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July 30, 2023
RIT student graduates with four degrees
WROC-TV interviews recent RIT graduate Bobby Kovach, who managed to earn multiple degrees despite overcoming health challenges from a car accident.
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July 28, 2023
MAGIC Center partnership with Foundry creates interdisciplinary research opportunities for students
RIT’s MAGIC Center and MAGIC Spell Studios has formed a partnership with Foundry, a Rochester-based company whose mission is to empower institutional miners, staking customers, and blockchain entrepreneurs with the tools they need.
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July 27, 2023
Deaf rappers who lay down rhymes in sign languages are changing what it means for music to be heard
An essay in The Conversation mentions Deaf musician Sean Forbes ’08 (applied arts and sciences).
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July 26, 2023
RIT residence hall renamed to honor Frederick Douglass’s granddaughter
RIT is renaming Nathaniel Rochester Hall after Fredericka Douglass Sprague Perry, granddaughter of Frederick Douglass and a former student of the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute, which later became RIT.
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July 26, 2023
Alumna opens second pediatric urgent care location
What began as an idea for an alumna eight years ago has turned into an important option—two options now, actually—for families in need of healthcare in Western New York.
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July 25, 2023
Fan engagement is key for sports and entertainment management
Essay by Jacqueline Mozrall, dean, Saunders College of Business, published by Rochester Business Journal.
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July 25, 2023
Renaming NRH to Fredericka Douglass Sprague Perry Hall
In the spirit of RIT’s Action Plan for Race and Ethnicity, RIT is renaming Nathaniel Rochester Hall after Fredericka Douglass Sprague Perry, a former student, philanthropist, and pioneer in Black children’s welfare.
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July 25, 2023
RIT professor co-authors paper on new planetary formation findings
Joel Kastner, a professor in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science and School of Physics and Astronomy, and a team of researchers with the European Southern Observatory have discovered new evidence of how planets as massive as Jupiter can form.
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July 24, 2023
RIT student graduates with multiple degrees
Despite overcoming health challenges from a car accident, Bobby Kovach, who recently graduated from RIT, managed to earn two degrees in four disciplines at the same time.
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July 24, 2023
New cybersecurity department and degree names align with evolving industry
Cybersecurity is no longer a buzzword—it’s the dominant industry term. That’s why RIT’s computing security degrees and department have adopted new names. The transition from “computing security” to “cybersecurity” will help RIT align with the ever-changing demands of the cybersecurity industry.
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July 24, 2023
RIT appoints new Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Office director
Wayne Plourde was recently appointed director of the Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Office at Rochester Institute of Technology. With a diverse background in academia, law, and in industry, he will administer RIT’s intellectual property assets and manage its campus-wide entrepreneurial initiatives.
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July 24, 2023
Saunders College of Business expands minors to meet evolving hospitality industry demands
To meet the ever-changing needs of the hospitality industry, the Department of International Hospitality and Service Innovation (IHSI) at RIT’s Saunders College of Business is adding and revamping minors to deliver on employer requests.