Today’s edition of News & Events Daily is the final regularly scheduled issue for fall semester and the calendar year. News & Events Daily will resume in January 2014. The staff of RIT University News wishes you happy holidays and a safe and enjoyable break.

Today’s Top Stories

Engineering students raise $12,000 for charity
Industrial and systems engineering students gave more than $12,000 to eight Rochester charities, the result of a course in project management with a practical, service-learning component. Teams worked throughout the semester with agency representatives to coordinate fundraising events.
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Student receives Game Innovators Scholarship
Brett Morris, a second-year game design and development student, won the first-ever Game Innovators Scholarship from GSN Games, part of the Game Show Network.
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Featured Video

Looking back at 2013
From FreezeFest to Frozen Frontier—and with lots of spring, summer and fall days sprinkled in between—2013 was a remarkable year for RIT. watch video »

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Tiger Hockey

Rotolo named rookie of the week
Freshman goaltender Mike Rotolo of the men’s hockey team was named the Atlantic Hockey Association Rookie of the Week on Tuesday, his second weekly honor of the season.
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Sports News

Sprinter/jumper honored by league
Jared Athias of the men’s track and field team was named the Liberty League Indoor Track and Field Rookie of the Week on Monday, his second straight weekly honor.
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RIT in the News

Democrat and Chronicle
Delmonize Smith aims to make one city out of two
Delmonize Smith, associate professor of management and director, Center for Urban Entrepreneurship, featured more »

PC World
Biologically inspired: How neural networks are finally maturing
Leon Reznik, professor of computer science, quoted more »

Rochester Business Journal
Region gets funding for Innovation Hot Spot
Venture Creations and Center for Urban Entrepreneurship mentioned more »