RIT presence felt at local deaf film festival (March 26-29)
The third Deaf Rochester Film Festival runs March 26-29 with dozens of movie screenings in several venues around Rochester including NTID’s Robert F. Panara Theatre.
The films deemed the best new movies by deaf and hard-of-hearing filmmakers or with deaf themes come from around
Photographing dragonflies is a passion of RIT alumni
RIT photography professor Steve Diehl and his wife, Vici, both RIT alumni, are working with the New York Natural Heritage Program to help identify and document 190-plus species of Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) in New York state—including three on RIT’s campus and one in
RIT will welcome more than 100 high-school students from area BOCES programs as part of the third Youth Workforce Innovations Conference.
The all-day program takes place Thursday, April 2, at the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences. Lauren Dixon, chief executive
Osher at RIT moves to new Rivers Run location (March 30 - April 2)
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at RIT is moving to its new home at the Riparian Independent Living Complex at Rivers Run, 50 Fairwood Drive. The 481-member organization will be holding spring classes in its new custom-designed facility, which hosts generous classroom, office and community
Commission presents annual diversity conference (March 30 - April 3)
From workshops about cultural awareness to displays of contemporary Native American art, the eighth annual Expressions of Diversity Conference—Connecting our Communities Across Colleges, Across Continents and Across Cultures—has something for everyone. This year’s conference is March 30-April 3. Free workshops, dance performances, demonstrations and
Freight-transit research helps set national emissions policies
RIT’s Laboratory for Environmental Computing and Decision Making has entered into a partnership with the state of California to better assess the environmental impacts of intermodal freight transportation. The research will inform the state’s current effort to regulate emissions from light- and heavy-duty trucks,
In what has turned out to be one of the most successful winter sports seasons in RIT athletics history, four Tiger student-athletes earned All-American honors.
Senior center Mark Carson (Voorheesville, N.Y.) of the RIT men’s basketball team became RIT’s first basketball All-American since 1997
Bryan Zaczek, left, was among the imaging and photographic technology students who talked to children and parents at Leary Elementary School's Science and Social Studies Fair about NASA's Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program. Zaczek, along with Alexandra Artusio-Glimpse, pictured above, Eric Evans, far right, and Ross Dawson, will fly next month aboard NASA's "Vomit Comet" over the Gulf of Mexico. The team will test a scientific experiment in microgravity that looks at the feasibility of inkjet printing in a weightless environment. NASA selected only 20 collegiate teams for this year's program.
