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Betsy Dell Named 'Up & Coming Businesswoman' by Rochester Women's Network
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=50277
Sep 27, 2013
Betsy Dell, associate professor of manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology at Rochester Institute of Technology, was one of the recipients of the 2013 Up & Coming Businesswomen Award, a designation given by the area nonprofit professional group Rochester Women's Network. Dell was recognized at the organization's Network Summit Business Conference on Sept.... View More...
How about partnering with the district?
City Newspaper
http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/NewsBlog/archives/2013/09/13/how-about-partnering-with-the-district
Sep 13, 2013
RIT partnering to create charter high school
Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=940v9RKXaDU
Sep 12, 2013
RIT on TV: Charter School Partnership - 13WHAM
Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jVvRuJkfd0
Sep 12, 2013
RIT, UR host Hillside Community Shield
RIT Athletics News
http://www.ritathletics.com/news/2013/9/12/MSOC_0912134713.aspx
Sep 12, 2013
Another reason for RCSD to reassess
Democrat & Chronicle
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20130913/OPINION04/309130011/Another-reason-RCSD-reassess
Sep 12, 2013
RIT, Uncommon Schools partner to create new charter high school
University News
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=50235
Sep 11, 2013
Uncommon Schools and Rochester Institute of Technology are partnering in the development of a charter high school in Rochester that will have a distinctive focus: Increasing the number of Rochester students who receive bachelor's degrees from college. The high school will be the fifth Rochester school operated by Uncommon Schools, an award-winning... View More...
The Uncommon Schools/RIT Charter High School Project
huffingtonpost.com
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-destler/the-uncommon-schoolsrit-c_b_3908495.html
Sep 11, 2013
RIT announces new partnership with Rochester Prep charter school
Democrat & Chronicle
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/proart/20130911/news01/309110029?pagerestricted=1
Sep 11, 2013
RIT to help develop charter school in Rochester
Rochester Business Journal
http://www.rbj.net/article.asp?aID=199984
Sep 11, 2013
RIT partners with Uncommon Schools
City Newspaper
http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/NewsBlog/archives/2013/09/11/rit-partners-with-uncommon-schools
Sep 11, 2013
RIT, Uncommon Schools Team Up to Form a Charter High School
WXXI News
http://wxxinews.org/post/rit-uncommon-schools-team-form-charter-high-school#.UjHA_D9dIks
Sep 11, 2013
RIT to partner on new Rochester charter school
Webster Post
http://www.websterpost.com/article/20130911/NEWS/130919885#ixzz2egno2AVA
Sep 11, 2013
Building community, reducing conflicts
University News
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=50240
Sep 10, 2013
Probation is a tough consequence of being in trouble, but it can also be a turning point for positive change. For some Rochester teens, they received some tools and support to make life-changing decisions through a program developed by RIT's Leadership Institute, members of the Community Place of Greater Rochester and Hillside... View More...
RIT program helps Rochester students get a chance to shine
Democrat & Chronicle
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20130823/NEWS01/308230060/RIT-rochester-city-scholars
Aug 23, 2013
RIT welcomes fourth class of Rochester City Scholars
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=50191
Aug 20, 2013
The fourth class of Rochester City Scholars will be welcomed to Rochester Institute of Technology at a community ceremony at 5 p.m. Aug. 23 at Liberty Hill, President Bill Destler's residence, 2201 Lehigh Station Road. This year, 22 students from nine high schools in the Rochester City School District will be part... View More...
Saunders College of Business - Future Business Leaders & Entrepreneurs Program
Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MABA0G1Oy48
Aug 20, 2013
RCSD apprentices complete summer school program at Saunders College, Aug. 17
Celebrating a new class of Future Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs
University News
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=50180&source=enewsletter
Aug 13, 2013
RIT on TV: Future Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs Program
Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV1KYgvTNjU
Aug 13, 2013
RIT Photojournalism Summer Camp 2013
Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq0_Hb6YLL4
Aug 12, 2013
College & Careers program at RIT
RIT College & Careers (RITCC) - Aug, 2013 RITCC .
Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xm4nVZWnH4
Aug 6, 2013
The Center for Bioscience Education and Technology hosted a summer camp last week
University News Campus Spotlight
http://www.rit.edu/news/photoarchive.php?view=photo&datePhoto=2013-08-06
Aug 6, 2013
Middle school students explore career options at NTID's Steps to Success camp
University News Campus Spotlight
http://www.rit.edu/news/photoarchive.php?view=photo&datePhoto=2013-08-02
Aug 2, 2013
Toyota USA Foundation donates $120,000 to RIT
Toyota USA Foundation has donated $120,000 to the Rochester Institute of Technology College of Science
Henrietta Post
http://www.henriettapost.com/x1808720093/Toyota-USA-Foundation-donates-120-000-to-RIT
Jul 25, 2013
Toyota gives RIT $120,000 to grow math workshops into national model
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=50162
Jul 24, 2013
Rochester Institute of Technology has a winning formula for mathematics outreach and is poised to expand it into a national model with a $120,000 grant from the Toyota USA Foundation, a charitable endowment supporting K-12 math and science education. RIT's Summer Mathematics Institute Teachers' Workshop puts high school math in context for... View More...
