RIT In the news
Recent highlights of media coverage of RIT people and programs
September 2013
- The amazing race at Pack Expo
Abbey Phillips and Jasmine Tompkins, third-year packaging science majors, mentioned , Packaging World, Sept. 30 (Web Link) - RIT men’s hockey practice
Democrat and Chronicle, Sept. 30 (Web Link) - Journalist to speak ‘Plain English’ at RIT
Democrat and Chronicle, Sept. 30 (Web Link) - Has academic rigor diminished in higher education?
RIT referenced, Democrat and Chronicle, Sept. 29 (Web Link) - Fringe Fest 2013: Merged: A Dance Concert, Dangerous Signs, Bending and Breaking
NTID’s Dangerous Signs group featured, City Newspaper, Sept. 28 (Web Link) - What's needed for real action on climate change?
Guest essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, Rochester Business Journal, Sept. 27 (Web Link) - The Rise of Remanufacturing
Nabil Nasr, director, Golisano Institute for Sustainability, cited, Product Design , Sept. 27 (Web Link) - Questionable Captions
Michael Stein, lecturer, NTID, quoted, Inside Higher Ed, Sept. 27 (Web Link) - Three bears and one tough hiker
Amy Stafford ’13 (professional photographic illustration) featured, Times Union, Sept. 27 (Web Link) - What’s The Right Balance For Protecting Privacy And Promoting Accountability On The Internet?
Guest essay co-written by Evan Selinger, associate professor of philosophy, Forbes.com, Sept. 26 (Web Link) - What’s Your Project? YWCA Empowering Women Luncheon
Sharitta Gross, program coordinator, Office of Cooperative Education and Career Services, featured, Democrat and Chronicle, Sept. 26 (Web Link) - ‘Breaking Bad’ ends its run on Sunday still looking good, with credit to the man at the camera
Michael Slovis ’76 (professional photographic illustration) featured, Yahoo, Sept. 26 (Web Link) - Sept. 25, 1971 - RIT football opens 2nd season under Tom Coughlin
Democrat and Chronicle, Sept. 25 (Web Link) - RIT secures funding to redevelop downtown building
Rochester Business Journal, Sept. 25 (Web Link) - Grant finalized for RIT downtown center
Democrat and Chronicle, Sept. 25 (Web Link) - H-1B workers in line for Obamacare work
Ron Hira, associate professor of public policy, quoted, Computerworld, Sept. 25 (Web Link) - Pawtucket’s Usher exhibits ‘Ice Abstractions’
Aaron Usher ’79 (professional photography) featured, The Valley Breeze, Sept. 24 (Web Link) - Great Falls Resident Angie Officer Is Volunteer of the Year
Angie Officer ’88 (graphic design) featured, Virginia Connection, Sept. 24 (Web Link) - RIT, Cornell named among best universities for which to work
Democrat and Chronicle, Sept. 24 (Web Link) - Paley sculpture erected at Memorial Art Gallery
Albert Paley, the Charlotte Fredericks Mowris Professor in Contemporary Crafts, featured, Democrat and Chronicle, Sept. 24 (Web Link) - Local firms win green project award
Golisano Institute for Sustainability featured, The Daily Record, Sept. 24 (Web Link) - ‘Design is One,’ Upcoming Vignelli Documentary, to Hit Screens in October
Vignelli Center for Design Studies referenced, Core77, Sept. 24 (Web Link) - Domestic Sourcing Industry Tries to Recapture Lost Momentum
Ron Hira, associate professor of public policy, featured, Nearshore Americas, Sept. 24 (Web Link) - Identifying business opportunities topic of RIT event Friday
Democrat and Chronicle, Sept. 23 (Web Link) - Rochester Women's Network plans conference Tuesday
Elizabeth Dell, assistant professor, manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology, mentioned, Rochester Business Journal, Sept. 23 (Web Link) - Review: Garth Fagan, BIODANCE connect with crowds
W. Michelle Harris, associate professor, new media development and experience design, featured, Democrat and Chronicle, Sept. 23 (Web Link) - Fringe Fest 2013 Reviews: “Waiting at the Crossroads Cafe” and “Anomaly”
W. Michelle Harris, associate professor, new media development and experience design, featured, City Newspaper, Sept. 22 (Web Link) - Why 1 Trillion Dollars In Black Buying Power Should Be Used To Start Black Businesses
dt ogilvie, dean, Saunders College of Business, featured, Black Enterprise, Sept. 21 (Web Link) - Hot jobs: Changing world of web development seeks new talent
Peter Yim ’11 (applied networking and systems administration) featured, Democrat and Chronicle, Sept. 21 (Web Link) - Fringe fest brings energy downtown
Al Biles, professor of interactive games and media, featured, Democrat and Chronicle, Sept. 21 (Web Link) - Fringe Fest 2013 Reviews: Kinect the Dots, “Ole!”
