Today’s Top Stories

Robin Cass named interim dean of CIAS
Robin Cass, who has been serving as acting dean of the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences since April 1, has been named interim dean. Cass will assume her new responsibilities on July 1. read more »

Student honored for 4.0 GPA
Kimberlee Keithley, who is pursuing bachelor’s degrees in chemical engineering and applied mathematics, is the 2017 winner of the Norman A. Miles Scholarship, given to a student entering their last year of undergraduate study with the highest GPA across the university. read more »

Digital humanities research gains national attention
In the two years since RIT began offering a bachelor’s degree in digital humanities and social sciences, the first two graduates of the program received their degrees, and projects involving students, faculty and alumni connected to the new major are already garnering national attention. read more »

New office locations
University Studies, now called University Exploration, and the RIT Honors Program offices are moving to Global Village. University Exploration will be on the second floor in room 2040, next to the RIT Global office, and Honors will be in room 2030. A joint open house will be held in the fall.

Newsmakers

Nabil Nasr, associate provost and director of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, was a key presenter at the World Circular Economy Forum and at the 20th meeting of the U.N. Environment Programme's (UNEP) International Resource Panel (IRP) and its Steering Committee—both held last week in Helsinki, Finland. Nasr participated in a June 5 session focused on future technologies for the circular economy at the economic forum sponsored by Sitra. He later highlighted the main findings of an IRP report on remanufacturing and the circular economy at the UNEP session on June 8.

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Tiger Hockey

Men’s hockey announces 2017-18 season schedule
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Sports News

Baseball star Will Gorman selected by Arizona Diamondbacks in 2017 MLB Draft
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RIT in the News

Spectrum News
RIT on TV: Baseball's Gorman Drafted by Diamondbacks
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Democrat and Chronicle
Rochester telecom leader Ann Burr retiring from Frontier Communications
Ann Burr, trustee, featured more »

Rochester Business Journal
ClearCove Systems founder receives local award
Terry Wright '81 (civil engineering technology) featured more »

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Touch-sensing technology born of CMU researchers grabs companies' interest
Daniel Ashbrook, assistant professor and director, Future Everyday Technology Research Lab, quoted more »

Diginomica
Multi Node Label Routing - RIT creates an internet fast lane for first responders
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City Newspaper
"Wear Orange"
Gallery r exhibit featured more »

Faith and Leadership
Owen Gottlieb: Religious teaching can use gaming technology to reach people where they are
Owen Gottlieb, assistant professor of interactive games and media, featured more »

Democrat and Chronicle
Rochester-area colleges combine to create a silky salute to women
Nuchjarin Pareeratanasomporn '17 (print media) quoted and Vicki Hanson, distinguished professor, B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, featured more »

GoodCall
Are Interdisciplinary Degree Majors the Key to Job Security?
Sandy Baldwin, associate professor of English, quoted more »

WXXI.org
Connections: First-generation college students
Bernard Rodgers '17 (communication and media technologies) interviewed more »