News Stories
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January 22, 2020
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Expressive Communication Center opens at RIT to help students with public speaking
Roughly one person in four has a fear of public speaking, but the anxiety can be reduced if you know just what to say, how to organize, begin or end. RIT’s Expressive Communication Center strives to help students better prepare to deliver speeches and presentations.
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January 21, 2020
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Why baseball needs Derek Jeter today as much as ever
ESPN talks to R.D. Long, former RIT baseball coach, about Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Derek Jeter.
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January 20, 2020
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Frozen Four hockey memories: RIT’s remarkable run
RIT’s Frozen Four hockey memories are frozen in time. The success of the RIT’s men’s hockey team was one of the most inspiring stories in college hockey in 2010, and RIT is celebrating the Frozen Four Tigers this Saturday.
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January 19, 2020
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Players’ new artistic director is a familiar face
The Mercury News features Kevin Surace ’85 (electrical engineering technology).
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January 17, 2020
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Memorial Art Gallery showcases Deaf culture with De’VIA exhibit
WROC-TV talks to Patti Durr, associate professor at NTID, and Tabitha Jacques, director of the Dyer Arts Center, about the ehibit “De’VIA: The Manifesto Comes of Age” at the Memorial Art Gallery.
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January 17, 2020
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The first step in managing plastic waste is measuring it – here’s how we did it for one Caribbean country
Essay by Clyde Hull, professor of management, and Eric Williams, professor of sustainability, published by The Conversation.
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January 17, 2020
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Rochester-Area Personal Trainer Communicates With Clients Through Sign Language
Spectrum News features Janna Sirianni '10 (computer integrated machining), '13 (applied arts and sciences), a deaf personal trainer who leads workout sessions at local YMCAs.
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January 16, 2020
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RIT adds poet and one-woman play to Expressions of King’s Legacy program
Slam and spoken word poetry and a unique one-woman play have been added to the program for RIT’s 38th annual Expressions of King’s Legacy. Poet Javon Johnson and actress Mzuri Moyo Aimbaye will perform before keynote speaker and MSNBC political analyst Joy-Ann Reid.
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January 15, 2020
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RIT students create pinball machines for History and Design of Pinball course
As part of an interactive games and media course, 12 RIT students made cardboard and digital pinball machines designed around themes of their own choosing. For the final exam, students brought their creations to The Strong National Museum of Play and had visitors give their physical and virtual pinball machines a test drive.
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January 15, 2020
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Into the ROC allows students to explore ‘people, places and possibilities’
A college experience should include more than a degree, and for three years, students at RIT have been learning about the community beyond campus and finding ways to make it a better place through volunteering.
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January 15, 2020
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RIT health systems management MS program reflects changing health care industry
RIT is changing how business leadership in the health systems industry is taught through a hybrid online program that includes immersive workshops and international travel to compare and contrast health care models.
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January 15, 2020
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Peace Corps director to give 2020 commencement keynote
Peace Corps Director Josephine “Jody” Olsen will be the keynote speaker for RIT’s annual commencement celebration. Olsen will speak at the Academic Convocation, set for 10 a.m. Friday, May 8, in the Gordon Field House and Activities Center.
