Today’s Top Stories

Farid Barquet elected Student Government president
Barquet, who is finishing his third year as a biomedical sciences and biotechnology double major, has been elected RIT’s Student Government president for the 2016-2017 academic year. His term begins June 1. read more »

Book artist to speak Thursday
Richard Minsky will talk about how his work is designed to manipulate emotion, intellect and consciousness. He will also serve as an artist-in-residence at the Cary Graphic Arts Collection this week and will produce a variety of works on the Kelmscott/Goudy Albion iron hand press. read more »

Imagine RIT

Drone gives archeologist a cool tool
University News will preview an Imagine RIT exhibit each day leading up to the festival on May 6. Today, read about an off-the-shelf drone customized for archeological surveys. read more »

Newsmakers

A team from the University Publications office in the Marketing and Communications department won six Educational Advertising Awards from Higher Ed Marketing for the RIT homepage, an advertisement series in The Chronicle of Higher Education, and four story packages in RIT: The University Magazine and Athenaeum.

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Sports News

Gorman breaks two 37-year-old records in baseball’s dominating sweep at Skidmore
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Women’s track and field finishes second at 2017 Liberty League Outdoor Championship
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Men’s track and field finishes second at 2017 Liberty League Outdoor Championships
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RIT in the News

WROC-TV
RIT on TV: Reducing Food Waste
Thomas Trabold, associate professor of sustainability and department head, interviewed more »

Democrat and Chronicle
Emerald ash borers doom most trees in Island Cottage Woods
Susan Smith Pagano, associate professor of biology, quoted more »

Rochester Business Journal
Free workshops set at RIT's Center for Urban Entrepreneurship
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Democrat and Chronicle
N.Y. challenge tests skills in digital game development
Stefen Lewis, fourth-year game design and development major, and Andrew Phelps, director, MAGIC Center, quoted more »

Journal of Accountancy
Meet Steven Morse, CPA, CGMA
Steven Morse '86 (business administration-accounting) featured more »