With the wisdom beyond her years, the aptly named Grace Kennedy from Ohio doesn’t take anything for granted. She was born premature with only 1/2 of a deformed kidney, is blind in one eye, and has a significant hearing loss. Needing a kidney transplant at

The barometer of “making it” in the business world today is to excel long enough to record your success. So it’s good timing for CEO of Rochester-based PAETEC Corp., Arunas Chesonis, who collaborated with writer David Dorsey to release a tell-all book–It Isn’t Just

Patricia Albanese Pitkin and Charles Bigelow are new professors in the School of Print Media, but RIT is hardly new to them. Albanese returns to RIT as the Gannett Center for Integrated Publishing Sciences Distinguished Professor. Most on campus remember her as the former

Administrative changes continue to reshape the College of Liberal Arts with the recently announced departure of associate dean Laurence Winnie and the promotion of two faculty members to associate deans. Earlier this month, Glenn Kist, interim dean and former deputy dean, announced Winnie’s resignation, effective

Five awards were presented at the annual Student Affairs Recognition Brunch, Dec. 21, recognizing exceptional contributions from staff and faculty that embody the mission and goals of RIT’s Division of Student Affairs. Below are selected excerpts from the nomination letters of the 2006 recipients: Excellence

RIT’s Office of the Chief Diversity Officer has appointed Thomas Warfield as the new chairman of the Commission for Promoting Pluralism. Warfield is an assistant professor in the Department of Cultural and Creative Studies at NTID as well as the director of the RIT/NTID

Calling all artists! Whether you’re a photographer, animator, performer, Web designer or printmaker, RIT wants your work to be part of the Digital Arts Competition and Exhibition. RIT’s Honors Program and the Creativity and Invention Working Group are hosting the second annual event to

There’s an abundance of young talent in America, and there’s proof right here in our local communities. If you think American Idol has become TV’s greatest music talent show ever, consider the 2007 Rochester-Finger Lakes Scholastic Art Awards as being the area’s greatest artistic

David Buss will present “The Murderer Next Door: Why the Mind is Designed to Kill,” the title of his latest book, at 8 p.m. Feb. 7 in Ingle Auditorium, Student Alumni Union. The talk is part of the Caroline Werner Gannett Project Speaker Series,

Justin Pearlman, M.D., will present “Advanced Imaging Applications to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy,” at 4 p.m. Jan. 31 in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science auditorium. Pearlman is a professor of medicine and radiology and the director of advanced cardiovascular imaging at Dartmouth

Tips for landing a rewarding career will be shared by an RIT alumna in an upcoming talk. Holly Hillberg ’92 (M.S. electrical engineering), chief technology officer and vice president, Kodak Health Group, Eastman Kodak Co., will share her experiences navigating the business and engineering worlds

Encore, RIT’s female a cappella group, will host BellaCappella, the group’s second annual independent show, at 8 p.m. Jan. 27 in Webb Auditorium, James E. Booth Building. Encore will compete at the International Championship of a Cappella Feb. 3 at Penn State University.Tickets for

Brilliant Strings will perform at 8 p.m. Feb. 2 in Ingle Auditorium as part of the Performing Artists Concert Series featuring a program of Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms. Tickets are $6 for students, $14 for faculty, staff and alumni and $20 for the public.

The influence of electronic communication on the nature of friendship will be the subject of Tim Madigan’s talk, “Aristotle’s E-Mail: Friendship in the Cyberage,” at 4 p.m. Feb. 1 in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science auditorium. Madigan is a professor of

RIT’s Offices of Part-time and Graduate Enrollment Services will sponsor an information forum for those interested in starting or continuing their education on a part-time evening basis. The session will be held 5:30-7 p.m. Feb. 7 in the Bausch and Lomb Center. Call 475-2229