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  • October 26, 2016

    portrait of civil rights lawyer Michelle Alexander.

    Author Michelle Alexander keynotes MLK celebration
    RIT hosts author, legal scholar and civil rights lawyer Michelle Alexander at its annual Expressions of King’s Legacy celebration on Jan. 26. RIT’s Expressions programming showcases national speakers and international entertainers to celebrate the message of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

  • October 19, 2016

    Bill Destler and Rebecca Johnson.

    Destler, Johnson honored for diversity efforts

    RIT President Bill Destler and his spouse, Rebecca Johnson, were recognized with the 2016 Changing Hearts and Minds Award from the Office of Faculty Recruitment for their commitment to furthering diversity and inclusion on campus.

  • October 7, 2016

    portrait of Jie Qiao.

    Symposium highlights female scientists
    The international symposium “Global Women of Light,” organized by RIT associate professor Jie Qiao, features female scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs working in optics and photonics and celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Optical Society.

  • October 6, 2016

    NTID audiologist earns Oticon Focus on People award
    Catherine Clark, an audiologist and faculty member at NTID, is among the individuals honored by the 2016 Oticon Focus on People Awards, a national competition that celebrates people who are helping to eliminate negative stereotypes of what it means to be deaf or hard of hearing.

  • October 5, 2016

    Team poses together in matching orange polos.

    RIT honors outstanding staff members
    RIT honored employees for outstanding service and dedication to the university during its annual Presidential Awards for Outstanding Staff ceremony today.

  • October 3, 2016

    Women in Engineering hosts open house Nov. 5
    Female engineering students from the Kate Gleason College of Engineering will host an open house for prospective students with hands-on activities, demonstrations and experiments. It is free and open to girls in grades 5-9 and their parents and teachers.

  • October 3, 2016

    ACM president to open GCCIS Dean’s Lecture Series
    RIT Distinguished Professor Vicki Hanson, president of the Association for Computing Machinery—the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society—will discuss the latest in computing accessibility and human-computer interaction on Oct. 14.

  • September 28, 2016

    Melisza Campos named 2016 Minett Professor
    Melisza Campos, a nationally recognized Dale Carnegie master trainer and workforce leader, was appointed the 2016-17 Frederick H. Minett Professor. The Minett Professorship brings distinguished Rochester-area multicultural professionals to the RIT campus to share their experience.

  • September 21, 2016

    Future Faculty program welcomes 15 participants
    RIT’s Future Faculty Career Exploration Program will welcome 15 prospective faculty to campus for its annual program Sept. 28–Oct. 1 to explore teaching or post-doctoral opportunities at the university.

  • September 16, 2016

    Professor to study K-12 computing education
    Adrienne Decker, assistant professor of interactive games and media, received a $1.19 million grant to study the long-term effects of pre-college computing activities.

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