Today’s Top Stories
RIT joins Property Drone Consortium
The Property Drone Consortium, a collaboration of insurance carriers, construction industry leaders and supporting enterprises, promotes research, development and the establishment of regulations on unmanned aircraft systems across the insurance and construction industries.
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RIT upgrades clean room capabilities
RIT recently installed a high tech laser lithography system in the Semiconductor and Microsystems Fabrication Lab to advance semiconductor research and development.
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The Property Drone Consortium, a collaboration of insurance carriers, construction industry leaders and supporting enterprises, promotes research, development and the establishment of regulations on unmanned aircraft systems across the insurance and construction industries.
read more »
RIT upgrades clean room capabilities
RIT recently installed a high tech laser lithography system in the Semiconductor and Microsystems Fabrication Lab to advance semiconductor research and development.
read more »
Student Newsmakers
Student wins best paper
Preethi Vaidyanathan, Ph.D. student in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, won best paper for “Fusing Eye Movements and Observer Narratives for Expert-Driven Image-Region Annotations” at the Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications in Charleston, S.C., March 14-17.
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Preethi Vaidyanathan, Ph.D. student in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, won best paper for “Fusing Eye Movements and Observer Narratives for Expert-Driven Image-Region Annotations” at the Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications in Charleston, S.C., March 14-17.
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Newsmakers
Edwin Hach III, assistant professor, School of Physics and Astronomy, published “Violations of a Bell inequality for entangled SU(1,1) coherent states based on dichotomic observables,” in Physical Review A 93, 042104 on April 5 with co-authors Paul Alsing and Christopher Gerry.
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Sports News
Liberty league honors athletes
Several student-athletes on the softball and men’s and women’s lacrosse teams were honored by the Liberty League.
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Several student-athletes on the softball and men’s and women’s lacrosse teams were honored by the Liberty League.
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RIT in the News
Rochester Business Journal
Kodak Tower selected for RIT's big shot
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Hindustan Times
'Ustad Amjad Ali Khan chided me for moving his furniture around'
Viren Desai '85 (professional photographic illustration) featured more »
SchirnMag
When selfies become surveillance beacons
Guest column co-written by Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy more »
Smithsonian.com
These Eerie Portraits Capture Endangered and Extinct Animals In a Film That is Also Vanishing
Denis Defibaugh, professor of photographic arts and sciences, featured more »
South Writ Large
The Impact of Framing Migration as Crisis
Guest essay by Benjamin Lawrance, the Hon. Barber B. Conable Jr. Endowed Professor of International Studies more »
AffordableSchools.net
25 Most Affordable Large, Private, Nonprofit Bachelor's Colleges
RIT mentioned more »
Kodak Tower selected for RIT's big shot
more »
Hindustan Times
'Ustad Amjad Ali Khan chided me for moving his furniture around'
Viren Desai '85 (professional photographic illustration) featured more »
SchirnMag
When selfies become surveillance beacons
Guest column co-written by Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy more »
Smithsonian.com
These Eerie Portraits Capture Endangered and Extinct Animals In a Film That is Also Vanishing
Denis Defibaugh, professor of photographic arts and sciences, featured more »
South Writ Large
The Impact of Framing Migration as Crisis
Guest essay by Benjamin Lawrance, the Hon. Barber B. Conable Jr. Endowed Professor of International Studies more »
AffordableSchools.net
25 Most Affordable Large, Private, Nonprofit Bachelor's Colleges
RIT mentioned more »
Today’s Weather
Upcoming Events
Award ceremony: Alfred L. Davis Public Service Awards, 4 p.m. today, Ingle Auditorium
Performance: Outdoor performance, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 7:45 p.m. today through Saturday, Infinity Quad, bring your own chair or blanket
Variety Show: Hosted by RIT Players, 7 p.m. tomorrow, Ingle Auditorium
Information session: Study abroad in Rwanda, 12:30 p.m. tomorrow, Golisano Hall, room 1455
Hale lecture series: “Influences on Privacy as a Professional Practice in Mobile Application Development,” Katie Shilton, University of Maryland, 4 p.m. tomorrow, Eastman Hall, room 2000
Presentation: “The Feminist Movement: the Scandinavian Model,” Despina Tzimoula, Malmo University, noon Friday, McKenzie Commons, Liberal Arts Hall
Concert: Flute studio recital, 1 p.m. Friday, Allen Chapel
Farewell reception: Honoring Kevin McDonald, vice president and associate provost for diversity and inclusion, 3 p.m. Friday, SAU Fireside Lounge
Concert: Eight Beat Measure, 8 p.m. Friday, Panara Theatre
Late-night breakfast: 9:30–11 p.m. Friday, Gracie’s, Grace Watson Hall
Performance: Outdoor performance, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 7:45 p.m. today through Saturday, Infinity Quad, bring your own chair or blanket
Variety Show: Hosted by RIT Players, 7 p.m. tomorrow, Ingle Auditorium
Information session: Study abroad in Rwanda, 12:30 p.m. tomorrow, Golisano Hall, room 1455
Hale lecture series: “Influences on Privacy as a Professional Practice in Mobile Application Development,” Katie Shilton, University of Maryland, 4 p.m. tomorrow, Eastman Hall, room 2000
Presentation: “The Feminist Movement: the Scandinavian Model,” Despina Tzimoula, Malmo University, noon Friday, McKenzie Commons, Liberal Arts Hall
Concert: Flute studio recital, 1 p.m. Friday, Allen Chapel
Farewell reception: Honoring Kevin McDonald, vice president and associate provost for diversity and inclusion, 3 p.m. Friday, SAU Fireside Lounge
Concert: Eight Beat Measure, 8 p.m. Friday, Panara Theatre
Late-night breakfast: 9:30–11 p.m. Friday, Gracie’s, Grace Watson Hall
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