RIT taps strategic alliance with Rochester General Health System
RIT and Rochester General Health System are developing a strategic alliance between the university and the healthcare provider. RIT will become the health system’s official academic affiliate and Rochester General Health System will become the university’s official affiliated medical center, leaders from both organizations
Administrators will get taste of dorm life (Jan. 18-20)
RIT administrators are about to gain a new perspective on the student residential experience. Twenty-one RIT decision makers will participate in Student Government’s “The REAL RIT Dorm Challenge”—a three-day, two-night immersion experience in the RIT residence halls.
Staff members to attend historic Obama inauguration (Jan. 20)
The tickets to the 2009 presidential inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama were hot commodities. Even without a ticket to the ceremony, many have made plans to travel to Washington, D.C., to be one of the millions along the parade route to the Capitol. One
RIT prepares for deployment of campus-wide wireless access
RIT is taking a major step towards upgrading access to wireless technology on campus. Through a partnership with Cisco Systems Inc., the university is expanding its wireless capabilities to cover most of the campus, including all academic facilities and common areas inside the residence
The Honorable Eric Massa, recently elected representative for the 29th Congressional District, right, visited RIT last month. He met with RIT President Bill Destler and NTID President Alan Hurwitz and toured the laboratories in the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies with assistant provost for academic affairs Nabil Nasr. Here, Michael Thurston, technical director of the Systems Modernization and Sustainment Center, explains the work that RIT is doing with the U.S. Department of Defense to improve the performance and predictive maintenance processes for military vehicles.
"Our local colleges and universities are producing the next generation of leaders," says Massa. "We need to work together to give our talented young people a reason to stay in Western New York. During our campaign, I focused on how we can partner our local centers of education with industries focusing on green technologies of the future. I recently saw GM's Fuel Cell Development Center in Honeoye Falls, and RIT's Golisano Institute for Sustainability—clearly there is potential for partnerships to grow between institutions such as these for the benefit of not only our local region, but also for the benefit of the entire country."
