April 9, 2014
Need to get around campus in a hurry? Student Government is offering a bike share program. more »
Today’s Top Stories
Students recognized for research in astrophysics
Kevin Cooke and Valerie Rapson, graduate students in the astrophysical sciences and technology program, were recognized with Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Awards for their outstanding research posters at the 223rd American Astronomical Society meeting.
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Company co-owners to receive Vanden Brul award
Ronald Ricotta and Michael Nuccitelli, co-owners of Century Mold Inc. and Parlec Inc., are the recipients of the 2014 Herbert W. Vanden Brul Entrepreneurial Award. The award recognizes those who developed a business that improved the local economy or who changed the course of an existing business.
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Concert series continues with history of blues
“Blues Got You: From the Mississippi Delta to Tin Pan Alley,” will be held Friday as part of the Performing Artists Concert Series. Musicians will follow the history of blues music from its beginnings as indigenous African-American music in the Mississippi Delta to its emergence as a national music
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Kevin Cooke and Valerie Rapson, graduate students in the astrophysical sciences and technology program, were recognized with Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Awards for their outstanding research posters at the 223rd American Astronomical Society meeting.
read more »
Company co-owners to receive Vanden Brul award
Ronald Ricotta and Michael Nuccitelli, co-owners of Century Mold Inc. and Parlec Inc., are the recipients of the 2014 Herbert W. Vanden Brul Entrepreneurial Award. The award recognizes those who developed a business that improved the local economy or who changed the course of an existing business.
read more »
Concert series continues with history of blues
“Blues Got You: From the Mississippi Delta to Tin Pan Alley,” will be held Friday as part of the Performing Artists Concert Series. Musicians will follow the history of blues music from its beginnings as indigenous African-American music in the Mississippi Delta to its emergence as a national music
read more »
RIT presents dark comedy on family dysfunction
The Marriage of Bette and Boo will be performed in voice and American Sign Language Thursday through Sunday in Panara Theatre.
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The Marriage of Bette and Boo will be performed in voice and American Sign Language Thursday through Sunday in Panara Theatre.
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Bike share programStudent Government launched the new bike share program on Monday. A fleet of 20 new orange Fuji Barnebey bicycles is available to RIT students, faculty and staff to borrow. Bikes are available at the residential office in Kate Gleason Hall. watch video »
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RIT on TV: Bittersweet rivalry
WHEC-TV (channel 10) reports on the men’s lacrosse team’s game at 4 p.m. today against Nazareth College. RIT Head Coach Jake Coon played for Nazareth and later joined the coaching staff before coming to RIT. watch video »
WHEC-TV (channel 10) reports on the men’s lacrosse team’s game at 4 p.m. today against Nazareth College. RIT Head Coach Jake Coon played for Nazareth and later joined the coaching staff before coming to RIT. watch video »
RIT in the News
WXXI.org
RIT Launches Bike Share Program
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Rochester Business Journal
Saunders College seeks firms for Capstone Project
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Democrat and Chronicle
Deadline nears for free RIT business consulting
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EdTech
The Expanding Use of Free and Open Source Systems in Higher Education
Stephen Jacobs, professor and associate director of RIT’s MAGIC Center, featured more »
Kotaku
Here's The Next-Gen Gaming Toothbrush
Evan Selinger, associate professor of philosophy, quoted more »
Rochester Business Journal
Graduate programs keep higher education sector humming
Hans-Peter Bischof, graduate program coordinator and professor of computer science, quoted more »
RIT Launches Bike Share Program
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Rochester Business Journal
Saunders College seeks firms for Capstone Project
more »
Democrat and Chronicle
Deadline nears for free RIT business consulting
more »
EdTech
The Expanding Use of Free and Open Source Systems in Higher Education
Stephen Jacobs, professor and associate director of RIT’s MAGIC Center, featured more »
Kotaku
Here's The Next-Gen Gaming Toothbrush
Evan Selinger, associate professor of philosophy, quoted more »
Rochester Business Journal
Graduate programs keep higher education sector humming
Hans-Peter Bischof, graduate program coordinator and professor of computer science, quoted more »
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Upcoming Events
You Are Not Alone: Voices of Survivors of Violence: Art, music and poetry show of work by survivors of violence, until 7 p.m. today, University Gallery
Talk: “Conversations on Climate Change,” Neil Leary, Center for Sustainability Education, Dickinson College, 4:30 p.m. today, Webb Auditorium
Hale lecture: “Structural Conditions for Civility,” Deborah Mower, Youngstown State University, 4 p.m. April 10, Eastman Hall, room 2000
Awards reception and ceremony: Outstanding Undergraduate Scholar Awards, reception at 4:30 p.m., ceremony at 5:30 p.m. April 10, Gordon Field House
Statesmanship Colloquium: “Lincoln’s Statesmanship on the Emancipation Proclamation,” Allen Guelzo, director, Civil War Era Studies, Gettysburg College, 7 p.m. April 10, Webb Auditorium
Digital Humanities Distinguished Speaker Series: Tracy Fullerton, Time’s Best of the Web and Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment Power 100, 8 p.m. April 10, Carlson Auditorium
Performance: The Marriage of Bette and Boo, 8 p.m. April 10–12, 2 p.m. April 13, Panara Theatre
Spring Craft Fair: 10 a.m.–4 p.m. April 11, SAU lobby
Gray Matter Discussion Series: “Beauty, Gender, Social Class… What is Fashion?” noon April 11, Stan McKenzie Commons, Liberal Arts Hall
Speaker: “The Epidemiology of Prostate Cancer: Genomic Insights,” Rick Kittles ’89, College of Science Distinguished Alumnus, 2 p.m. April 11, Gosnell Hall, room A300
Talk: “Conversations on Climate Change,” Neil Leary, Center for Sustainability Education, Dickinson College, 4:30 p.m. today, Webb Auditorium
Hale lecture: “Structural Conditions for Civility,” Deborah Mower, Youngstown State University, 4 p.m. April 10, Eastman Hall, room 2000
Awards reception and ceremony: Outstanding Undergraduate Scholar Awards, reception at 4:30 p.m., ceremony at 5:30 p.m. April 10, Gordon Field House
Statesmanship Colloquium: “Lincoln’s Statesmanship on the Emancipation Proclamation,” Allen Guelzo, director, Civil War Era Studies, Gettysburg College, 7 p.m. April 10, Webb Auditorium
Digital Humanities Distinguished Speaker Series: Tracy Fullerton, Time’s Best of the Web and Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment Power 100, 8 p.m. April 10, Carlson Auditorium
Performance: The Marriage of Bette and Boo, 8 p.m. April 10–12, 2 p.m. April 13, Panara Theatre
Spring Craft Fair: 10 a.m.–4 p.m. April 11, SAU lobby
Gray Matter Discussion Series: “Beauty, Gender, Social Class… What is Fashion?” noon April 11, Stan McKenzie Commons, Liberal Arts Hall
Speaker: “The Epidemiology of Prostate Cancer: Genomic Insights,” Rick Kittles ’89, College of Science Distinguished Alumnus, 2 p.m. April 11, Gosnell Hall, room A300
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