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Children hunted for Easter eggs in Eastman Kodak Quad on Saturday
University News - Campus Spotlight
http://www.rit.edu/news/photoarchive.php?view=photo&datePhoto=2013-03-30
Apr 25, 2013
RIT recognizes Outstanding Undergraduate Scholars
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49908
Apr 10, 2013
Rochester Institute of Technology will be honoring this year's Outstanding Undergraduate Scholars with a ceremony on Thursday, April 11, at the Gordon Field House and Activities Center. Teachers from high schools and community colleges as far away as California, who had an impact on the students' academic careers, will be present at... View More...
RIT's seventh annual Math Competition for Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
University News - Campus Spotlight
http://www.rit.edu/news/photoarchive.php?view=photo&datePhoto=2013-04-10-16-23
Apr 10, 2013
Teens to explore science, nano-technology and sustainability careers at Workforce Innovations Conference
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49901
Apr 5, 2013
Some of the students will "gown up" for the engineering clean room to learn more about how silicon wafers and integrated circuits are developed. Others will learn about trends in optics, biotechnology and sustainable energy fields. All will be part of the 2013 Workforce Innovations Conference that takes place on Thursday,... View More...
Hispanic engineering student society chapter hosts program to promote STEM to teens
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49897
Apr 3, 2013
Area teens in 11th and 12th grades and their parents can experience Noche de Ciencias, a night of science, an event to promote interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the STEM disciplines. Hosted by the student chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers at Rochester Institute of Technology,... View More...
RIT on TV: NTID National Science Fair
YNN (channel 9) reports on the 8th annual NTID National Science Fair at Rochester Institute of Technology.
You Tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxd4UJ4h6fI
Mar 26, 2013
RIT students, alumni to help educate RCSD children
The Rochester Institute of Technology's E. Philip Saunders College of Business, the Junior Achievement of Rochester and the Rochester City School District will team up on March 22.
HenriettaPost.com
http://www.henriettapost.com/latestnews/x930817190/RIT-students-alumni-to-help-educate-RCSD-children
Mar 19, 2013
RIT Astrophysics Students Explore the Solar System at the Harley School
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49827
Mar 18, 2013
Twenty kindergarteners and first graders in the Harley School Primary B classroom waited patiently for Pluto. Valerie Rapson and Billy Vazquez, doctoral students in RIT's astrophysical sciences and technology program, took turns telling the children about each of the planets in the solar system during a school visit on March 12. "Is Neptune... View More...
Saunders College of Business at RIT helps educate RCSD children
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49825
Mar 18, 2013
The E. Philip Saunders College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology, Junior Achievement of Rochester and the City School District are teaming up for the eighth straight year to educate school children about business, economics and free enterprise. More than 50 volunteers, including RIT students and alumni along with other professionals... View More...
Saunders College of Business at RIT helps educate RCSD children
Volunteers lead Junior Achievement classes at Kodak Park School No. 41
University News
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49825&source=enewsletter
Mar 18, 2013
RIT Astrophysics Students Explore the Solar System at the Harley School
Valerie Rapson and Bill Vazquez present the Great Pluto Debate
University News
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49827&source=enewsletter
Mar 18, 2013
RIT Astrophysics Students Explore the Solar System at the Harley School
Valerie Rapson and Billy Vazquez present the Great Pluto Debate
University News
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49827&source=enewsletter
Mar 18, 2013
RIT 'family' connections in FIRST Robotics
University News writer Michelle Cometa talks about a few of the movers and shakers of the FIRST Robotics Finger Lakes Regional Competition with some RIT connections.
The Tiger Beat
http://www.rit.edu/news/tigerbeat/?p=4593
Mar 6, 2013
Rochester-area teams advance in FIRST Robotics competition
RIT Referenced
Democrat & Chronicle
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20130304/BUSINESS/303040054/?nclick_check=1
Mar 6, 2013
RIT on TV: FIRST Robotics Competition
YNN (channel 9) and WROC-TV (channel 8) report on the 50 teams from the Northeast and Canada that competed in the 2013 Finger Lakes Regional FIRST Robotics competition.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7hwzVcAOCU&list=UUvsAa96EzubF7zNHJEzvG2g&index=12
Mar 5, 2013
Annual FIRST Robotics Competition was held at Gordon Field House March 1 and 2
Campus Spotlight
http://www.rit.edu/news/photoarchive.php?view=photo&datePhoto=2013-03-01
Mar 1, 2013
Callie Babbitt receives prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49775
Feb 19, 2013
Callie Babbitt, an assistant professor at Rochester Institute of Technology's Golisano Institute for Sustainability, has received the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program Award from the National Science Foundation to study the sustainable management of lithium-ion batteries that are discarded after use in electric vehicles and modern consumer electronics. The CAREER Program... View More...
