Today’s Top Stories

RIT showcases talents at Fringe Festival
RIT students, faculty, staff and Osher members are part of a 10-day lineup of more than 500 eclectic performances in this year’s KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival, Sept. 14-23 in Rochester. read more »

Student group wins award for sustainable shaver
RIT’s student chapter of Engineers for a Sustainable World won an award in the national Cradle to Cradle Challenge for their model of a sustainable razor that could help decrease the environmental impact of billions of disposable razors that are discarded each year. read more »

Adrienne Decker named critical thinking fellow
Adrienne Decker, an associate professor of interactive games and media, has been named the Fram Faculty Fellow in Applied Critical Thinking. Decker will work to identify and strengthen applied critical thinking across disciplines. read more »

NTID names director of diversity and inclusion
Stephanie Smith Albert has been named the first director of diversity and inclusion at NTID. She most recently was the director of student life at Ohio School for the Deaf in Columbus, Ohio. read more »

Tiger Hockey

Women’s hockey to bring in eight newcomers for 2017-18 season
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Sports News

Jasen Borshoff named RIT wrestling assistant coach
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RIT in the News

Deccan Chronicle
A new age of smart devices is here
MotionSavvy, founded by NTID students, mentioned more »

Democrat and Chronicle
Malls change as face of shopping changes
Eugene Fram, professor emeritus, Saunders College of Business, quoted more »

Quartz
We've already developed "Google Brain"--but what about Facebook Heart?
Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, quoted more »

Rochester Business Journal
RIT's AMPrint Center receives first liquid metal 3-D printer from Vader
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Life in the Finger Lakes
New illustrated biography by RIT Press explores the work of American wildlife artist Arthur Singer
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Hotel Online
Techspitality - What the Heck Is It?
Guest essay by Karthikeyan Namasivayam, chair, hospitality and tourism management more »

Slate
Exactly How Stupid of an Idea Is a U.S.-Russia Cybersecurity Unit?
Guest column by Josephine Wolff, assistant professor of public policy and computing security more »