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February 24, 2018
After learning medical photography at RIT, alumna builds on unforgettable experience
She walks into the operating room and grips not a scalpel, but a camera. Lynne Tseng is one of the 100-plus RIT students to have taken the one-of-a-kind Surgical Photography class.
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February 22, 2018
Student Spotlight: Game designer and vibraphone player
Meet Justin Levine, a third-year game design and development major who plays the vibraphone in RIT’s Jazz Ensemble. -
February 22, 2018
Conference to address substance abuse by youth and young adults
"Emerging Issues: Alcohol and Substance Abuse by Youth and Young Adults," will be held April 12 at the RIT Inn & Conference Center and is sponsored by RIT's criminal justice department. -
February 22, 2018
Kodak print conference to feature College of Art and Design keynote speaker, project
Frank Romano, world-renowned printing expert and RIT professor emeritus is the scheduled keynote speaker at Eastman Kodak Company's first-ever “Taking Print Further,” a two-day event revolving around today’s print market trends and the future of the industry. Additionally, a photobook produced by RIT School of Photographic Arts and Sciences professor and visual media chair Frank Cost’s Aerial Photography course will be distributed.
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February 20, 2018
Concert Band debuts compositions of Italian immigrant on Thursday
Compositions of Samuel J. Porcelli, an Italian immigrant who lived in the Rochester area, will be performed for the first time by the RIT Concert Band on March 1. -
February 16, 2018
Alumnus inducted into Inventors Hall of Fame
Steven Van Slyke ’88 (materials science) has been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for co-inventing the organic light-emitting diode, or OLED. -
February 16, 2018
RIT teams with community to shine light on famous local statue
RIT's Big Shot photography team partnered with the Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commemoration Committee to create a unique photo of the Frederick Douglass monument in Rochester’s Highland Park using the Big Shot’s “painting with light” technique.
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February 15, 2018
Student Spotlight: Secrets to success
Meet Elise Walsh, a highly active biotechnology and molecular bioscience major and 2018 Outstanding Undergraduate Scholar. -
February 15, 2018
RIT Press receives award for innovative journal
An online journal published by RIT Press and focused on scholarship exploring the music of Haydn has been recognized for innovation in journal publishing in the humanities and social sciences with the PROSE Award from the Association of American Publishers. -
February 15, 2018
Venture Creations graduate receives major investment
Token, an identity technology start-up founded by RIT alumni Melanie and Steve Shapiro, will receive up to $1.75 million through the New York State Innovation Venture Capital Fund. -
February 14, 2018
Vote for 2018 Imagine RIT poster contest
Voting in the 2018 Imagine RIT poster contest closes on Wednesday. -
February 14, 2018
New study advances multimessenger astrophysics
A new simulation of supermassive black holes, the behemoths at the centers of galaxies, uses a realistic scenario to predict the light signals emitted in the surrounding gas before the masses collide, said RIT researchers in a new paper published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters.