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April 16, 2021
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RIT student Quinn Kolt named 2021 recipient of prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
Quinn Kolt, a fourth-year applied mathematics and computer science double major from Solon, Ohio, has been awarded a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the premier undergraduate research scholarship in the fields of math, natural sciences, and engineering in the United States.
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April 15, 2021
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RIT’s updated communication master’s degree offers students flexibility to graduate in one year
Major changes have been implemented to ensure the Master of Science in communication degree is more accessible, affordable, and competitive with benchmark schools.
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April 15, 2021
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RIT advertising photography students win gold at Rochester ADDY awards
Three fourth-year advertising photography majors—Jordan Hundelt from Seattle, Julia Abbonizio from Downingtown, Pa., and Bianca Ranciato from Wallingford, Conn.—won gold at the the 2021 Rochester ADDY awards, which honor the best in local advertising and cultivate the highest creative standards in the industry.
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April 14, 2021
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Emmett Ientilucci’s knack for engaging students earns him award for excellence in teaching
Emmett Ientilucci's rapport with students is earning him recognition as the recipient of this year’s Richard and Virginia Eisenhart Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, which recognizes tenure-track faculty who excel in teaching and leadership on campus.
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April 14, 2021
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Eisenhart Award winner Nathaniel Barlow strives to bring out the fun in math
Embracing experimentation in the classroom has worked well for Associate Professor Nathaniel Barlow, who is receiving an Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching—RIT’s highest honor for tenured faculty—in just his first year as tenured faculty.
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April 14, 2021
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Amanda Bao: Building bridges as an engineer and a teacher
Associate Professor Amanda Bao brings extensive experience in building bridges and strong connections to students to her classroom, and she is being honored with a 2021 Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching.
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April 14, 2021
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Eisenhart award winner Ammina Kothari applies research methods to improve her teaching
Ammina Kothari, an associate professor and program director in RIT’s School of Communication in the College of Liberal Arts, is receiving an Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching this year, RIT’s highest honor for tenured faculty.
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April 14, 2021
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RIT Professor Mark Fairchild awarded Otto Schade Prize by Society for Information Display
Professor Mark Fairchild, head of the Integrated Sciences Academy and director of the Munsell Color Science Laboratory and the program of color science in RIT’s College of Science, received the 2021 Otto Schade Prize, which recognizes vision scientists, human factor engineers, and engineers whose efforts have led to major improvements in the visual quality of electronic displays.
Photo Spotlight
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![Photo by A. Sue Weisler <br> <p>From left, Machelle Boisvert, a first-year finance student, teamed up with Erica Coles, a third-year computer engineering student. Three shifts of students arrived during the day.</p>]()
![Photo by A. Sue Weisler <br> <p>From left, Sean Williams, a first-year civil engineering student, gets help from Jim Bradley from Habitat for Humanity. Habitat for Humanity workers oversee the construction.</p>]()
![Photo by A. Sue Weisler <br> <p>From left, Sean Williams, a first-year civil engineering student; Isaac Salem, a first-year film production student; and Nate Castor, a fourth-year industrial and systems engineering student; hammer boards together.</p>]()
![Photo by A. Sue Weisler <br> <p>Carmen Tang, a third-year web and mobile computing student, hammers a board to be part of a frame.</p>]()
![Photo by A. Sue Weisler <br> <p>From left, Sean Williams, a first-year civil engineering student, and Connor Orcutt, a fourth-year mechanical engineering student, take a break.</p>]()
![Photo by A. Sue Weisler <br> <p>Students carry frames to be stacked and transported.</p>]()
![Photo by A. Sue Weisler <br> <p>Carmen Tang, a third-year web and mobile computing student, hammers a board while someone else supports it.</p>]()
![Photo by A. Sue Weisler <br> <p>Completed frames are brought together to form a structure.</p>]()
![Photo by A. Sue Weisler <br> <p>Signing frames with messages for the new homeowner is a tradition.</p>]()
![Photo by A. Sue Weisler <br> <p>From left, Katelyn Osebre, a third-year biomedical science student, and Ginevra Godwin, a third-year industrial design student, write messages on boards.</p>]()
![Photo by A. Sue Weisler <br> <p>The teams celebrate building frames for houses for Rochester area residents.</p>]()
April 16, 2021
Photo by A. Sue Weisler
Student volunteers hammered together frames for houses for Flower City Habitat for Humanity as part of Into the ROC's Spring Framing Frenzy.
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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April 15, 2021
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Program at RIT creates new tools to help municipalities reduce wasted food
WXXI talks to Charles Ruffing, director, New York State Pollution Prevention Institute, about a new program to help municipalities throughout the state reduce food waste.
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April 15, 2021
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Advances in Deaf Education
Inside Higher Ed interviews Miriam Lerner, interpreter; Keith Cagle, chair, Department of ASL and Interpreting Education; students Marshall Hurst and Zee Chuan; and Kristi Love, interpreter and director, Randleman Program, about technical and discipline-specific sign language and the important role of interpreters of color.
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April 15, 2021
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Congressman Morelle announces federal funding to expand technical education for deaf and hard-of-hearing students at RIT
Congressman Joe Morelle announces that $470,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation has been awarded to RIT to support the DeafTEC Ready Pilot Program housed at NTID to help deaf and hard-of-hearing students learn IT technical skills to better prepare them for the workforce.
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April 11, 2021
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Grateful Dead’s ‘Wall of Sound’ Lives Again in Some Dude’s Basement
The Wall Street Journal features Anthony Coscia '92 (professional photographic illustration).
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