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September 6, 2024

New graduate students sitting on a circular table with one student holding up and showing a gray RIT T-shirt while others smile at the camera
 

Photo taken by Mehek Somai, an MS candidate in human-computer interaction, from her trip to Miami, "The golden hour bringing a soft close to a busy week." Follow on Instagram @meheksomai. Submit your photo.

 
 
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Leadership Retreat: High Ropes

When: September 07, 12 PM – 3:30 PM
Where: Camp Arrowhead

Join our upcoming leadership retreat for an event that will help you understand your everyday leadership skills and recognize the skills you want to acquire and develop. Enjoy a number of team-building exercises, a high ropes course, archery, and more.

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Rochester Public Market Bus

When: September 07, 2024, 10:30 AM – 1 PM (Every Saturday till November 02)
Where: Pick up from Grace Watson Hall (Lot C) at 10:30 AM. Pick up from Kate Gleason Circle at 10:45 AM.

Take a free ride downtown and shop for fresh produce, ethnic delicacies, and much more! No RSVP required, bus is first come, first serve until max capacity on the bus is reached.

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Resume and CV Writing Workshop for Graduate Students 

When: September 09, 2024, 3:30 PM – 5 PM
Where: Student Innovation Hall, Room 1600 

This workshop will help you build your resume and curriculum vitae (CV). Speakers will discuss what should be included on a resume and a CV and how to format and organize the content. Along with the presentation, you will have the opportunity to work on your resume and CV and get help and advice from RIT staff.

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CHAI Research Talk: Dimah Dera PhD, Assistant Professor, Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, RIT

When: September 09, 2024, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Where: Golisano Hall, CYB-1710-1720

Title: Robustness and Reliability of Machine Learning and Its Importance in Imaging

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Successful Start to Graduate School Q & A Session via Zoom

When: September 10, 2024, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Where: Zoom (Virtual)

Calling all new RIT graduate students! Whether you're an international student navigating new academic terrain or joining graduate school from a local undergraduate program, this Q&A session is a great opportunity to connect with a diverse group of RIT faculty and staff to ask questions and learn about success resources available to RIT students.

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LinkedIn Photos Sessions

When: September 10, 2024, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Where: Student Alumni Union, Room: 2950 Fireside

Are you in need of a professional photo for your LinkedIn profile? Come have your photo taken for free by RIT PJ students at SAU Fireside Lounge. Then, stop by Get Career Fair Ready. No registration is required. 

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Into the ROC: WALL\THERAPY Mural Tour

When: September 15, 2024, 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM
Where: Downtown Rochester

Join Into the ROC for a tour with WALL\THERAPY's very own, Erich Lehman. Erich has been the lead organizer/co-curator since 2012. WALL\THERAPY is an art and community intervention project, using public murals as a means to transform the urban landscape, inspire, and build community. WALL\THERAPY murals have transformed walls, buildings, and neighborhoods. The murals have become part of the local conversation, the local identity, and the fabric of the city.

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AWARE-AI Fall Hackathon

When: September 16, 2024, 4:00 pm – 11:59 pm and September 17, 2024, 12:00 am – 6:00 pm
Where: James E. Gleason, 3139 & 3119

Facilitator: Ferat Sahin, Ph.D., Department Head, Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering

During the hackathon, graduate students will create a deployable AI system that exemplifies the principles of human awareness and responsibility and demo what they created.

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New Ph.D. programs welcome students this fall

The university’s two newest Ph.D. programs in cognitive science and physics offer diverse research opportunities for students and help them gain the skills and abilities needed to analyze data and grasp complex concepts. The new programs bring RIT’s total doctoral programs to 15.

Read full story by Mollie Radzinski and Felicia Swartzenberg >

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NSF awards RIT $3M to advance semiconductor research and graduate trainings

Rochester Institute of Technology will provide 20 doctoral student fellowships to advance research in the field of semiconductor technologies with $3 million in funding from the National Science Foundation. The award is part of the NSF’s Research Traineeship Program, a national initiative to better prepare master’s and doctoral students for the interdisciplinary skills required in semiconductor chip development.

Read full story by Andrea Deckert >

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RIT recommended for additional federal funding for stormwater debris interception

The new funds are on behalf of the the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Marine Debris Program’s $23 million investment to intercept and remove marine debris with funding provided by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Read full story by Mollie Radzinski >

 
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Booky-Book Application Deadline 

Hey students, want to get professionally published? Apply for a chance to turn your big ideas into a “Booky-Book” with RIT Press thanks to a special initiative sponsored by the RIT Provost’s Office and the School of Communication. “Booky-Books” are RIT’s hot-take on the zine genre. They’re short on page count, small in size, but huge on color-pop visuals and big-issue impact. Three RIT student applicants will be selected this academic year (2024–25) to have their work on a topic of distinct personal importance to them published. Application deadline: September 20, 2024

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Apply here >

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The Ombuds Office

The Ombuds Office welcomes all students, parents, faculty and staff. We provide confidential, neutral, independent and informal assistance to those who have concerns arising from or affecting their work and studies at RIT. We listen to people, offer information about policies and procedures, and help people examine options for resolving concerns.  The Ombuds Office is independent of all other University offices and decision-making practices We encourage visitors to schedule an appointment by contacting our office at 585-475-7200 or by email at ombuds@rit.edu. You are also welcome to drop-in during normally scheduled office hours, we are located in the SAU room 1110.

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Professor Josh Owen joins us to talk about the Vignelli Legacy. Josh Owen is the Vignelli Distinguished Professor of Design and the Director of the Vignelli Center for Design Studies at RIT. Prior to his current role, Owen was Director of the Industrial Design Department in which he continues to teach his popular course known as the Metaproject.

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