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RIT mini-Baja driver Paula Minuto navigates through the water, dirt and mud during the 75-mile endurance race at the 2006 Mini Baja East competition, held April 12-15 in Auburn, Ala.Submitted by Marty Gordon“East equals water, Midwest equals mud, West equals rocks.” If you’re unfamiliar with these equations,

Rochester is hosting the Empire State Games, the largest amateur sporting event in New York state, and RIT’s athletic facilities will be at the heart of the Olympic-style games. “Throughout the weekend, thousands of visitors will be here, as both

Catherine Ahern joined RIT’s Facilities Management Services seven months ago, but she’s already leading two of RIT’s most visible projects–construction of the new CAST building this summer, and the replacement of original heating and cooling equipment valued at nearly $30 million. Ahern’s affiliation with RIT goes

RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering is receiving a $299,450 grant from the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research for a project to enhance flat-panel displays–the thin, lightweight display screens increasingly used with laptop computers, desktop computers and television sets to reduce

Teams competed for $10,000 in prize money in various technology categories and earned points for practicality, acceleration, handling and range in addition to good fuel efficiency and low climate-change emissions.

The National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security have designated RIT as a National Center of Academic Excellence in information assurance education, recognizing the university for its role in producing a growing number of professionals with information assurance expertise in various disciplines.

Once again, the campus community has shown support by surpassing RIT’s United Way 2006 campaign goal of $350,000 by 18 percent. Contributions from pledges and special events tallied $368,000–the highest amount raised in an RIT United Way Campaign. On Sept. 21, RIT’s 2007 United Way Campaign will kick

RIT’s Formula SAE racing team captured third place overall among 70 competitors in the inaugural Formula SAE West, June 14-17 at California Speedway in Fontana, Calif. The team earned fourth place in the endurance/fuel economy challenge and ninth place in autocross. Earlier this spring, RIT placed 13th overall

Time Warner Inc. donated a $36,000 hybrid fiber-coax system to the College of Applied Science and Technology in May. “This equipment will enable students to emulate a broadband transmission system and will enhance student learning,” says Mike Eastman, chair of the college’s electrical, computer and telecommunications engineering

Fifteen years in business, and RIT’s U.S. Business School in Prague is closing its doors. The school accomplished what it had initially set out to do in December 1989–offer students in the Czech Republic the opportunity to achieve career success by completing an MBA program from RIT’s

RIT sports had one of its most successful spring seasons in school history, as four teams made the postseason and a plethora of individual and team records were broken in 2006. The men’s lacrosse team won its first Empire

Nabil NasrThe Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies has received $1.2 million in the 2006-2007 New York state budget to continue its efforts to assist manufacturers and remanufacturers in New York state. CIMS researchers have been analyzing the state of the manufacturing climate to 11 industry clusters in upstate