Starting today, News & Events Daily begins a twice-weekly winter intersession schedule with issues every Tuesday and Thursday.

Today’s Top Stories

CNN anchor Fredricka Whitfield to keynote MLK event
Fredricka Whitfield, weekend anchor of CNN Newsroom, will be the keynote speaker for the annual Expressions of King’s Legacy celebration on Jan. 26 at RIT. read more »

RIT ranked a ‘best value’ private university
RIT ranks among the country’s best values in private colleges, according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance’s Top 300 College Values of 2017. read more »

Lella Vignelli dies at 82
Lella Vignelli, who enjoyed a lifelong collaborative working relationship with her husband, the late Massimo Vignelli, and whose Vignelli Center for Design Studies placed RIT onto the international forefront of design studies, died Dec. 22. read more »

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2017 New Year's Wishes from RIT
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Newsmakers

Brian Tomaszewski, associate professor of information sciences and technologies, presented "Disasters, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Spatial Thinking: Case Studies and Examples," at the 2016 International Symposium on National Geographic State Monitoring Dec. 17-18 in Wuhan, China.

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Tiger Hockey

Men’s hockey loses to Bowling Green in final game of calendar year
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Sports News

ROAR for Athletics Challenge a tremendous success
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Women’s basketball has eight-game winning streak snapped in close loss at Skidmore
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Second half comeback falls short as men’s basketball loses at Skidmore
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RIT in the News

New York Magazine
The 'Maternal Bereavement Effect' Explains Why So Many Parents Die After Their Children
Javier Espinosa, associate professor of economics, quoted more »

The Huffington Post
The Great Lakes Have Become A Dumping Ground For Millions Of Pounds Of Plastic
Matthew Hoffman, assistant professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences, featured more »

Democrat and Chronicle
Giving back never goes out of season
Lawrence Torcello, associate professor of philosophy, quoted more »

Rochester Business Journal
Will airlines ever stop charging new fees?
Guest essay by Amitrajeet Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics more »

Rochester Business Journal
Women's Hall of Fame honors Rochesterians
Christine Whitman, chair, Board of Trustees, mentioned more »

Sports Illustrated
Family Ties: Tanev brothers face off for Canucks, Jets
Chris Tanev, former men's hockey standout, featured more »

Hamilton Community News
Conscientious objection to vaccines has doubled in 20 years
Brian Koberlein, senior lecturer of physics, quoted more »

Finger Lakes Times
SHORE TO SHORE: Photographer seeks to identify 1981 photo subjects
Kathryn MacKay '82 (professional photographic illustration) featured more »

Democrat and Chronicle
4 area colleges rated 'Best Values'
RIT mentioned more »

GoodCall
California Needs More than 45,000 Cybersecurity Professionals; What About Your State?
Bo Yuan, associate professor and chair, Department of Computing Security, featured more »