Engineering students repurposed old cribs at Margaret's House into easels.
Campus Spotlight
http://www.rit.edu/news/photoarchive.php?view=photo&datePhoto=2013-02-18
Feb 18, 2013
FIRST Robotics regional event takes place March 1 and 2 at RIT Field House
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49736
Feb 12, 2013
Frisbees launched by robots will make their Ultimate Ascent at the 2013 FIRST Robotics competition. This year, 50 teams from the Northeast and Canada will compete in Ultimate Ascent, the name of this year's game at the 2013 Finger Lakes Regional FIRST Robotics competition. It will be held at the Gordon Field... View More...
At-risk Rochester teenagers learn leadership, coping skills
John Klofas, professor of criminal justice, quoted
Democrat & Chronicle
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20130208/NEWS01/302080080/?nclick_check=1
Feb 10, 2013
Pathway from poverty: Pioneering program helps low-income children get degrees, IBM jobs
Ron Hira, associate professor of public policy, quoted
Desert News
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765622146/Pathway-from-poverty-Pioneering-program-helps-low-income-children-get-degrees-IBM-jobs.html
Feb 9, 2013
RIT on TV: Imaging Science Internship
YNN-TV (channel 9) talks to Bethany Choate, Senior Associate for Outreach Communication.
You Tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNtVbv4u9T0
Feb 6, 2013
RIT offers university-level science research opportunity to high school students
Summer internship program in imaging science provides real-world science projects
University News
https://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49726&source=enewsletter
Feb 6, 2013
Local robotics teams getting ready for regional competition at RIT
Democrat & Chronicle
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20130205/NEWS01/302050047/FIRST-robotics-competition-Victor-Penfield
Feb 5, 2013
RIT internship program offers experience in the sciences
14 high school juniors will be accepted, paid full-time
GreecePost.com
http://www.greecepost.com/latestnews/x766859522/RIT-internship-program-offers-experience-in-the-sciences
Jan 31, 2013
Budding artists showcased at Bevier Gallery
120 teachers select more than 260 student art works for annual RIT event
University News
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49714&source=enewsletter
Jan 31, 2013
Games in Education: Getting Girls in the Game
Gamification
gco Gamification Corp.
http://www.gamification.co/2013/01/22/games-in-education-getting-girls-in-the-game/
Jan 22, 2013
Girls and Games: What's the Attraction?
KQED
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/01/girls-and-games-whats-the-attraction/
Jan 14, 2013
Mentoring program helps students build their dreams
Program helps teach design and construction skills
Democrat and Chronicle
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20130103/NEWS01/301030056/?nclick_check=1
Jan 3, 2013
FIRST Robotics to Announce 2013 Competition Game
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49650
Dec 20, 2012
Previous games were called Rebound Rumble, Logo Motion and Diabolical Dynamics. This year's FIRST Robotics Competition game is still under wraps but will be announced during a live, nationwide telecast hosted by FIRST founder Dean Kamen at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 5 in Eastman Kodak's Theater on the Ridge, 200 Ridge Road... View More...
Children from Margaret’s House sold snowman bookmarks for Hurricane Sandy victims.
University News
http://www.rit.edu/news/photoarchive.php?view=photo&datePhoto=2012-12-20
Dec 20, 2012
For city schools, focus on communication could pay dividends
Democrat and Chronicle.com
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20121204/news01/312040048/&odyssey=mod_sectionstories
Dec 4, 2012
Guest essay: High schools don't prepare students for college
[Amanda Rodriquez]
Democrat and Chronicle.com
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20121110/OPINION02/311100013
Nov 10, 2012
Bivona center, YMCA lead initiative to fight child abuse through education
Democrat and Chronicle.com
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20121026/NEWS01/310260026/?gcheck=1&nclick_check=1
Oct 26, 2012
RIT Hosts Pharmaceutical Waste Collection in Cooperation with Monroe County
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49498
Oct 25, 2012
Americans fill an average of a dozen drug prescriptions per person each year, according to research by the Kaiser Family Foundation. At the same time, prescription drug abuse is the fastest growing drug problem in the United States, according to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Partnership for a Drug... View More...
Hempstead native gives back to local elementary students
Long Island Report
http://longislandreport.org/news/hempstead-native-gives-back-to-local-elementary-students/15864
Oct 23, 2012
National Academy Foundation honors Destler and Johnson
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49459
Oct 17, 2012
RIT President Bill Destler and his wife, Rebecca Johnson, were recipients of the National Academy Foundation Making a Difference Award. The awards were presented at the seventh annual Rochester Education Foundation Partnership Awards Dinner on Oct. 16. "We are honored to present this award to Dr. Destler and Dr. Johnson. Their commitment... View More...
