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Operation Brain Food is a multi-layered experience designed by the Premedical Student Association to show visitors the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. The biomedical students, based in the College of Health Sciences and Technology, target their message through the taste buds. Baristas at a Granola Bar will serve custom-made granola containing healthy...

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Richard Doolittle has been named vice dean of RIT's College of Health Sciences and Technology, effective April 1. Doolittle served as acting dean and played an integral role in envisioning, creating and organizing the new college, which began offering classes in fall 2011. "In light of his dedication and tireless efforts to establish...

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Rochester Institute of Technology professor Hamad Ghazle, director of the diagnostic medical sonography program in the College of Health Sciences and Technology, has been designated an Advanced Practice Sonographer by the national Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography. Advanced Practice Sonography designation denotes the most distinguished level of clinical expertise within the profession...

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Dr. Daniel B. Ornt has been named the first Vice President and Dean of the Institute of Health Sciences and Technology at Rochester Institute of Technology. He will join the university on Dec. 1. Ornt is currently the Vice Dean for Education and Academic Affairs at Case Western Reserve University School of...

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The science "bug" can be catchy, especially if the conditions are right: an enthusiastic instructor, hands-on experiments and science made fun. Middle school students learned about genetics while playing junior crime scene investigators during DNA Detectives camp, July 25-29, offered through RIT's Center for Bioscience Education and Technology in the new Institute...

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Uchenna Azogu and Janis Connor will finish spring quarter as juniors in RIT's College of Science and return in the fall as seniors in the College of Health Sciences and Technology. "It is awesome that RIT will be able to say, 'Yes, we have a college specific...

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Rochester Institute of Technology and Rochester General Health System will open the Institute of Health Sciences and Technology this September, RIT President Bill Destler and RGHS President and CEO Mark Clement jointly announced today. The new institute will channel the strengths and expertise of the RIT-RGHS Alliance, formed in 2008 to...

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Rochester Institute of Technology and Rochester General Health System will announce the creation of the Institute of Health Sciences and Technology during a news conference at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 14, in the Fireside Lounge in the Student Alumni Union on the RIT campus. RIT President Bill Destler and RGHS CEO Mark...

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RIT and Rochester General Health System will open the Institute of Health Sciences and Technology this September. RIT President Bill Destler and RGHS CEO Mark Clement will formally make the announcement at a news conference at 10 a.m. April 14 in Fireside Lounge, Student Alumni Union. The new institute will channel...

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The university will open the Institute of Health Sciences and Technology this fall, which will consist of three facets of health care and position the RIT-Rochester General Health System Alliance as a contributing player in the reform of the nation's health care system. The College of Health...

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RIT President Bill Destler has approved the establishment of the Institute of Health Sciences and Technology. 
 RIT provost Jeremy Haefner had led a series of discussions this fall about plans for the proposed institute. He described it as a framework for tapping the strengths and expertise of...

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RIT President Bill Destler has approved the establishment of the Institute of Health Sciences and Technology, effective immediately. Provost Jeremy Haefner made the announcement earlier today. Richard Doolittle, assistant provost, will lead the development of a transition and implementation plan, while Jim Watters, senior vice president for finance and administration, will initiate...

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