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Babies take center stage at Bevier show

You must’ve been a beautiful baby–’cause baby look at you now. We all have to grow up sometime–but the transition from angelic baby and cutesy toddler, to dorky brat and punky pre-pubescent is a revelation in itself. No more so than “You Must Have Been

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SPAS holiday auction

Revel in the spirit of holiday giving at the annual School of Photographic Arts and Sciences Holiday Auction. The bidding starts at 5 p.m. Dec. 14 in the Neblette Lobby of the Frank E. Gannett Building.

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Start-up business advice

“What Makes a Business Work” is the topic of an upcoming talk featuring an RIT alumnus and entrepreneur. Bart Guerreri ’67 (B.S. mechanical engineering), chairman and chief executive officer of DSD Laboratories Inc., in Sudbury, Mass., will discuss his philosophies in managing his company–including

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Philosophical lectures

Upcoming lectures sponsored by the Department of Philosophy in the College of Liberal Arts include a talk by scholar Carl Mitcham on “Technology and Religion: From Christianity to Buddhism” at 4 p.m. Dec. 13 in the Xerox Auditorium, James E. Gleason Building. Mitcham, a

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Holiday performances

RIT’s performing ensemble will join together for a holiday concert at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 16 in Ingle Auditorium in the Student Alumni Union. The RIT Singers will perform the Annual Service of Lessons and Carols at 3 p.m. Dec. 17 in the chapel of

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Poster volunteers needed for United Way

If you or a member of your family has benefited by services provided by a United Way-funded agency, the RIT United Way Steering Committee would like to hear from you. Volunteers are needed to share their stories for the annual United Way campaign posters,

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RIT train show chuggin’ along

An RIT tradition just got bigger. The Model Railroad Club, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, is moving its annual Tiger Tracks Train Show into the Gordon Field House and Activities Center and is expanding it to a two-day event. The show, which will be held

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Cyberspace grid for NYS

RIT is joining 18 other institutions from across New York state to take part in NYSGrid, a groundbreaking cyberinfrastructure initiative. NYSGrid provides unprecedented resources for research, education and community outreach. Its aim is to aggregate high-end computing, networking, data storage, visualization and intellectual capital

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Schumer touts tax credit
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Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., greets members of the RIT community during a news conference in the Bausch & Lomb Center on Nov. 29. Schumer used the occasion to discuss Congress’ plan to address college affordability by renewing a tuition tax deduction. This will let families of middle-class college students deduct $4,000 a year from their taxes. Schumer outlined a variety of other initiatives that will be on the agenda as Democrats take control of Congress early next year.

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