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March 22, 2019
Two comics illustrators to share experiences March 26 and April 4 at RIT
Noah Van Sciver, an Ignatz award-winning graphic novelist and illustrator, will discuss his work across genres in comics on March 26, and Kriota Willberg will discuss her new book, Draw Stronger: Self-Care for Cartoonists and Visual Artists, and her work across media in graphic medicine on April 4.
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March 22, 2019
RIT Alumna Jackie Siegel holds book signing for ‘Victoria’s Voice’
Jackie “Queen of Versailles” Siegel ’89 (computer engineering technology) will be at the RIT Joseph Lobozzo Alumni House 3-5 p.m. Friday, March 29, to host a book signing, discussion and reception for her newly released book, Victoria’s Voice, which tells the story of Siegel’s late daughter and her struggle with drug use.
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March 21, 2019
Student Spotlight: Student attends Diversity Abroad Student Leadership Summit
Meet Kevin Mejia, a fourth-year business management and international and global studies student who recently attended the fifth annual Diversity Abroad Global Student Leadership Summit.
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March 21, 2019
RIT to premiere short film aimed at promoting dialogue on diversity and inclusion
RIT will debut a new short film to be used as a tool for promoting dialogue on diversity and inclusion. Brick by Brick, presented by RIT Diversity Theater, premieres at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 28, in Wegmans Theater at MAGIC Spell Studios.
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March 21, 2019
Saunders College professorship facilitates ‘unlikely’ interdisciplinary research relationships
As The Benjamin Forman Collaborative Research Professorship, Victor Perotti acts as a facilitator for research alliances that benefit students and faculty that find value in building a portfolio around unique interdisciplinary partnerships.
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March 21, 2019
RIT’s NTID Performing Arts presents August Wilson’s ‘Fences,’ April 11-14
Fences, the American play written by August Wilson, will be presented next month by the Performing Arts department of RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Shows will run at 7:30 p.m. April 11-13, and 2 p.m. April 14, in Panara Theatre, Lyndon Baines Johnson Hall, on the RIT campus.
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March 20, 2019
RIT GEAR UP sponsors mock trial challenge for 11th graders in Rochester high schools
High school juniors in the Rochester City School District are learning about careers in the law through a mock trial tournament sponsored by RIT and attorneys from the Rochester community.
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March 20, 2019
RIT’s Army ROTC Tiger Battalion celebrates its 50-year anniversary
In 1969, the Army ROTC program at Rochester Institute of Technology began with 54 students. By 1971, eight would be commissioned and serve in the early years of Vietnam. Fifty years and more than 500 cadets later, the Tiger Battalion at RIT is commemorating its golden anniversary.
Campus Spotlight
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March 24, 2019
Photo by Ellen O'Neill
RIT Libraries celebrated Women's History Month with its third annual Women on Wikipedia Edit-a-thon March 22.
RIT President’s Report 2019
We at RIT have a great story to tell, and the first annual President’s Report is only the beginning. See why RIT isn’t like any other university.
Media Coverage
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March 21, 2019
5 Tips to Improve Your Corporate Cybersecurity
Guest blog by , published on the edX Business Insights Series.
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March 21, 2019
Connections: Photojournalism Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists on visual storytelling, part 2
WXXI’s “Connections” program features a number of RIT alumni who have been selected as winners or finalists for Pulitzer Prizes in photojournalism, in a two-part series.
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March 21, 2019
This High-Tech Toilet Seat Can Detect Heart Failure
Futurism reports on a toilet-seat based cardiovascular monitoring system created by a team of RIT researchers, led by postdoctoral fellow Nicholas Conn.
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March 21, 2019
Connections: Photojournalism Pulitzer Prize winners/finalists on visual storytelling, part 1
WXXI’s “Connections” program features a number of RIT alumni who have been selected as winners or finalists for Pulitzer Prizes in photojournalism, in a two-part series.