| CAST reorganization
means new roles for McKinzie, Johnson, Desmond |
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A
well-known “Wiley” one is temporarily stepping aside for a fellow
named “Guy” in the College of Applied Science and Technology.
Wiley McKinzie, CAST dean since 1988, will temporarily relinquish day-to-day
duties, effective Jan. 1, to focus on two college initiatives: fostering
increased outreach-education programs and launching an “academic program
incubator,” a center to forecast the need for and develop new engineering
and technology-related programs.
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| M&T renews scholarship
with $50K donation |
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M&T
Bank has renewed its successful initiative with the College of Business
to support the educational needs of some Rochester-area students. Through
an additional gift of $50,000, the bank has sustained its commitment to
the M&T Scholars Program. Since 2000, the M&T Scholars Program has
helped local students acquire a solid educational foundation while gaining
the practical experience needed to succeed in the workplace and become advocates
for the community. As a result of the new funding, one student entering
the COB in 2004 and 2005 will receive a scholarship and is assured summer
employment and co-op opportunities at M&T Bank throughout the student’s
undergraduate studies.
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| Paul Stella named
RIT’s news director |
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Paul
Stella has been named director of RIT’s University News Services. He
has been with RIT’s news department for more than three years and most
recently worked in conjunction with national, regional and local media to
promote RIT’s College of Business, the College of Imaging Arts and
Sciences and the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information
Sciences. Stella has perviously served as executive producer at WOKR-TV
Channel 13, and his efforts helped that station win its first-ever Edward
R. Murrow Award for best newscast in the nation. He was also assistant operations
director for Time Warner’s R News.
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| “What if all
of RIT read the same book?” |
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RIT
Library is conducting an experiment in community involvement and literary
enrichment in support of Writers’ and Books 2004 project “If All
of Rochester Read the Same Book.” RIT Library has added a unique dimension
to enhance the experience. One hundred copies of the selected book, Peace
Like a River by Leif Enger, are being passed from person to person. These
books do not have to be checked out in the traditional manner; simply take
one, read it, and pass it on. It is the passing of books from reader to
reader that makes this project so interesting and transforms it into performance
art.
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| Professor uses imaging
technology to explore shipwrecks |
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“Superior,
they said, never gives up her dead when the gales of November come early.”
The haunting lyrics from The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald are a
tribute to 29 men that died in the Great Lakes’ most famous shipwreck.
Canadian folk artist Gordon Lightfoot immortalized the vessel and its crew
in song one year after their demise in 1975. Three decades later, an RIT
staff member is playing a critical role in shedding new light on the fate
of the Edmond Fitzgerald and various other shipwrecks.
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| RIT hosts annual
science convention |
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RIT’s
College of Science hosted the 30th annual meeting of the Rochester Academy
of Science’s fall session last month. The event featured several poster
and oral presentations on scientific topics by students and faculty from
RIT and regional universities. Approximately 120 people attended the conference.
RIT last hosted the event a decade ago, says Thomas Frederick, professor
of biological sciences and event coordinator. “The convenience of having
it here gave our students an opportunity to present their work in a scientific
setting,” says Frederick, a member of RAC. “About 13 or 14 RIT
students presented out of 55 presentations.”
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| COS presents Wiley
Jones science awards |
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The
annual John Wiley Jones Student in Science Awards were presented to six
students in the College of Science. Scholarships worth $660 were presented
to Andrew Rullo, chemistry, Victoria Shults, mathematics and statistics,
Joseph Spinell, medical sciences, Alivn Spivey, imaging science, Kevin Stokely,
physics, and Rachel Woltman, biological sciences. The John Wiley Jones Student
in Science Award was named for the late John Wiley Jones, founder and chairman
of the board of Jones Chemical Inc. in Caledonia and an avid proponent of
science education. Student award winners were chosen for their distinguished
academic achievements and the demonstration of qualities of talented, young
scientists.
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| Grants to improve
C-print technology |
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The
U.S. Department of Education has awarded two grants totaling $1.1 million
to NTID to test and evaluate new features of its C-Print® speech-to-text
support service. C-Print provides real-time text display of spoken English,
and then saves the text for study. Designed to greatly enhance deaf and
hard-of-hearing students’ ability to participate in class discussion,
the features are part of NTID’s new C-Print Pro software, allowing
for communication between captionist and student computers, and enabling
students to highlight the real-time display of text and to take notes.
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| RIT plays host to
FIPSE reviewers |
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RIT
and Sponsored Research Services hosted one of 10 review sites for the 2004
Comprehensive Program grant competition of the U.S. Department of Education’s
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, Nov. 18-19. The experience
was a professional development opportunity for RIT faculty and staff and
neighboring institutions. The purpose is for FIPSE reviewers to get a national
perspective on ideas for innovation and reform and an inside look at the
elements of successful grant proposal preparation. The review was held in
the NTID Learning Center, with 14 RIT faculty and staff participating as
reviewers including William Basener, Nicholas DiFonzo, Marie Giardino, Raymond
Grosshans, Luane Haggerty, Edith Lawson, Marilyn Mitchell, Eleanor Rosenfield,
Marla Schweppe, Dianne Spang, Julie White, Hiroko Yamashita, Marsha Young
and Stephen Zilora.
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| Recycle Day |
The
results are in from America Recycles Day. Held on Nov. 12, RIT conducted
a survey of students’ recycling habits. The results: 94 percent of
students said they care about recycling (down from 98 percent last year);
88 percent said they look for recycling containers when throwing out trash
(up from 68 percent); 79 percent said recycling is more accessible at RIT
(up from 70 percent); 59 percent are not sure what RIT’s recycling
program is (down from 63 percent); 73 percent of students said they recycle
beverage containers more than anything else—23 percent said paper.
For information on RIT’s recycling program, contact Jason Flynn, RIT’s
recycling administrator, at recycle@rit.edu.
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| Formula racing results |
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The
land down under beckoned again for RIT’s Formula SAE racecar team.
For the fourth consecutive year, RIT competed in the annual Formula SAE
Australasia, Dec. 4-7, in Tailem Bend, South Australia. Racing against 20
other teams at the Mitsubishi Test Facility, and as one of only three teams
from the U.S., RIT captured fifth place overall, while placing third in
the endurance race and earning second for cost report. Six team members
and advisor Alan Nye, professor of mechanical engineering, made the trip
to Australia this year. Competition, sponsored by SAE-Australasia, Holden
Ltd., Ford, Toyota and Mitsubishi, was the second of the year for RIT’s
Formula team. In May, RIT captured 12th place overall, including six top-20
placements in specific categories, among 140 teams at national competition
in Michigan. RIT has competed in Formula competitions every year since 1993.
For more on RIT’s Formula team, visit www.rit.edu/~formula.
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| Volunteer task force |
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Volunteers
are encouraged to participate in the Strategic Planning Task Force to discuss
goals and objectives for the strategic plan to be presented to the Board
of Trustees in July. Volunteers are needed on the following task forces:
career focus, community, global dimension, scolarship and student success.
Submit nominations to Andrew Quagliata, abqccl@rit.edu
by Wednesday, Dec. 12.
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| ICE CAPADE . . . RIT’s School of Art students, faculty
and alumni chiseled their way through six blocks of ice—weighing
300 pounds each—for Gallery r’s annual show-stopping display
during the Park Avenue Winter Fest on Dec. 4. This profile was one
of the favorites. |
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