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  • April 9, 2014

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    RIT celebrates graduate students

    The first Graduate Education Week at RIT will be held April 14–18 and features speakers, workshops, information fairs and a keynote address and luncheon.
  • April 8, 2014

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    National math whizzes compete at RIT/NTID

    More than 80 sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders from 16 states and Canada attended the ninth annual National Math Competition for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students at NTID.
  • April 7, 2014

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    Meet RIT’s 2014 distinguished alumni

    Each year, the leaders of the colleges and centers select one graduate from each college who represents the best of RIT. This year, RIT honors 10 distinguished alumni.
  • April 4, 2014

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    NTID students go from chilly to Chile

    A dozen students from NTID spent much of January’s intercession in Chile, learning about its history, culture, politics and Chilean Sign Language.
  • April 3, 2014

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    Esteemed researcher joins RIT faculty

    Matt Huenerfauth, a researcher in human-computer interaction and accessibility for people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, joins the Golisano College in August.
  • March 24, 2014

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    NTID opens doors to employment

    Historically, more than 90 percent of deaf and hard-of-hearing grads who have chosen to enter the labor market have obtained jobs in business, industry, government and more.
  • March 14, 2014

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    RIT Public Service Award winners announced

    NTID professor Rose Marie Toscano and Meaghan Malone, a sustainable engineering graduate student, will be recognized at a ceremony on May 8 for their public service efforts.
  • March 3, 2014

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    Top stories and videos for February

    News about student Jen Lamere’s nomination for a prestigious Web award was the most-read story of last month. Check out all of February’s most popular stories.
  • February 3, 2014

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    Top stories and videos for January

    News about Jen Lamere’s nomination for a prestigious Web award and RIT’s new commercial topped last month’s list of most popular RIT news stories.