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  • March 31, 2017

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    Benjamin Lawrance named ACLS Fellow
    Benjamin Lawrance, the Hon. Barber B. Conable Jr. Endowed Professor of International Studies, has been named a 2017 American Council of Learned Societies Fellow and is the first RIT faculty member to receive an ACLS Fellowship.

  • March 31, 2017

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    RIT to get Humanities Connections grant
    The National Endowment for the Humanities has announced a $91,000 grant to RIT to help students focus on the historical, economic and cultural meanings of community in and beyond Rochester.

  • March 29, 2017

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    RIT to host symposium on American Indian languages
    Preserving American Indian languages is the focus of the Symposium on American Indian Languages on April 7, when up to 100 people from around the country will gather to learn about projects to study, document and preserve native languages for future generations.

  • March 22, 2017

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    Shtrykov-Tanaka Duo to perform at RIT
    Two acclaimed virtuosi—clarinetist Maksim Shtrykov and pianist Misuzu Tanaka—will perform at 8 p.m. March 31 as part of the Performing Artists Concert Series, presented by RIT’s College of Liberal Arts.

  • March 21, 2017

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    Symposium tackles freedom of speech on campuses
    Restrictions to free speech on college campuses across the country have become more prevalent in recent weeks, and two experts on the topic are addressing the issue during RIT’s Center for Statesmanship, Law and Liberty’s fourth annual symposium April 4 and 5.

  • March 21, 2017

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    Celebration of life on Friday for Stan McKenzie
    Stan McKenzie, who died Nov. 8, served RIT for 41 years in several capacities, including teaching literature for 34 years and serving as provost for 14 years. The memorial will begin at 4 p.m.

  • March 16, 2017

    Poster for "RIT Undergraduate Research and Creativity Presentation Competition"

    RIT hosts public speaking contest
    RIT’s School of Communication is sponsoring a public speaking contest for undergraduate students who present a compelling 3-minute story about their research or creative work and its significance.

  • March 10, 2017

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    Grad honored for community service
    Ja’Nai Gray ’16 was selected as one of 10 recipients of an Independent Sector Student Service Award and a $500 H.D. Paley Scholarship. The award honors outstanding Independent Sector TAP students for their leadership in community service throughout the state.

  • March 8, 2017

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    Language processing expert to speak Friday
    Hal Daume III, an expert in how language is processed by machines, will discuss “Natural Language Processing on Creative Content” for the Distinguished Computational Linguistics Lecture.

  • March 6, 2017

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    RIT partners with Roberts Wesleyan
    RIT has signed an agreement with Roberts Wesleyan College that will allow students from RIT to simultaneously take classes in Roberts’ graduate education programs easily and at an accelerated level.

  • March 2, 2017

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    Author/historian delves into ‘West Side Story’
    Julia Foulkes, professor of history at The New School in New York, will discuss her book, A Place for Us: West Side Story and New York, as the guest speaker of The Crossroads: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on American Music Speaker Series hosted by RIT’s School of Individualized Study.