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September 18, 2020
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RIT offers Unreal Engine Foundations Professional Certificate program on edX
Professionals interested in learning how to use Unreal Engine to create interactive 3D can now do it online with RIT’s Unreal Engine Foundations Professional Certificate program on edX.
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September 18, 2020
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Virtual university-wide career fair kicks off Tuesday
RIT students are still making connections for spring co-ops and full-time employment, even though they can’t physically meet company recruiters this semester due to COVID-19 travel and gathering restrictions.
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September 18, 2020
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RIT’s MAGIC Speaker Series begins Sept. 24 with virtual lecture by Vicarious Visions
Shea McCombs and Jeff Stewart will present a behind-the-scenes look at the recent release of Activision’s Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 + 2, as part of the kickoff lecture at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24. The remastered game has been garnering outstanding reviews from critics and players alike.
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September 16, 2020
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RIT names Yong “Tai” Wang as dean of College of Health Sciences and Technology
Yong “Tai” Wang currently is dean and endowed chair professor of the Drs. Lee Roy and Lucy Mathis College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Texas at Tyler, a role he has held since 2014. He was chosen for the RIT dean following a national search, and will begin his new leadership role in January.
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September 16, 2020
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RIT named ‘Top College for Diversity’ and ‘Diversity Champion’ by INSIGHT Into Diversity
INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine has recognized RIT as a 2020 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award recipient and a 2020 Diversity Champion. This marks the seventh year in a row RIT has been named a HEED Award recipient and sixth consecutive year as a Diversity Champion.
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September 16, 2020
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RIT invests in blockchain-focused fund Cosimo X
Cosimo X invests in businesses that use digital assets and blockchain protocols to advance the digital economy. According to industry experts, the investment by RIT marks the first time that any university in the United States has directly invested in a tokenized venture fund. The fund’s parent company, Cosimo Ventures, was co-founded six years ago by RIT alumnus Robert Frasca ’88 (mechanical engineering).
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September 14, 2020
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RIT ROAR the Vote seeks to engage students
RIT’s ROAR the Vote campaign is making it simple for RIT students to become engaged, educated voters this fall through registration drives and presidential election debate viewing parties.
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September 14, 2020
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RIT Service Center answers the call — and questions — of thousands
What began as an idea to provide a one-stop resource to provide technical support has become a center where RIT students, parents, faculty, and staff can find answers to so much more, including the latest COVID-19 guidelines.
Campus Spotlight
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![Photo by Elizabeth Lamark <br> <p>First-year student Daniel Zeznick auditions for the RIT Jazz Ensemble outside the Gene Polisseni Center.</p>]()
![Photo by A. Sue Weisler <br> <p>Students in Luane Davis Haggerty’s introduction to theater class attend class outside. Haggerty is from NTID’s Department of Performing Arts.</p>]()
![Photo by Elizabeth Lamark <br> <p>Ben Zwickl, an associate professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, welcomes his online and in-person students to the first day of classes.</p>]()
![Photo by Elizabeth Lamark <br> <p>Students in Karen Braun and Flip Phillips’ imaging science class open up their Arduino kits for their first hands-on project.</p>]()
![Photo by A. Sue Weisler <br> <p>Students walk the Quarter Mile to class on the first day of fall semester. They are spaced out and walking on opposite sides of the walkway to physically distance, due to COVID-19.</p>]()
![Photo by Gabrielle Plucknette-Devito <br> <p>Students in John Ward’s Management 101 class introduce themselves on the first day of in-person classes.</p>]()
![Photo by Gabrielle Plucknette-Devito <br> <p>Jessi Milliman, left, a fourth-year biomedical sciences major from Rochester, talks with Julia Biehler, a fourth-year biomedical sciences and political science major, also of Rochester. The two friends haven't seen each other since March.</p>]()
![Photo by Elizabeth Lamark <br> <p>RIT interpreters Jonathan Roman and Darla Guajardo take a break during orientation week.</p>]()
![Photo by A. Sue Weisler <br> <p>Alan Singer, a professor in the School of Art, teaches a zoological and botanical art class on Zoom. The classroom is set up for 12 students, one to a desk, so they are spaced out.</p>]()
![Photo by Gabrielle Plucknette-Devito <br> <p>Students head to class on the first day of the fall semester, Aug. 19, 2020.</p>]()
August 24, 2020
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Students head to class on the first day of the fall semester, Aug. 19, 2020.
Spring 2020 University Magazine
Students combine technology and design to help others. Also inside: Longest-serving faculty member leaves legacy of design.
Media Coverage
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September 17, 2020
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Joshua Rashaad McFadden reflects on career, using photography as a tool for justice: ‘The work has to be done’
TheGrio features Joshua Rashaad McFadden, assistant professor in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences.
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September 17, 2020
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Gaining speed to clean energy
The Rochester Beacon talks to Rich Notargiacomo, venture coach, Venture Creations, and Nabil Nasr, associate provost and founding director of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, about new clean energy companies.
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September 16, 2020
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Open research at RIT aims to accelerate the spread of science and technology
WROC-TV talks to Stephen Jacobs, professor and director of Open@RIT, a new initiative dedicated to supporting all kinds of “open work.”
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September 16, 2020
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Tales from the Tavern: Eggowaffle
Blizzard Entertainment features Jake Christoforo, a third-year computing and information technologies student.
Stay Connected
The killing of George Floyd and protests around the world against systemic injustice and inequality have prompted the RIT community to more closely examine its role in working to end racism. We’re launching a conversation to reinforce that Black Lives Matter. University leadership has pledged that the conversation, no matter how uncomfortable, must continue.