| Photojournalists’ global work described |
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Three renowned photojournalists will be coming to RIT in the upcoming weeks.
Olympus Visionary photographers Anne Day and John Isaac will speak at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 4, in Webb Auditorium, James E. Booth Building. Day is a freelance photographer and
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| Spring is in the air—starting May 5 |
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As spring quarter nears an end, and music, fireworks and the smell of barbeque fill the RIT air, it can
only mean one thing—Springfestival is here. Organized by RIT’s College Activities Board, Springfestival is held each year to help students
blow off some steam
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| ROTC brigade honors |
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RIT’s Army ROTC Tiger Battalion, 1st Brigade, has received the MacArthur Award in recognition exceptional training and commissioning of lieutenants entering the Army. RIT’s battalion is one of only six in the country—among 272 college-based units—to receive
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| Campus Ministry gift |
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The spiritual well-being of the RIT campus community remains on solid footing, thanks to the generosity of the Kilian J. and Caroline F. Schmitt Foundation.
Enhancing its initial endowment of $200,000 to fund the director position in the Center for Religions Life
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| COLA launches specialized psychology master’s degree |
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A new master’s degree in applied experimental and engineering psychology in the College of Liberal
Arts draws on the strengths of the university to explore ways people
use technology.
The collaborative program brings together the Department of Psychology with
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| RIT hosting concrete canoe race |
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Canoes made of concrete float. Really, they do.
But if you need to see in order to believe, you’ll get your chance this month. For the first time in almost a decade, RIT is hosting the Upstate New York Regional Concrete Canoe Competition, April 28-29, on
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| New book helps develop blueprint for marketing |
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Customized marketing communications is revolutionizing the way advertising agencies and print services providers are leveraging their digital printing. What’s the payoff? What strategies should be utilized?
Data-Driven Print: Strategy and Implementation, a new book
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| Fabbio appointed to RIT board of trustees |
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Bob Fabbio ’85 (M.S. computer science) will become the 53rd active member of RIT’s Board of Trustees.
An entrepreneur who has founded several successful technology companies, Fabbio is president and CEO of Austin, Texas-based Cesura Inc. He founded Tivoli
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| NTID to host GM vice president |
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Larry Burns, General Motors vice president of research and development and strategic development, will speak at 10 a.m. Friday, April 28, at the Panara Theatre, Lyndon Baines Johnson Building. Burns, who is quoted frequently in the media about the future
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| Diversity conference begins May 1 |
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One way that RIT celebrates diversity is by hosting the annual Expressions of Diversity Conference. This year’s event runs May 1-5 and features a keynote address from Roland Fryer Jr., assistant professor of economics at Harvard University. Fryer will speak
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Getting an ‘egg’ up on the competition
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Young hunters tracked down their prey as the RIT Leadership Institute played host to an Easter egg hunt on April 15. Hundreds of candy-filled eggs were hidden across the Eastman Kodak Quad and available for the taking. More than 100 youngsters—all children of RIT faculty, staff and students—enjoyed the festivities.
Mark Fleming | photographer |
Events
- Scriptwriting debuts, April 21
- Women in Technology talk, April 21
- Engineering lecture series, April 26
- Art for the masses, April 27
- McAfee Day, April 28
- Camping for a cause, April 29
- Pick up your new ID cards, May 1
- E3 fair set for May 4
- Gosnell lecture, May 4
- Morality discussion, May 4-6
- Karen’s Walk fundraiser, May 6
- Real-world experience, May 9
- Golisano lectures continue, May 12
- Diabetes fundraiser, May 21
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