Tiger's Tale: January 26, 2024

RIT kicked off the semester with a SHED open house on January 18 and an invitation to explore RIT’s biggest creative hub. RIT President David Munson welcomed the community to the new center of campus that combines makerspaces, performing arts spaces, and classrooms designed for active learning.

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Photos from past internships, events, and research projects at Genesee Country Village & Museum (GCV&M) stretch from floor to ceiling in the new Wehrheim Gallery on campus. Located on the first-floor of the SHED, the Wehrheim Gallery will be used to highlight work done as part of RIT’s partnership with GCV&M, which was established in 2016 and endowed in 2019 with a gift from Philip K. and Anne Wehrheim.

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Students in the History and Technology of Musical Instruments class taught by Matias Homar got the chance to take a discarded harpsichord and bring it to life, juicing it up with electricity, connecting it with a computer and monitors, and adding sensors, microphones, and even lights to it. The project is among the first to be conducted in RIT’s SHED. The $120 million facility has numerous maker spaces and encourages interdisciplinary collaboration.

Learn more about creating new sounds with instruments and technology  

Lilly, Indianapolis, IN

Automation Engineer
Career Connect #138043

This role is primarily responsible for providing a robust technical interface between the Global Serialization Program (GSP) and serialization platform owners in IDAP. This includes schedule coordination, change control oversight, technical updates and ensuring execution excellence. Additional responsibilities include providing secondary loop support to front-line engineers, as well as coordination of small-to-medium sized technical projects.

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Amalgamated Bank, Boston, MA

Account Executive
Career Connect Job #137197

Amalgamated Bank, America’s socially responsible bank, seeks to hire an Account Executive to work in our Commercial Banking office in Boston and to provide client service and support primarily focused on treasury management. This position is hybrid allowing remote work several days each work and in office work several days each week. The exact schedule is based on approval of the New Regional Director and needs of the Bank.

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RIT leading NASA-funded supermassive black hole research

Rochester Institute of Technology scientists will be the lead researchers on a $1.8 million NASA grant to study electromagnetic signals from merging supermassive black holes.

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A new training program for RIT students, faculty, and staff aims to bolster a campus-wide approach to supporting student mental health.

Read more about RIT's mental health first aid training

Campus Spotlight: Let Freedom Ring

RIT alumna Krystle Ellis BS ’09, MS ’15 gives the keynote address during the annual Let Freedom Ring event held January 15 on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Ingle Auditorium. The event, hosted by the Division of Diversity and Inclusion, is a chance for students, faculty, and staff to celebrate the federal holiday and honor King’s work.

Learn more about RIT's Let Freedom Ring

Dr. Brooke N. Seamans BS '18 and Max Mendelson BS '20, MS '20 eloped alongside their closest family and loved ones including members of RIT’s Phi Kappa Psi, Delta Phi Epsilon, and RIT Study Abroad on December 9th 2023 in Hoboken, New Jersey.

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Alvis Upitis BS '68 recently had the cover and lead story in The Quarterly Journal of Leica Society International Vol. 56, Issue 3. It illustrates The Golden Era of American Racing.

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Nathan Holland BS '07 earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Old Dominion University, marking a significant milestone in his career.

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