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February 6, 2023
Rochester Prep students show off work with RIT at senior capstone
WROC-TV features Rochester Prep Charter School's Senior Capstone Showcase at RIT.
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February 1, 2023
Research funding surpasses $92 million for the first time
Increases in collaborative projects and inclusion in statewide and national economic development initiatives combined for another record year of sponsored research funding at RIT.
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February 1, 2023
Expanding RIT’s research footprint
RIT has been expanding its research footprint to accommodate the university’s growing research portfolio. The Student Hall for Exploration and Development (SHED), which opens this fall, is enabling the university to convert 10 existing classrooms, totaling more than 23,000 square feet, into new research space. Another 14,700 square feet of research space opened in January in Brown Hall.
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February 1, 2023
Upcoming changes will advance semiconductor research
RIT is building upon its successful history of semiconductor development and research through an expansion to its cleanroom facility with help from New York state.
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February 1, 2023
Community members commit to diversity and inclusion
People from across the university are helping RIT make substantial progress on the initiatives laid out in the Action Plan for Race and Ethnicity. Launched in July 2021, the plan unveiled an extensive series of initiatives designed to make RIT more diverse, equitable, and inclusive.
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January 31, 2023
Consider Faculty Diversity When Applying to College
U.S. News talks to Donathan Brown, assistant provost and assistant vice president for faculty diversity and recruitment, about how faculty diversity promotes student satisfaction.
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January 31, 2023
Learning the 'Unspoken Rules'
The Chronicle of Higher Education features RIT’s Career Ready Bootcamp, led by RIT's Spectrum Support Program. (This content requires a subscription to view.)
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January 27, 2023
RIT scientists reach a milestone in the search for continuous gravitational waves
Scientists on the hunt for a previously undetected type of gravitational waves believe they are getting close and have refined techniques to use in upcoming observational runs. Researchers from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration outlined the most sensitive search to date for continuous gravitational waves from a promising source in a paper recently published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters.
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January 24, 2023
RIT appoints inaugural Vignelli Center Designer in Residence
The Vignelli Center for Design Studies has appointed RZLBD (Reza Aliabadi) as the inaugural Vignelli Center Designer in Residence. This position was created to assist with an upcoming campus project to design and build a series of outdoor interactive exhibits tentatively titled the RIT Museumscape.
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January 11, 2023
RIT provost named president of the George Washington University
Ellen Granberg is stepping down as provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs at RIT. Granberg, RIT’s provost since 2018, will become president of the George Washington University, and the first woman to serve in this role at GW, when she begins her tenure July 1.
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January 11, 2023
Atheists on the evolution of views about morality and organized religion
WXXI’s “Connections” program features Ezgi (Erdogan) Price, faculty recruitment assistant.
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January 9, 2023
MBA student uses experience at Shop One to help grow her own business
Some people categorize themselves as right-brained or left-brained when describing what they excel at—whether they are more analytical and practical, or more creative and artistic. Both sides have their value, and Maddy Schoenfeld ’20 (metals and jewelry design) believes that combining the analytical and creative can elevate a small business.