Students design, build and program robots at RIT's RoboCamp
University News
http://www.rit.edu/news/photoarchive.php?view=photo&datePhoto=2013-07-22
Jul 22, 2013
Summer camp highlights everyday engineering with energy and environmental projects
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=50120
Jul 19, 2013
Sometimes a setback or an obstacle can still offer inspiration. That was one of the many insights the girls discovered during RIT's Everyday Engineering Camp as they talked online with Amy Elliott, a competitor on the Discovery Channel's Big Brain Theory reality show. Elliott's team just missed winning the show's design challenge,... View More...
Everyday Engineering with WE@RIT
Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryiQFOk03Rs
Jul 19, 2013
Nearly 200 deaf or hard-of-hearing students attended NTID's Explore Your Future camp
University News Campus Spotlight
http://www.rit.edu/news/photoarchive.php?view=photo&datePhoto=2013-07-17
Jul 17, 2013
Children with autism learned how to ride bikes last week at the Gordon Field House
University News
http://www.rit.edu/news/photoarchive.php?view=photo
Jul 13, 2013
Girls built energy-efficient dog houses during Everyday Engineering camp
University News Campus Spotlight
http://www.rit.edu/news/photoarchive.php?view=photo&datePhoto=2013-07-11-17-03
Jul 11, 2013
Multimedia Journalism 101: RIT, 'D&C' give high school students a crash course
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=50109
Jul 8, 2013
Rochester Institute of Technology and the Democrat and Chronicle will introduce six area high school students to the world of multimedia journalism this week. Through July 11, high school seniors will attend the annual Taub Scholars Multimedia Journalism Academy. The program will be held at RIT and at the Democrat and Chronicle... View More...
RoboCamp 2013 @ RIT
Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RJhbweDi8A
Jul 8, 2013
Margaret's House iPads @ RIT
Having a group of children with a group of iPads can be surprisingly social!
Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK5eTHUBeMs
Jul 2, 2013
Tech smart kindergarteners at Margaret's House get iPads in the classroom
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=50104
Jul 1, 2013
The kindergarten classroom at Margaret's House Child Care Center at Rochester Institute of Technology just got a few new favorite toys-iPads. While many adults may use iPads every day for work, the children at Margaret's House have been using the tablets to learn and develop skills in everything from measuring to reading.... View More...
RIT holds math workshop for high school teachers
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=50092
Jun 18, 2013
Later this month, high school math teachers from across Monroe County and beyond will come to Rochester Institute of Technology to attend talks on how high school math forms the basis for college courses and how it is used by professionals in various fields. RIT's School of Mathematical Sciences, part of the... View More...
Ibero presents scholarships to students
Democrat&Chronicle.com
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/A2/20130608/NEWS01/306080052
Jun 8, 2013
RIT to host Future Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs program
HenrittaPost.com
http://www.henriettapost.com/latestnews/x1943669210/RIT-to-host-Future-Business-Leaders-and-Entrepreneurs-program#axzz2VRjYfwZs
Jun 6, 2013
Saunders College hosts classes for Future Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=50079
Jun 5, 2013
"FBLE benefits the community through the development of our next generation of business leaders who will be starting and running companies that drive our economy and create jobs." -Delmonize Smith, Saunders College Forty students from the Rochester City School District will start an unconventional summer school program as Saunders College of Business at... View More...
Saunders College hosts classes for Future Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs
Summer program where minority RCSD students help minority-based businesses
University News
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=50079&source=enewsletter
Jun 5, 2013
Albert Paley prepares 13 massive sculptures for New York City
Sculptor Albert Paley visits School 52: Fourth-graders at School 52 got the rare opportunity not only to meet metal sculptor Albert Paley, but to work with him on their own creations
Democrat&Chronicle.com
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20130602/ENT01/306010017/
Jun 1, 2013
Saunders College at RIT pilots first Lemonade Day program in Rochester
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=50072
May 28, 2013
"We can transform the lives of Rochester city kids." -Saunders College Dean dt ogilvie Saunders College of Business Dean dt ogilvie believes bringing Lemonade Day to Rochester is a step forward in training the next generation of entrepreneurs-by teaching children how to start, own and operate their own business through the simple and... View More...
Fairport junior invents winning word in RIT contest
Fairport-East Rochester Post
http://www.fairport-erpost.com/features/x1910060361/Fairport-junior-invents-winning-word-in-RIT-contest#axzz2W0qL7izO
May 28, 2013
Students Design 22 Playful Wooden Toys For Kids
Fast Company Co. Design
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1672647/students-design-22-playful-wooden-toys-for-kids#1
May 24, 2013
Young Webster entrepreneurs share their ideas - with investors!
WebsterPost.com
http://www.websterpost.com/latestnews/x90717752/Young-Webster-entrepreneurs-share-their-ideas-with-investors#axzz2W20K8UVx
May 17, 2013
RIT contest spawns next generation of wordsmiths
http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=50016
May 13, 2013
Kevin Harper may have a future in etymology. The Fairport High School junior recently took home a new iPad as the winner of "Wordistry," a word-creation contest sponsored by Rochester Institute of Technology's Department of Communication. According to Harper, his award-winning word-techista-means "a person that must always have the latest and greatest technology,... View More...
Teenager comes up with a way to block Twitter TV spoilers
LosAngelosTimes.com
http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-twivo-jennie-lamere-twitter-spoilers-20130508,0,2020866.story
May 8, 2013
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...
Students from across country participated in the National Science Fair at NTID
University News - Campus Spotlight
http://www.rit.edu/news/photoarchive.php?view=photo&datePhoto=2013-04-03
Apr 3, 2013
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
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