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School of Communication
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April 30, 2023
The surprising ties that bind your smartphone to textiles
Essay written by Hinda Mandell, professor in the School of Communication, published by The Boston Globe. (This content requires a subscription to view.)
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April 25, 2023
Student agency lends creative talents to help promote Imagine RIT
A new student agency called Technically Speaking is providing a valuable opportunity for RIT students to get first-hand experience in marketing and public relations. The group’s first major client was RIT’s Division of Marketing and Communications, and one of their projects was to capture the behind-the-scenes work of students getting ready for Imagine RIT.
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December 22, 2022
Katrina Overby to deliver keynote address at RIT’s Let Freedom Ring celebration
RIT’s annual event commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day will feature a keynote address by a faculty member whose work explores the intersections of communication, race, and identity. Katrina Overby, an assistant professor in the School of Communication, will headline the sixth annual Let Freedom Ring.
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November 9, 2022
RIT’s College of Liberal Arts receives grant to enhance philosophy and communication offerings
RIT’s College of Liberal Arts plans to introduce new and revamped philosophy and communication curricula to help students across the university enhance their expressive and analytic communication skills. This was made possible by a $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and The Teagle Foundation.
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October 3, 2022
RIT professor emeritus authors book on therapeutic benefits of fly fishing
Spectrum News features Patrick Scanlon, professor emeritus in the School of Communication, about his new book, Casting and Mending: How therapeutic fly fishing heals shattered minds and bodies.
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September 27, 2022
RIT Faculty Fellows share their playbook for effective teaching
RIT faculty are a resource not just for students, but for their colleagues as well. Now, a fellowship program will share their expertise through peer mentorship, training, and program development. The Center for Teaching and Learning Faculty Fellows Program launched this fall with eight fellowships.
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September 9, 2022
Traveling Art: Gustav Stickley’s 1903 Exhibitions
The New York Almanack features A Symbiotic Partnership: Marrying Commerce to Education at Gustav Stickley’s 1903 Arts & Crafts Exhibitions by Bruce Austin, professor in the School of Communication and director of RIT Press.
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September 9, 2022
College of Liberal Arts introduces Liberal Arts Multidisciplinary Scholars program
The Liberal Arts Multidisciplinary Scholars program, which is being introduced this fall, gives financial support to students in STEM majors who are interested in adding a second major from RIT's College of Liberal Arts.
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September 8, 2022
Retired RIT professor documents the healing powers of fly fishing
The Democrat and Chronicle talks to Patrick Scanlon, professor emeritus in the School of Communication, about his new book, Casting and Mending: How therapeutic fly fishing heals shattered minds and bodies.
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September 6, 2022
‘A Symbiotic Partnership’ tells the story of the first traveling art exhibition in the U.S.
RIT’s co-starring role as a venue for the nation’s very first traveling art exhibition is the subject of a new book from RIT Press.
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September 1, 2022
Rochester area to host Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Celebration
RIT is among the sponsors for the Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Celebration that takes place in September and October.
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August 31, 2022
The lucrative, complicated world of TikTok’s interracial couples
The Washington Post talks to Jonathan Schroeder, the William A. Kern Professor in Communications, about how social media gives a voice to ordinary people.