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May 20, 2022
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Frank Cost, former dean, teacher, and industry consultant, retires after four decades
Frank Cost, who served as associate dean and then interim dean of what was then RIT’s College of Imaging Arts and Sciences (now the College of Art and Design) from 1997 through 2011, is retiring after 40 years.
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May 19, 2022
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Professor Alan Nye zooms to retirement after 45 years at RIT
If it had wheels and raced, Alan Nye had a part in it. The professor of mechanical engineering, who will retire this summer, has successfully navigated 45 years of teaching and advising engineering students and RIT’s championship Formula racing team.
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May 19, 2022
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RIT offers new minor in emerging field of quantum information science and technology
RIT students can soon begin earning a minor in an emerging field that could disrupt the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines. RIT students can now take classes toward a minor in quantum information science and technology.
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May 16, 2022
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RIT faculty and recent alumni bound for Fulbright experiences from Norway to Madagascar
RIT students, alumni, and faculty have had another successful year securing prestigious Fulbright awards to pursue immersive global experiences. Three recent graduates received awards through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program for the 2022-2023 academic year and two faculty received Fulbright Scholar Awards.
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May 16, 2022
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RIT physician assistant alumna wins Fulbright award to conduct clinical trial in Bahrain
Maria Morcos ’22 BS/MS (physician assistant) will spend the next academic year conducting a clinical asthma trial at the Royal College of Surgeons in Bahrain. It will be the first asthma clinical trial in the area.
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May 16, 2022
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Ben Zwickl to spend fall in Oslo studying physics students’ computational literacy and career interests
Associate Professor Ben Zwickl will head to the University of Oslo this fall to research what he calls one of the most understudied aspects of the undergraduate physics curriculum.
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May 16, 2022
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Fulbright scholar Benjamin Gloger will travel to Germany to strengthen supply chains
After graduating this year, computer science major Benjamin Gloger will spend almost a year living and working in Germany on a Fulbright Research scholarship. He will work on a project aimed at strengthening supply chains and their cybersecurity.
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May 16, 2022
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Michael Murdoch heads to Ghent to research visual adaptation in augmented and virtual reality
Associate professor Michael Murdoch received a prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to develop new techniques to study visual adaptation in augmented and virtual reality.
Photo Spotlight
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Photo Gallery
May 18, 2022
Photo by Elizabeth Lamark
Rochester Institute of Technology's three-year pause from attending Design Week in New York City was marked by two high-level events. The industrial design program's Metaproject 11 partnership with Staach, R. Roger Remington's "Onward" book, published by RIT Press, and a celebration of 12 years of the Vignelli Center for Design Studies were each celebrated at Partner + Napier's New York City location on Saturday night, May 14. In addition, industrial design students who collaborated with Modkat on Metaproject 12 exhibited their projects in a WantedDesign showcase at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) May 15-17.
2022 President’s Report
Today, midway through our 2025 Strategic Plan, RIT is on a firm path to realize all we set out to accomplish—and more. We are becoming the university we want to be.
Media Coverage
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May 18, 2022
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The Time Is Still Now for IPv6
Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer of computing security, discusses the adoption of IPv6 in the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) blog.
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May 17, 2022
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Performing and Fine Arts Schools Bring People with Disabilities to the Forefront
INSIGHT into Diversity features NTID's Robert F. Panara Theatre and performing arts program.
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May 17, 2022
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Buffalo shooting suspect radicalized on websites, chat rooms
WKBW-TV interviews Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer of computing security, about the technological and cybersecurity aspects of the shooting at the Tops Supermarket in Buffalo.
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May 16, 2022
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Some chocolate has a dark side to it - child labor
Essay by Robert Ulin, professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, published by The Conversation.
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