News by Topic
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October 10, 2024
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Third annual Together RIT coming up on Oct. 25
Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to join in a day of conversation, panels, and presentations intended to offer the opportunity to engage in intentional and honest dialogue about diversity and inclusion topics.
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October 9, 2024
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The color science of leaves in a western New York park is focus of RIT Press book
Black oak, crabapple, crimson maple—a color scientist finds inspiration in the woods in the new book Munsell Trees: A Season of Leaves and Colors, published by RIT Press.
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October 9, 2024
![a woman in period dress stands in the doorway of a red building at Genesee Country Village and Museum, showing a sign for Rates of Toll to a male visitor.]()
GCV&M offering new virtual tours of its historic village
Rochester First highlights the project put forth by Izzy Moyer '24 (museum studies), which will allow for student interns and co-ops to work across the museum’s departments.
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October 7, 2024
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Foodlink Curbside Market truck brings fresh produce to campus
Fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, and select grocery items will be offered for sale at affordable prices as Foodlink brings its Curbside Market truck to the RIT campus.
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October 7, 2024
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Clinical experience gives RIT physician assistant student a new perspective
Lutzer chose a career as a physician assistant for the high level of patient interaction, variety, and flexibility. She likes knowing that she can practice medicine in different specialty areas throughout her career.
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October 7, 2024
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Students find tiger pride in the RIT Archives
Students in the museum studies course Critical and Digital Curation used the archives to explore the origin of the RIT tiger mascot in 1955. Their exhibit shines a light on 1963, when RIT students brought a tiger cub to campus, parties, and hockey games.
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October 4, 2024
![A pair of hands holds a smartphone of an unknown brand. In the background, there is a laptop and a spread of papers across the desk as though someone was in the middle of working on a project. The items in the background are slightly blurred and the main focus is on the phone, which has a black screen.]()
Is responding to work e-mails after hours a good or bad idea?
Essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and interim head of the Department of Sustainability, published by the Rochester Business Journal. (This content requires a subscription to view.)
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October 4, 2024
![a young woman with dark hair sits on a black motorcycle wearing gray clothing and an army green backpack.]()
RIT’s Brick City Weekend filled with dozens of activities and reunions
Dozens of events are planned—from sports, tours, entertainers, music, and dance—for Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend on Oct. 18-20.
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October 3, 2024
![Two women stand on either side of a projection screen, which features a powerpoint slide explaining the New Energy New York 3-year phased grant program. Along the bottom of the image is a news graphic which reads, Upstate New York Energy Storage Engine.]()
Four Upstate NY universities partner to form ‘Upstate New York Energy Storage Engine'
WBNG News 12 highlights a partnership between RIT, Binghamton University, Cornell University, and Syracuse University which aims to create the “Upstate New York Energy Storage Engine."
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October 3, 2024
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Rochester to host NCAA men's hockey tournament games for first time since 2007
Democrat and Chronicle interviews Jacqueline Nicholson, RIT's executive director of athletics, about the announcement that Rochester will serve as a regional site for NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament in 2028.
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October 3, 2024
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RIT remains a HEED Award winner and Diversity Champion
RIT’s commitment to diversity has been recognized with INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine's Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award and Diversity Champion designation.
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October 3, 2024
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RIT Car Club preps Fall Motor Show
Fox Rochester features the RIT Car Club's Fall Motor Show, which includes an array of classic and modern cars.
