Top RIT News Stories, Videos and Podcasts for May 2012


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News about Bill Nye’s RIT commencement speech topped last month’s list of most popular RIT news stories. (To see more photos from Academic Convocation, on May 25, go to the Academic Convocation 2012 photo gallery at


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Top News Stories

1. RIT to recognize 4,000 graduates during Commencement Weekend May 25-26

2. Bill Nye urges RIT graduates to ‘change the world’

3. Professor dt ogilvie named dean of RIT’s E. Philip Saunders College of Business

4. Major League Baseball discovers RIT diamond gem

5. Gosnell family commits $5M to RIT in support of life-sciences education

6. RIT selects architect for Gene Polisseni Center

7. Record crowd ‘experiences the future’ at Imagine RIT

8. RIT students’ video game listed among ‘20 Best’

9. New survey highlights dramatic increase in RIT student satisfaction

10. What’s brewing? Engineering a better coffee maker

Top Videos

1. Campus Connection: Paving the Way

2. RIT on TV: Championships of the NCAA

3. RIT on TV: Imagine RIT

4. RIT on TV: Seabreeze Big Shot

5. RIT on TV: Big Shot Preview

Top Podcasts

1. Bill Nye 2012 RIT Commencement Address (excerpt)

2. Gosnell Family $5M gift announcement