Latino college fairs gives Rochester youths access to area colleges
Democrat and Chronicle.com
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20121012/NEWS01/310120049/?nclick_check=1&odyssey
Oct 12, 2012
Hearing impaired student Roderick Gooden explorers careers at RIT camp
Fay Observer.com
http://fayobserver.com/articles/2012/09/26/1201768?sac=fo.community/hopemills
Sep 26, 2012
RIT on TV: Women in STEM Fields
You Tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LgLWhWj92A
Sep 26, 2012
State of the Arts Lessons in the LCSD
The Journal Register
http://journal-register.com/local/x2076994348/State-of-the-art-lessons-in-LCSD
Sep 12, 2012
RIT/Nazareth Tech2Teach program receives $300,000 to develop future STEM teachers
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49373
Sep 10, 2012
Rochester Institute of Technology and Nazareth College have won a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to cultivate interest among RIT science majors in careers in secondary education. The grant from the NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholar Program will fund an RIT Learning Assistant program specifically for majors in physics, biology,... View More...
Shen Student Attends Unique RIT College Program
CN weekly.com
http://www.cnweekly.com/articles/2012/09/07/news/doc504a4efc4442d272036300.txt
Sep 7, 2012
Winners Announced in 2012 National Writing Contest
NTID Newsletter
http://www.ntid.rit.edu/news/winners-announced-2012-national-writing-contest?source=enewsletter
Sep 7, 2012
Hillside Community Shield soccer event to support youth and families
GatesChiliPost.com
http://www.gateschilipost.com/communitysportscontent/x2107489079/Hillside-Community-Shield-soccer-event-to-support-youth-and-families
Sep 5, 2012
RIT on TV: ASL Name Controversy
You Tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLfSF6GfAi4&lr=1
Sep 3, 2012
Local group aims to take different approach to teaching science
[Brian Koberlein, COS]
Democrat and Chronicle.com
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20120901/NEWS01/309010043/1168/
Sep 1, 2012
RIT on TV: 2012 City Scholars
You Tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gggrPp6qZA
Aug 23, 2012
Science TV Show Invites Middle-School Kids to Prove Their World
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49325
Aug 22, 2012
Prove Your World is not your typical science TV show. Currently in preproduction, Prove Your World is about active learning and rock-solid science. It's about teaching 8- to 13-year-olds to think like scientists, to ask questions and to explore ideas. A team of academics and educational consultants has built the program from the... View More...
Members of Perinton Youth Hockey wait to take the ice at Ritter Arena
University News - Campus Spotlight
http://www.rit.edu/news/photoarchive.php?view=photo&datePhoto=2012-08-22-06-38
Aug 22, 2012
Local Students Welcomed to RIT
Democrat and Chronicle.com
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20120821/NEWS01/308210031
Aug 21, 2012
Two city charter schools offer new options
Democrat and Chronicle.com
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20120820/NEWS01/308170055/?nclick_check=1
Aug 20, 2012
Programs help mobilize education reform in upstate New York
Democrat and Chronicle.com
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20120818/NEWS01/308180030/Programs-help-mobilize-education-reform-upstate-New-York?nclick_check=1
Aug 18, 2012
Third Class of Rochester City Scholars at RIT Announced
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49314
Aug 14, 2012
The third class of Rochester City Scholars will be welcomed to Rochester Institute of Technology at a community ceremony at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 21 at Liberty Hill, President Bill Destler's residence, 2201 Lehigh Station Road. This year, 21 students from seven high schools in the Rochester City School District will be... View More...
High school researcher combines sustainability with passion for chemistry
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49312
Aug 14, 2012
It's hard to imagine any teenager spending summer cooped up inside a laboratory, particularly by choice. But meet Omega Christian. While his peers enjoyed the outdoors, this Rochester City School District student remained indoors to pursue his passion for chemistry-exploring recycling technologies at RIT's Golisano Institute for Sustainability. "Most of my work... View More...
