonta, 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, SAU 1829 Room
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