Today’s Top Stories
NTID gets $2.6M to study language outcomes
NTID was awarded a $2.6 million, five-year award from the National Institutes of Health to study the neurological, linguistic and behavioral outcomes for deaf individuals after childhood—the first study of its kind with college-age adults. read more »
Undergraduate student innovators unveil research
More than 250 student projects, representing RIT’s nine colleges, were on display at the 26th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium on Aug. 4. Research proposals were featured in a series of oral and poster presentations throughout the day. read more » | watch video »
Experts discuss future of midsized ‘smart cities’
Forty researchers and practitioners from around the world came together at RIT to discuss the future of smart cities during the International Workshop on Urban Data Science. read more »
RIT Events now available
RIT students, faculty and staff will now use RIT Events as the central place to request rooms on campus. You no longer need to wonder who to contact when you want to reserve a space for your next meeting or event. To get started, go to reserve.rit.edu.
NTID was awarded a $2.6 million, five-year award from the National Institutes of Health to study the neurological, linguistic and behavioral outcomes for deaf individuals after childhood—the first study of its kind with college-age adults. read more »
Undergraduate student innovators unveil research
More than 250 student projects, representing RIT’s nine colleges, were on display at the 26th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium on Aug. 4. Research proposals were featured in a series of oral and poster presentations throughout the day. read more » | watch video »
Experts discuss future of midsized ‘smart cities’
Forty researchers and practitioners from around the world came together at RIT to discuss the future of smart cities during the International Workshop on Urban Data Science. read more »
RIT Events now available
RIT students, faculty and staff will now use RIT Events as the central place to request rooms on campus. You no longer need to wonder who to contact when you want to reserve a space for your next meeting or event. To get started, go to reserve.rit.edu.
Newsmakers
Manuela Campanelli, director of RIT's Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation, presented Astrophysical Signatures of Black Hole Mergers at the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris Colloquium on the Era of Gravitational-Wave Astronomy in Paris, June 26-30.
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How Rochester is harnessing the light: Photonics gains foothold
Ryne Raffaelle, vice president for research and associate provost, quoted more »
Democrat and Chronicle
What's going on in College Town? Apartments are full but 31% retail vacancy rate exists
Eugene Fram, professor emeritus, Saunders College of Business, quoted more »
The Conversation
If we keep subsidizing wind, will the cost of wind energy go down?
Guest essay by Eric Williams, associate professor of sustainability, and Eric Hittinger, assistant professor of public policy more »
The Times of India
Bengaluru to house preservation lab and library of Vedas
P.R. Mukund, professor of electrical engineering, featured more »
How Rochester is harnessing the light: Photonics gains foothold
Ryne Raffaelle, vice president for research and associate provost, quoted more »
Democrat and Chronicle
What's going on in College Town? Apartments are full but 31% retail vacancy rate exists
Eugene Fram, professor emeritus, Saunders College of Business, quoted more »
The Conversation
If we keep subsidizing wind, will the cost of wind energy go down?
Guest essay by Eric Williams, associate professor of sustainability, and Eric Hittinger, assistant professor of public policy more »
The Times of India
Bengaluru to house preservation lab and library of Vedas
P.R. Mukund, professor of electrical engineering, featured more »
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Upcoming Events
Adjunct faculty orientation: 3–5 p.m. Thursday, Gosnell Hall, room A-300
New faculty orientation: 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Aug. 16–18, Gosnell Hall, room A-300
International Student Orientation: 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Aug. 20, Gordon Field House
Graduate Student Orientation: 2–4 p.m. Aug. 22, Ingle Auditorium
Tiger Walk: Welcome new students ahead of Convocation, 10:30 a.m. Aug. 23, outside Gordon Field House
Convocation: Welcoming new students and their families, 11 a.m. Aug. 23, Gordon Field House
President’s Address to the Community: 9 a.m. Aug. 25, Gordon Field House
Classes begin: Aug. 28
New faculty orientation: 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Aug. 16–18, Gosnell Hall, room A-300
International Student Orientation: 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Aug. 20, Gordon Field House
Graduate Student Orientation: 2–4 p.m. Aug. 22, Ingle Auditorium
Tiger Walk: Welcome new students ahead of Convocation, 10:30 a.m. Aug. 23, outside Gordon Field House
Convocation: Welcoming new students and their families, 11 a.m. Aug. 23, Gordon Field House
President’s Address to the Community: 9 a.m. Aug. 25, Gordon Field House
Classes begin: Aug. 28
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