Today’s Top Stories
Former roommates team up on business
Terry Wright and Greg Westbrook created ClearCove Systems in 2013 and are based at RIT’s Venture Creations business incubator. They have patented a process that they believe will revolutionize the way wastewater is treated, while creating energy for treatment plants to use.
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Engineering World Health CEO to visit Wednesday
Edward Hutton will be on campus Feb. 12 to talk about the role engineers play in supporting the health care and medical communities in the developing world.
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Salon series features experimental performances
The Stan McKenzie Salon Series on Wednesday features performances by the RIT String Quartet and RIT performing arts faculty members and will use engineering technology to turn an ordinary room into a virtual auditorium.
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Terry Wright and Greg Westbrook created ClearCove Systems in 2013 and are based at RIT’s Venture Creations business incubator. They have patented a process that they believe will revolutionize the way wastewater is treated, while creating energy for treatment plants to use.
read more » | watch video »
Engineering World Health CEO to visit Wednesday
Edward Hutton will be on campus Feb. 12 to talk about the role engineers play in supporting the health care and medical communities in the developing world.
read more »
Salon series features experimental performances
The Stan McKenzie Salon Series on Wednesday features performances by the RIT String Quartet and RIT performing arts faculty members and will use engineering technology to turn an ordinary room into a virtual auditorium.
read more »
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Newsmakers
Dinah Holtzman, visiting professor of performing arts and culture, presented “Ninety-Nine Problems But a Witch Ain’t One: Kara Walker as Good Witch in Annie Leibowitz’s ‘Wizard of Oz’” at the Gender, Race and Representation in Magazines and New Media conference Oct. 26 at Cornell University.
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Sports News
Men’s lacrosse opens season with rematch
The men’s lacrosse team will open the 2014 season in style with a rematch of the 2013 NCAA Division III Championship when the Tigers take on 2013 NCAA Division III Champion Stevenson University on Feb. 22 at the Carrier Dome on the campus of Syracuse University.
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The men’s lacrosse team will open the 2014 season in style with a rematch of the 2013 NCAA Division III Championship when the Tigers take on 2013 NCAA Division III Champion Stevenson University on Feb. 22 at the Carrier Dome on the campus of Syracuse University.
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RIT in the News
Democrat and Chronicle
RIT urban entrepreneurship center begins programs
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Democrat and Chronicle
RIT’s Cary collection a Rochester gem
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The Post-Standard
If genetically modified foods are so bad, where's the proof? (Commentary)
Guest essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics more »
Rochester Business Journal
Awards slated for achievement in health care
David Borkholder, Bausch & Lomb associate professor, microsystems engineering, mentioned more »
RIT urban entrepreneurship center begins programs
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Democrat and Chronicle
RIT’s Cary collection a Rochester gem
more »
The Post-Standard
If genetically modified foods are so bad, where's the proof? (Commentary)
Guest essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics more »
Rochester Business Journal
Awards slated for achievement in health care
David Borkholder, Bausch & Lomb associate professor, microsystems engineering, mentioned more »
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Upcoming Events
Global open forum: “Israel: Broadening the Conversation,” Ambassador Ido Aharoni, consul general of Israel, 2:30 p.m. today, Golisano Institute for Sustainability auditorium, room 1130
Vignelli Center Design Conversations: Ken Carbone, Carbone Smolan Agency, 4:45 p.m. today, University Gallery, Booth Hall
Information session: Graduate programs at RIT, 5 p.m. today, Bausch and Lomb Center
Information session: Saunders College of Business master’s and MBA programs, 5:45 p.m. today, Lowenthal Hall, room 1225
Graduation Fair: “One stop shopping” for commencement needs, 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Feb. 12, SAU Fireside Lounge
TAG Day: Recognizing impact of donors on RIT community, games and giveaways, 11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Feb. 12, Campus Center
MAGIC Speaker Series: “The Web We Lost,” Anil Dash, cofounder and CEO of ThinkUp, 1 p.m. Feb. 12, Student Innovation Hall (RSVP)
Stan Mckenzie Salon Series: Featuring classical chamber music by RIT String Quartet and music faculty members in virtual auditorium, 4–6 p.m. Feb. 12, Liberal Arts Hall, Stan McKenzie Commons
Lecture: Nonprofit or low-profit public relations, Steven Bodnar, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 7 p.m. Feb. 12, Xerox Auditorium
Vignelli Center Design Conversations: Ken Carbone, Carbone Smolan Agency, 4:45 p.m. today, University Gallery, Booth Hall
Information session: Graduate programs at RIT, 5 p.m. today, Bausch and Lomb Center
Information session: Saunders College of Business master’s and MBA programs, 5:45 p.m. today, Lowenthal Hall, room 1225
Graduation Fair: “One stop shopping” for commencement needs, 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Feb. 12, SAU Fireside Lounge
TAG Day: Recognizing impact of donors on RIT community, games and giveaways, 11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Feb. 12, Campus Center
MAGIC Speaker Series: “The Web We Lost,” Anil Dash, cofounder and CEO of ThinkUp, 1 p.m. Feb. 12, Student Innovation Hall (RSVP)
Stan Mckenzie Salon Series: Featuring classical chamber music by RIT String Quartet and music faculty members in virtual auditorium, 4–6 p.m. Feb. 12, Liberal Arts Hall, Stan McKenzie Commons
Lecture: Nonprofit or low-profit public relations, Steven Bodnar, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 7 p.m. Feb. 12, Xerox Auditorium
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