Robots Come to Life at RIT/NTID's DRobotZ Camp
NTID Newsletter
http://www.ntid.rit.edu/news/robots-come-life-ritntids-drobotz-camp?source=enewsletter
Aug 13, 2012
Lose the Training Wheels camp helps kids with autism learn how to ride a bike
University News - Campus Spotlight
http://www.rit.edu/news/photoarchive.php?view=photo&datePhoto=2012-08-09-14-50
Aug 9, 2012
RIT on TV: Lose the Training Wheels
You Tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoqQ02KbKm0
Aug 6, 2012
NTID Summer Camp on YNN
You Tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojsTAilfdEU
Aug 2, 2012
In Rochester's Economy, robotics are more than just kid's play
[Manian Ramkumar]
Democrat and Chronicle.com
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20120803/BUSINESS/308030007/
Aug 2, 2012
Everyday Engineering campers assemble skateboards in the Toyota Production Systems Lab
University News - Campus Spotlight
http://www.rit.edu/news/photoarchive.php?view=photo&datePhoto=2012-07-24
Jul 31, 2012
RIT campers connect to International Space Station
Henrietta Post.com
http://www.henriettapost.com/features/x1629581462/RIT-campers-connect-to-International-Space-Station
Jul 30, 2012
RIT camp introduces girls to engineering
Democrat and Chronicle.com
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20120727/PROMO/120727005
Jul 27, 2012
Academy introduces students to multimedia journalism
Democrat and Chronicle.com
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20120727/NEWS01/120727003
Jul 27, 2012
Taub Scholars Multimedia Journalism Academy
University News - Campus Spotlight
http://www.rit.edu/news/photoarchive.php?view=photo&datePhoto=2012-07-26
Jul 26, 2012
High school students attend NTID's Explore Your Future summer camp
University News - Campus Spotlight
http://www.rit.edu/news/photoarchive.php?view=photo&datePhoto=2012-07-23
Jul 24, 2012
RIT on TV: Space Chat
RIT's Everyday Engineering Program
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDvQnA4WTxI
Jul 24, 2012
RIT, 'D&C' Introduce High School Students to Journalism Careers
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49249
Jul 23, 2012
A new partnership between Rochester Institute of Technology and the Democrat and Chronicle will introduce six area high school students to the world of multimedia journalism. Through July 27, potential future journalists who will be high school seniors this fall will attend the Taub Scholars Multimedia Journalism Academy. Two days of the... View More...
Campers at RIT Chat With Astronaut On Board Space Station
YNN.com
http://rochester.ynn.com/content/592600/campers-at-rit-chat-with-astronaut-on-board-space-station/
Jul 23, 2012
Girls in RIT's Engineering Camp to Connect with International Space Station
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49247
Jul 19, 2012
It will be a giant step for woman-kind when campers in the Everyday Engineering Program at Rochester Institute of Technology connect with the International Space Station next week. The group of elementary and middle school-age girls participating in the camp sponsored by the Women in Engineering at RIT program will be connecting... View More...
Deaf college at RIT helps pry open health care field
Democrat and Chronicle.com
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20120719/NEWS01/307110060/Deaf-college-RIT-helps-pry-open-health-care-field
Jul 19, 2012
New York School Creates All-Girls Class To Boost Science Participation
ASEE - First Bell
http://www.13wham.com/news/story/Local-School-Creates-All-Girls-Class-to-Boost/q6oy3QgV-kKB_P2ohlyH4g.cspx
Jul 13, 2012
RIT on TV: RoboCamp
You Tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F34_l7Gv7TI
Jul 12, 2012
Channel 8 WROC-TV about Engineering camp and rocket project
You Tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK75OGElYBo
Jul 11, 2012
Students off to RIT for Summer Camp Opportunities
Oswego County Today.com
http://oswegocountytoday.com/?p=91506
Jul 10, 2012
Openings Still Available for Everyday Engineering Programs for Girls
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49240
Jul 3, 2012
WE@RIT, the Women in Engineering program at Rochester Institute of Technology, has openings for its annual Everyday Engineering summer engineering camps for young women. The group will also host an exploration program for high school-age girls in August. Openings are available for this program as well. Both take place at RIT's... View More...
Google Computer Science Program Available for High School Teachers
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49216
Jun 7, 2012
Helene Martin is a "geek who gives back," and Ian Whalley shapes some of Google's most-used applications through computational thinking. Both will be featured speakers at the third annual Explorations in Computing, Computer Science for High School workshop July 9-11 at Rochester Institute of Technology. The event is free and open to... View More...
RIT's Saunders College Hosts Future Business Leaders' Experience
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49215
Jun 5, 2012
Kadisha Phillips just completed her freshman year majoring in television, radio and film at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Phillips is now giving back-mentoring students at an unconventional summer school business program that helped her while she was a rising senior at School of the Arts. "The program... View More...
Impact of RIT's K-12 Program Shines Through Conference
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49171
May 23, 2012
Two Rochester Institute of Technology K-12 teams won first and third place at the state level in the Science and Technology Entry Program's Annual Research Project Competition last month in Albany. The first-place team presented in the biological/life sciences division. Their project, "What Type is Your Serotype," included teammates Lily Southivongnorath and... View More...
Betsy Dell Receives 2012 Edwina Award for Gender Diversity
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49134
May 7, 2012
As a mentor, teacher, researcher and proponent of strengthening women pursuing careers in science, technology and engineering, it's no wonder Betsy Dell's professional workshop series for undergraduates is called EMPOWER. Dell, an assistant professor of manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology at Rochester Institute of Technology, was recently named the recipient of the... View More...
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