RIT referenced, City Newspaper, Sept. 21 (Web Link) - A Tale of Two Flint, Michigans
Brett Carlsen ’12 (professional photographic illustration) and Juan Madrid ’13 (professional photographic illustration) featured, Slate, Sept. 20 (Web Link) - New class chosen for 19th year of Forty Under 40
Meredith Smith, associate vice president, Government & Community Relations, mentioned, Rochester Business Journal, Sept. 20 (Web Link) - Rochester General Health System starts RIT Athletics sports medicine program
Henrietta Post, Sept. 18 (Web Link) - Vote for the Best Dance Scene
Video by Raymond McCarthy Bergeron, film and animation graduate student, featured, mtvU.com, Sept. 18 (Web Link) - RIT, UR profs collaborate on photoacoustic imaging technology
Navalgund Rao, professor in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, featured, Rochester Business Journal, Sept. 18 (Web Link) - BlackBerry names 10 young women scholars
Rozie Yeghiazarian, mechanical engineering major, mentioned, Enterprise Innovation, Sept. 18 (Web Link) - Black Friday lesson in Target's Phillip Lim launch
Lisa Barber, assistant director, housing operations, quoted, CNBC.com, Sept. 18 (Web Link) - Scraps of knowledge
Cam Hebda, sustainable systems graduate student, featured, City Newspaper, Sept. 18 (Web Link) - RIT men’s hockey picked fifth in Atlantic Hockey Association preseason coaches poll
Democrat and Chronicle, Sept. 17 (Web Link) - Halloween Prop of Dead, Skinned Dog on a Chain Outrages Shoppers
Mike Johansson, lecturer in communication, quoted, Yahoo, Sept. 17 (Web Link) - RIT to host Entrepreneurial Leadership Summit
Henrietta Post, Sept. 17 (Web Link) - Experts Weigh In: What Can Security Professionals Learn From Hackers?
Andy Meneely, assistant professor of software engineering, quoted, HackSurfer, Sept. 17 (Web Link) - Your guide to the Fringe
Democrat and Chronicle, Sept. 15 (Web Link) - Old, new grass-roots tactics fueled Lovely Warren's upset win
Mike Johansson, lecturer in communication, quoted, Democrat and Chronicle, Sept. 15 (Web Link) - Arild Remmereit leading tribute to Frederick Douglass at Fringe
Thomas Warfield, assistant professor in the Cultural and Creative Studies Department, NTID, mentioned, Democrat and Chronicle, Sept. 15 (Web Link) - RIT's Image Permanence Institute receives $240,922 federal grant from IMLS
Henrietta Post, Sept. 13 (Web Link) - Irondequoit teacher uses many methods to make physics fun
Dan Fullerton ’97, ’03 (microelectronic engineering and microelectronic manufacturing engineering) featured, Democrat and Chronicle, Sept. 13 (Web Link) - How about partnering with the district?
RIT mentioned, City Newspaper, Sept. 13 (Web Link) - Eastman Business Park again tops council's wish list
Center for Urban Entrepreneurship referenced, Democrat and Chronicle, Sept. 13 (Web Link)
