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October 18, 2019
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Student Spotlight: From studying abroad to a master’s degree
Lucie Le Scolan came to RIT from Rennes, France, on a study abroad trip last fall as a graduation requirement for her former school. Once she completed her five-year engineering diploma, she decided to return to RIT for her master’s degree in engineering management.
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October 15, 2019
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RIT/NTID Career Fair to bring record number of employers to campus to recruit deaf/hard-of-hearing students
Representatives from more than 50 local and national corporations, federal agencies and nonprofit organizations looking to diversify their workforce will meet with hundreds of deaf and hard-of-hearing students—who also are prospective employees—at the 19th annual Career Fair on Oct. 17.
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October 15, 2019
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Oscar-nominated director, Brighton native to screen latest documentary at RIT/NTID Oct. 18
A 2019 documentary by Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning director Irene Taylor Brodsky will be screened at NTID this week. Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements, the story of Brodsky’s deaf son and her parents, RIT/NTID retirees Paul and Sally Taylor, will be screened at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
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October 15, 2019
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RIT wins $1.4M to help homeless with opioid addiction, mental illness
Making addiction treatment and mental health services accessible to homeless people via videoconferencing and email is the focus of a federally funded program at RIT.
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October 15, 2019
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RIT GEAR UP celebrates Rochester Class of 2020
A special partnership between RIT and the Rochester City School District and charter schools has primed the Class of 2020 for success through a college and career readiness program that began six years ago, when the cohort was in middle school, and has now reached its culminating year.
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October 14, 2019
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RIT’s Saunders College of Business online Executive MBA program ranks in top 10 Poets&Quants nationwide listing
The online Executive MBA program in RIT's Saunders College of Business was named 10th in the list of online MBA programs in the nation by Poets&Quants, a leading resource for coverage of graduate business education.
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October 11, 2019
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Student Spotlight: Exploring engineering through Hot Wheelz team
RIT Hot Wheelz is a student-run Formula SAE Hybrid racing team that offers hands-on experience for female-identifying students interested in learning more about racing vehicles. Hannah Sones, a second-year industrial engineering major from Medina, N.Y., joined the team during her first semester at RIT.
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October 9, 2019
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Field trip to Nigeria gives RIT students a new perspective on global health
Three students from the biomedical sciences program traveled with RIT Professor Bolaji Thomas to his native Nigeria to understand the impact tropical diseases such as malaria have on the population and the medical protocols used in treatment.
Campus Spotlight
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October 18, 2019
Photo by Elizabeth Lamark
Sinee Tangkijngamwong, a student in the metals and jewelry design program from Hong Kong, modeled her creation at Fashion Week in Rochester.
Fall 2019 RIT University Magazine
The latest issue of RIT University Magazine includes stories on the 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award winners and alumni who have cool careers.
Media Coverage
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October 17, 2019
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China’s worldwide investment project is a push for more economic and political power
Essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, published by The Conversation.
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October 16, 2019
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How gambling built baseball – and then almost destroyed it
Essay by Rebecca Edwards, professor of history, published by The Conversation.
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October 15, 2019
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If impeachment comes to the Senate – 5 questions answered
The Conversation asks Sarah Burns, associate professor of political science, about Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's role in the impeachment process.
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October 15, 2019
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Power Up: Business school leaders to Trump and Congress: Let in more high-skilled foreign workers
The Washington Post reports on an open letter signed by the deans of nearly 50 business schools -- including Saunders College of Business Dean Jacqueline Mozrall -- to President Donald Trump and congressional leaders regarding the country’s immigration policy for high-skilled workers.
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Students from RIT's industrial design program designed and created 10 seats to commemorate the 50th anniversary of RIT moving to its current campus in Henrietta, N.Y. The seats, which include wood from a historic fallen tree, were produced from the winning design created during the annual T-minus industrial design challenge.