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Clinton to address RIT graduates in May

Seventeen months after his first visit to campus, President Bill Clinton will return to RIT to serve as keynote speaker for RIT’s 122nd annual commencement. Clinton’s address to graduates, their families and friends, and other members of the RIT community will take place during

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RIT researcher aims to battle hearing loss

Permanent sensorineural hearing loss and deafness affect about 10 percent of the population in modern societies, with more than half of those age 65 and older impacted. Current research aims to address the biological basis for auditory dysfunction, providing opportunities to overcome limitations of

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$400K grant for RIT-Kosovo

RIT has been awarded a $400,000 grant from the United States Agency for International Development’s Higher Education Collaborative Partnership Program to establish the Center for Energy and Natural Resource Development at the American University in Kosovo. The center will assist Kosovo in building self-sufficiency in

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RIT helps youngsters connect with space

Emma E. Sherman Elementary School students reached for the stars on Jan. 8. And students from the RIT Amateur Radio Club helped make sure they reached them. The club teamed with the Rochester Amateur Radio Association to set up amateur (ham) radios that were used

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Embracing his legacy
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A crowd gathered for RIT’s celebration of the birthday of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 16. Orlando Patterson, professor of sociology at Harvard University, above, delivered the keynote address and discussed what has been achieved in terms of African Americans’ advancements and the state of race relations in America. RIT’s Gospel Ensemble also entertained the crowd in Ingle Auditorium. This year marked RIT’s 25th anniversary celebration of this event.

Greg Francis | photographer


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