News Stories
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March 29, 2017
CIAS Dean Lorraine Justice to step down
Lorraine Justice, dean of the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences since 2011, is stepping down March 31 due to health reasons. Senior Associate Dean Robin Cass has been appointed acting dean of CIAS to serve through the end of this academic year. -
March 29, 2017
RIT to host symposium on American Indian languages
Preserving American Indian languages is the focus of the Symposium on American Indian Languages on April 7, when up to 100 people from around the country will gather to learn about projects to study, document and preserve native languages for future generations. -
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March 28, 2017
Alumnus to discuss 18th-century printing press
Recent engineering grad Seth Gottlieb will speak about the 18th-century wooden printing press that he and his classmates recreated for their senior design class. Following the talk, the press will be used to print new copies of one of the 18th century’s most iconic documents: the First Amendment. -
March 28, 2017
Ice-breaker was really love at first sight
Guerin Gagliastri ’14 (physician assistant) and Stephen Jones ’13 (film and animation) met as Resident Advisors in 2011 and instantly became friends. They were married in September. -
March 28, 2017
Eight degrees of success for South African family
Radha Chhita will get her master’s degree in May, becoming the eighth member of her family to attend RIT. -
March 28, 2017
Marketing job gets alumnus out of a pickle
Filip Keuppens '99 (hotel and resort management) took his hospitality degree, combined it with his love of sports and found the perfect job.
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March 28, 2017
Chemist turns hobby into full-time business
Despite having earned a Ph.D. in chemistry, Amanda Preske ’09 has put her career as a researcher on hold to commit herself full time to her jewelry business, Circuit Breaker Labs, through which she crafts and sells pieces made from recycled circuit boards and resin. -
March 28, 2017
Robot pastime helped alumnus build career
Mike Jeffries is proud when Bombshell is on the attack, knowing there’s no “tapping out” or yielding in competitions. During this past season of ABC’s BattleBots show, taped over the summer, Bombshell and Jeffries’ Chaos Corps team battled to an impressive second place finish. -
March 28, 2017
Graduates construct Rochester Top 100 company
Justin Hamilton and Christopher Stern were standing on the basketball court sidelines in 1998 when they started talking about majors. That was the beginning of Hamilton Stern Construction, a company that was No. 1 on the Rochester Chamber Top 100 list of fastest growing private companies in 2016.
