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Twyla Cummings wins diversity award
Cummings, senior associate dean of the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, was named the winner of the 2014 Isaac L. Jordan Sr. Faculty Pluralism Award.
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Bowling team heads to championships
The men’s bowling team will face off against the best bowlers in the nation April 16–18 at the United States Bowling Congress Intercollegiate Team Championships in Reno, Nev. This is the fifth time in the past six years that the RIT team has qualified for the championships.
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RIT hosts girls summer engineering camps
Registration is open for two summer camps for elementary, middle and high school age girls, hosted by RIT’s Women in Engineering program.
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Cummings, senior associate dean of the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, was named the winner of the 2014 Isaac L. Jordan Sr. Faculty Pluralism Award.
read more »
Bowling team heads to championships
The men’s bowling team will face off against the best bowlers in the nation April 16–18 at the United States Bowling Congress Intercollegiate Team Championships in Reno, Nev. This is the fifth time in the past six years that the RIT team has qualified for the championships.
read more »
RIT hosts girls summer engineering camps
Registration is open for two summer camps for elementary, middle and high school age girls, hosted by RIT’s Women in Engineering program.
read more »
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Newsmakers
Zack Butler and Ivona Bezakova, associate professors in the Department of Computer Science, received $80,000 from the National Science Foundation to support “On beyond Sudoku: Pencil puzzles as an engaging problem domain for introductory computer science.”
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Sports News
Matt Giannino named Track Athlete of the Week
Senior middle distance runner Matt Giannino of the men’s track and field team was named the Liberty League Track Athlete of the Week on Monday, his second weekly honor of the 2013–14 season.
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Senior middle distance runner Matt Giannino of the men’s track and field team was named the Liberty League Track Athlete of the Week on Monday, his second weekly honor of the 2013–14 season.
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RIT in the News
The Huffington Post
College Prospects: Do Parents Complete a Viable Due Diligence?
Guest essay by Eugene Fram, professor emeritus, Saunders College of Business more »
India PR wire
Croatian team wins the ‘Henkel Innovation Challenge’
Daren Perincic and Dominik Benger, RIT Croatia students, featured more »
Democrat and Chronicle
‘Stand Against Racism’ to unite Rochester
Candice Baldwin, director, Multicultural Center for Academic Success, mentioned more »
WXXI.org
Two RIT Properties To Join New State Business Program
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College Prospects: Do Parents Complete a Viable Due Diligence?
Guest essay by Eugene Fram, professor emeritus, Saunders College of Business more »
India PR wire
Croatian team wins the ‘Henkel Innovation Challenge’
Daren Perincic and Dominik Benger, RIT Croatia students, featured more »
Democrat and Chronicle
‘Stand Against Racism’ to unite Rochester
Candice Baldwin, director, Multicultural Center for Academic Success, mentioned more »
WXXI.org
Two RIT Properties To Join New State Business Program
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Today’s Weather
Upcoming Events
Submission deadline: Abstracts for Effective Access Technology Conference due today (details)
Sale: Sponsored by CIAS Honors Program, “aRtIsT” T-shirt, hoodies and more, until 2 p.m. today and 10 a.m.–2 p.m. April 22, 29 and May 6, Gannett Hall lobby
Global Conversations: “Developing Successful International Research Partnerships,” Bill Clymer, Mike Kotlarchyk, Andrew Robinson, Brian Tomaszewski, Jan Van Aardt, 1 p.m. today, Campus Center
Information session: Saunders College of Business graduate programs, 5:45 p.m. today, Lowenthal Hall, room 1225
French Film Festival: Step up to the Plate, 7 p.m. today, Golisano Hall auditorium
Speaker: “The Valuation of Early Stage Companies,” John May, The Angel Resource Institute, 7:30 a.m.–noon April 16, CIMS Conference Center (register)
Vignelli Design Conversations: “Vortex: Why Design Needs New Ways of Speaking,” Robert Appleton, 4:45 p.m. April 15, University Gallery
Exhibition and symposium: “Research, Scholarship and Creativity in CIAS,” opening reception and keynote presentation, 5–7 p.m. April 16, University Gallery
Film screening and discussion: Shoulders to Stand On, 6 p.m. April 16, SAU Fireside Lounge
Film screening: Chasing Ice, 7 p.m. April 16, Xerox Auditorium
Sale: Sponsored by CIAS Honors Program, “aRtIsT” T-shirt, hoodies and more, until 2 p.m. today and 10 a.m.–2 p.m. April 22, 29 and May 6, Gannett Hall lobby
Global Conversations: “Developing Successful International Research Partnerships,” Bill Clymer, Mike Kotlarchyk, Andrew Robinson, Brian Tomaszewski, Jan Van Aardt, 1 p.m. today, Campus Center
Information session: Saunders College of Business graduate programs, 5:45 p.m. today, Lowenthal Hall, room 1225
French Film Festival: Step up to the Plate, 7 p.m. today, Golisano Hall auditorium
Speaker: “The Valuation of Early Stage Companies,” John May, The Angel Resource Institute, 7:30 a.m.–noon April 16, CIMS Conference Center (register)
Vignelli Design Conversations: “Vortex: Why Design Needs New Ways of Speaking,” Robert Appleton, 4:45 p.m. April 15, University Gallery
Exhibition and symposium: “Research, Scholarship and Creativity in CIAS,” opening reception and keynote presentation, 5–7 p.m. April 16, University Gallery
Film screening and discussion: Shoulders to Stand On, 6 p.m. April 16, SAU Fireside Lounge
Film screening: Chasing Ice, 7 p.m. April 16, Xerox Auditorium
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