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July 5, 2016
Boy Scouts collect donations at Baja event
A Henrietta Boy Scout troop collected more than 40 bags of food and personal items for the Rush-Henrietta Area Food Terminal at the Baja SAE Rochester race competition. -
June 23, 2016
Manian Ramkumar named interim dean of CAST
Manian Ramkumar, head of CAST’s manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology department since 2013, will assume his new post on July 1. -
June 13, 2016
RIT finishes second overall at Baja SAE Rochester
RIT Baja closed the 2016 Baja SAE Rochester event finishing second overall among 100 collegiate race teams. -
May 24, 2016
RIT hosts Baja off-road racing event
Off-road racing returns to RIT June 9-12 as the university hosts and competes against 100 collegiate race car teams from around the world at the 2016 SAE Baja World Challenge. -
May 23, 2016
CAST dean to lead Edinboro University
Fred Walker is stepping down as dean of the College of Applied Science and Technology to become president of Edinboro University, effective June 30. -
May 9, 2016
RIT offers workforce development for veterans
RIT is presenting two training and certification programs for area veterans who want to work at regional advanced manufacturing and electronics assembly companies. -
April 27, 2016
RIT to host national Climate Leadership Summit
RIT was one of six U.S. locations selected to host the summit, designed to educated student leaders on issues that have a profound effect on climate. -
April 26, 2016
Go, Stay, Eat at Imagine RIT
Hospitality students will take Imagine RIT festival goers to places they may have only dreamed about—Dubai, Croatia, Hollywood—without ever leaving the Gordon Field House.
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April 25, 2016
Packaging students highlight how the brain ‘shops’
Students in the packaging science program will track where an individual’s eyes go when looking at an array of well-packaged goods as part of their Imagine RIT exhibit May 7. -
April 18, 2016
Baja team opens season with top placements
RIT’s Baja Race team placed first overall at the SAE Baja Tennessee event, April 14-17, competing against 100 international collegiate racing teams. -
April 18, 2016
Karthik Namasivayam to head hospitality program
Karthik Namasivayam assumes his role as department chair of CAST’s hospitality and tourism management program on Aug. 10. Namasivayam joins RIT from Switzerland. -
April 11, 2016
RIT launches pilot composting program
Bright green totes for food waste have been placed around University Commons. The contents will ultimately be taken to an anaerobic digester in Linwood, N.Y.