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April 2, 2014
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Author Eowyn Ivey visited to speak about her debut novel, The Snow Child. more »
Today’s Top Stories
Center receives boost in state funding
The newly passed state budget includes a significant increase in funding for RIT’s Center of Excellence in Sustainable Manufacturing and continued funding for the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute.
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Technical communication conference April 13–15
The Rochester Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication will hold its annual conference, Spectrum, April 13-15 at RIT. This year’s theme is Communicating to Understanding: Core Competency, Core Value.
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story photoTop stories and videos for March
News about the free and open source software program and videos about the snow day were most popular last month. Check out all of March’s top stories and videos.
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Featured Video
RIT Expert: Professor Caroline Easton
RIT faculty and staff can offer expert insight into a variety of areas. Today, hear from Caroline Easton, professor of forensic clinical psychology. Watch more expert videos or view the Experts Guide. watch video »

Tiger Hockey
Ali Binnington earns All-USCHO Third Team honors
Junior goaltender Ali Binnington of the women’s hockey team was named to the 2013–14 All-United States College Hockey Online Third Team. Binnington is the first RIT player to earn this honor since the team moved to Division I in 2012.
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Sports News
Women’s tennis picks up first dual win of season
The women’s tennis team defeated Nazareth College 5-4 at the Gordon Field House on Tuesday. RIT won four of the six singles matches to claim the victory.
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RIT in the News
The Huffington Post
Nonprofit CEOs Need To Be Peers NOT Powerhouses - Interface More Frequently with Individual Board Members
Guest essay by Eugene Fram, professor emeritus, Saunders College of Business more »

Forbes.com
Coping With Unsafe Campuses: Maybe Phones, Not Guns
Guest essay by Evan Selinger, associate professor of philosophy; Eric Irish ’12 (information technology) featured more »

Glens Falls Post-Star
Local woman riding across country to fight cancer
Kelsey Taylor, fourth-year professional photographic illustration major, featured more »

Democrat and Chronicle
Puttin' on RITz Dinner to feature Middle Eastern menu
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The Boston Globe
Technology firms prepare for rush to nab limited visas
Ron Hira, associate professor of public policy, quoted more »

Rochester Business Journal
Annual awards honor achievement in health care
David Borkholder, Bausch and Lomb Associate Professor of Microsystems Engineering, mentioned more »

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Upcoming Events
Award ceremony and reception: Honoring 2014 Leadership Awards recipients, noon today, Ingle Auditorium

Celebration: In honor of women’s hockey team, College Hockey America Champions, 3:45 p.m. today, SAU Fireside Lounge

Charles Arnold Lecture Series: Liz Von Hoene, photographer, 6:30 p.m. April 3, Carlson Auditorium

Lyon Daughters Lecture in Bioethics: “The Intersection of Palliative Care and Ethics,” Dr. Timothy Quill, 7 p.m. April 3, Rochester Academy of Medicine, 1441 East Ave., Rochester

French film festival: Rust and Bone, 7 p.m. April 3, Golisano Hall auditorium

Thursday Night Cinema: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, 10 p.m. April 3, Ingle Auditorium

Imaging Arts and Sciences Symposium: For Rochester City Scholars, 8:30 a.m.–2 p.m. April 4, University Gallery

Workshop: Learn about iWork, the office productivity suite for iOS and Mac, noon April 4, Digital Den, Barnes & Noble @ RIT, 2nd Floor

Seminar: “Ignorance is Bliss,” with guest speakers Caroline Easton, College of Health Sciences and Technology, and Susan Lakin, College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, 2 p.m. April 4, Gosnell Hall, room A300

Lecture: “Rethinking Marriage and the Family: Three Questions,” Samantha Brennan, University of Western Ontario, 4 p.m. April 4, Eastman Hall, room 2000

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Scoreboard
Women’s tennis: RIT 5, Nazareth 4

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