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March 3, 2023
RIT/NTID partners with Rochester Museum & Science Center for Deaf Night, April 12
NTID is partnering with Rochester Museum & Science Center for Deaf Night on April 12 at RMSC. The event will provide an accessible and friendly experience for deaf and hard-of-hearing people in the community.
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February 24, 2023
RIT scholarship for city residents expands to include students enrolled in Urban-Suburban program
RIT’s scholarship program that provides City of Rochester graduates full-tuition scholarships and academic support is expanding its eligibility. The Destler/Johnson Rochester City Scholars program will now be open to students participating in the Urban-Suburban Interdistrict Transfer Program.
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February 16, 2023
RIT/NTID partners with The Strong Museum for Deaf Day of Play March 5
NTID and The Strong National Museum of Play have again partnered to celebrate the richness of Rochester’s Deaf community with a Deaf Day of Play at the museum from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 5.
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February 10, 2023
RIT-Rochester Prep High School Partnership gives students a preview of college
Plastic pollutants, the coronavirus, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, the strength of nanowires, and why freshly cut grass smells the way it does—these are some of the topics students from Rochester Prep High School explored during a mentorship program with RIT faculty. They shared their projects and new perspectives during the RIT-Rochester Prep Capstone Showcase held Feb. 6 at RIT.
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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 6, 2023
RIT Certified secures nearly $1.6 million in grants for workforce development programs
RIT Certified, which provides a wide range of workforce development and professional training courses, certificates, and skill-based programs, has secured three grants totaling nearly $1.6 million.
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January 27, 2023
RIT students can beat the blahs during FreezeFest
Ice skating, downhill skiing, hot chocolate, movies, and more are planned for this year’s 13-day FreezeFest, taking place Tuesday through Feb. 12.
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January 19, 2023
RIT students building community partnerships
What started as a program to help RIT students get to know more about the community has also resulted in strengthened partnerships between the university and local organizations.
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January 19, 2023
RIT’s Wegmans School of Health and Nutrition offers new MS degree in dietetics and nutrition
RIT is offering a new master’s degree in dietetics and nutrition to prepare graduates to become registered dietitian nutritionists with a deep understanding of food as medicine. The two-year graduate program will start in the fall and enrollment is open now.
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January 9, 2023
Teaching STEM by playing with primates
Caroline DeLong, professor and undergraduate program director of psychology, and a team of researchers at RIT and Carnegie Mellon University are exploring the idea of engaging children with STEM skills through the lens of interacting with animals. They are working with a group of olive baboons at Rochester’s Seneca Park Zoo.
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January 5, 2023
Photos: AIDB students participate in Photography Project
The Daily Home features a nighttime photography project with the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind and RIT/NTID.
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December 20, 2022
BOCES hosts animation classes for local schools
The Olean Times Herald talks to David Long, associate professor and director of the MAGIC Center, about a partnership with the Cattaraugus-Allegany region school districts.