February 19, 2014
Students lined up for FreezeFest gear on Tuesday. The winter festival kicks off Friday. more »
Today’s Top Stories
WITR-FM campaigning for new studio
WITR-FM (89.7) floods the airwaves with indie rock 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The station has begun a campaign to build a new, state-of-the-art studio on the first floor of the Student Alumni Union.
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Engineering students win national competition
For the second year in a row, engineering students from RIT took top honors in the College Industry Council on Material Handling Education student design competition.
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President Destler radio show airs today on WITR
WITR-FM (89.7) presents “The Bill Destler Show,” featuring RIT’s president taking listener questions at 5 p.m. today. Call 475-2271, send questions to witrdj@rit.edu or tweet @WITR897.
WITR-FM (89.7) floods the airwaves with indie rock 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The station has begun a campaign to build a new, state-of-the-art studio on the first floor of the Student Alumni Union.
read more » | watch video »
Engineering students win national competition
For the second year in a row, engineering students from RIT took top honors in the College Industry Council on Material Handling Education student design competition.
read more »
President Destler radio show airs today on WITR
WITR-FM (89.7) presents “The Bill Destler Show,” featuring RIT’s president taking listener questions at 5 p.m. today. Call 475-2271, send questions to witrdj@rit.edu or tweet @WITR897.
Share your achievements with MeritDid you make the Dean’s List this fall? RIT wants you to share your good news with friends and family through Merit.
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Newsmakers
Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, College of Liberal Arts, presented “Our National Debt and the Debt Ceiling: A Contemporary Perspective” Oct. 29 at the RIT Liberty Hill Breakfast Series.
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Sports News
Tennant named to All-American team
Senior center Courtney Tennant of the women’s basketball team was named to the 2013–2014 Capital One Academic All-America Division III women’s basketball second team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
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Senior center Courtney Tennant of the women’s basketball team was named to the 2013–2014 Capital One Academic All-America Division III women’s basketball second team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
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RIT in the News
The Times-Picayune
Baton Rouge photographer Tate Tullier’s work featured in Rochester, N.Y., exhibition
Dyer Arts Center at NTID mentioned more »
WXXI.org
“TigerSafe” Connecting RIT
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USA Today
Students say college radio is in it for the long haul
Joe Makowski, third-year networking and systems administration and international studies student, quoted more »
New York Daily News
Growing up with Derek Jeter — Minor league teammates remember kid they called ‘Jeet’
R.D. Long, assistant baseball coach, quoted more »
Baton Rouge photographer Tate Tullier’s work featured in Rochester, N.Y., exhibition
Dyer Arts Center at NTID mentioned more »
WXXI.org
“TigerSafe” Connecting RIT
more »
USA Today
Students say college radio is in it for the long haul
Joe Makowski, third-year networking and systems administration and international studies student, quoted more »
New York Daily News
Growing up with Derek Jeter — Minor league teammates remember kid they called ‘Jeet’
R.D. Long, assistant baseball coach, quoted more »
Today’s Weather
Upcoming Events
Community Service Fair: Learn about local nonprofit agencies, until 1 p.m. today, SAU lobby
Kern Lecture Series: “Fairytale Brands,” Jonathan Bean, Bucknell University, 3:45 p.m. Feb. 20, Liberal Arts Hall, room 1251
College of Science Distinguished Speaker: “Human Brain Network Dynamics,” Danielle S. Bassett, University of Pennsylvania, 4 p.m. Feb. 20, Gosnell Hall, room A300
Faculty/Undergraduate Reading Series: Featuring Visiting Assistant Professor of English Michael Sarnowski and student Angela Freeman, 5 p.m. Feb. 20, Cary Collection room, Wallace Center
Digital Humanities Distinguished Speaker Series: “Textual Science and the Future of the Past,” Gregory Heyworth, director, The Lazarus Project, 8 p.m. Feb. 20, Carlson Auditorium
Thursday Night Cinema: A Beautiful Mind, 10 p.m. Feb. 20, Ingle Auditorium
FreezeFest: Feb. 21–23, throughout campus (events)
Gray Matter Discussion Series: “Size Matters: Body Image v. Health,” noon Feb. 21, Stan McKenzie Commons, Liberal Arts Hall
Workshop: Learn about the iCloud, noon Feb. 21, Digital Den, Barnes & Noble @ RIT, 2nd Floor
Panel: “What is it Like to Choose and Live with a Cochlear Implant?” with contributors to New Beginnings, noon Feb. 21, CSD Student Development Center
Kern Lecture Series: “Fairytale Brands,” Jonathan Bean, Bucknell University, 3:45 p.m. Feb. 20, Liberal Arts Hall, room 1251
College of Science Distinguished Speaker: “Human Brain Network Dynamics,” Danielle S. Bassett, University of Pennsylvania, 4 p.m. Feb. 20, Gosnell Hall, room A300
Faculty/Undergraduate Reading Series: Featuring Visiting Assistant Professor of English Michael Sarnowski and student Angela Freeman, 5 p.m. Feb. 20, Cary Collection room, Wallace Center
Digital Humanities Distinguished Speaker Series: “Textual Science and the Future of the Past,” Gregory Heyworth, director, The Lazarus Project, 8 p.m. Feb. 20, Carlson Auditorium
Thursday Night Cinema: A Beautiful Mind, 10 p.m. Feb. 20, Ingle Auditorium
FreezeFest: Feb. 21–23, throughout campus (events)
Gray Matter Discussion Series: “Size Matters: Body Image v. Health,” noon Feb. 21, Stan McKenzie Commons, Liberal Arts Hall
Workshop: Learn about the iCloud, noon Feb. 21, Digital Den, Barnes & Noble @ RIT, 2nd Floor
Panel: “What is it Like to Choose and Live with a Cochlear Implant?” with contributors to New Beginnings, noon Feb. 21, CSD Student Development Center
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