Today’s Top Stories
RIT hosts Future Faculty Exploration Program
Applications are now being accepted for the program, which aims to recruit diverse faculty candidates.
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Visiting scientist explains optical phenomena
Joseph Shaw presents “Optics in Nature: A photographic tour” on Friday and will discuss colors in the sky, rainbows, halos, coronas, iridescence, glories, glitter patterns and auroras.
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Students, alumni teach children about business
Volunteers from Saunders College of Business and local companies will teach Rochester School District children in grades K-8 about business, economics and free enterprise as part of the Junior Achievement of Rochester program.
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Applications are now being accepted for the program, which aims to recruit diverse faculty candidates.
read more »
Visiting scientist explains optical phenomena
Joseph Shaw presents “Optics in Nature: A photographic tour” on Friday and will discuss colors in the sky, rainbows, halos, coronas, iridescence, glories, glitter patterns and auroras.
read more »
Students, alumni teach children about business
Volunteers from Saunders College of Business and local companies will teach Rochester School District children in grades K-8 about business, economics and free enterprise as part of the Junior Achievement of Rochester program.
read more »
President Destler radio show airs 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) 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.
Featured Video
Jessica Lieberman, ‘Becoming Visible’
Jessica Lieberman, assistant professor of visual culture, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma when she was 27. More than a decade later, she is sharing her two-year medical journey in a new book, Becoming Visible. watch video »
Jessica Lieberman, assistant professor of visual culture, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma when she was 27. More than a decade later, she is sharing her two-year medical journey in a new book, Becoming Visible. watch video »
Newsmakers
Ron Hira, associate professor of public policy, presented the keynote address, “A Decade of Offshoring: Trends, Implications, and Public Policy,” at the IEEE Rochester Section Joint Chapters Meeting on April 7. more Newsmakers »
Sports News
RIT honors student athletes
The RIT Center for Intercollegiate Athletics held its 2013–14 Student-Athlete Awards Banquet on Monday. More than 500 student-athletes from RIT’s 24 varsity athletics teams attended.
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The RIT Center for Intercollegiate Athletics held its 2013–14 Student-Athlete Awards Banquet on Monday. More than 500 student-athletes from RIT’s 24 varsity athletics teams attended.
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RIT in the News
Democrat and Chronicle
Saunders students finish fourth in stock contest
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Rochester Business Journal
The EV switch: High gasoline prices are helping to fuel sales of electric vehicles
Bill Destler, president, quoted more »
Rochester Business Journal
Engineers honored at 112th annual ceremony
Maureen Valentine, professor of civil engineering technology and associate dean, College of Applied Science and Technology, featured more »
Saunders students finish fourth in stock contest
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Rochester Business Journal
The EV switch: High gasoline prices are helping to fuel sales of electric vehicles
Bill Destler, president, quoted more »
Rochester Business Journal
Engineers honored at 112th annual ceremony
Maureen Valentine, professor of civil engineering technology and associate dean, College of Applied Science and Technology, featured more »
Today’s Weather
Upcoming Events
Stan McKenzie Salon Series: “An Experimental Collaboration between Journalism and Business,” Andrea Hickerson and Vic Perotti, 4 p.m. today, Stan McKenzie Commons, Liberal Arts Hall
Vignelli Center Design Conversations: George and Gregory Beylerian, 4:45 p.m. today, University Gallery, Booth Hall
Reddit AMA: Get involved with RIT Strategic Plan: President Bill Destler hosts Ask Me Anything thread on RIT subreddit, 7–8 p.m. today, post questions
Award ceremony: Alfred L. Davis Public Service Awards, 4 p.m. May 8, Ingle Auditorium
Talk: “Variable Renewable Energy and the Electricity Grid,” Paulina Jaramillo, executive director, RenewElec Project, 5 p.m. May 8, Golisano Institute for Sustainability auditorium
Talk: A post-mortem to reflect on student start-up game development team Blind Horizon Studios, 5–6 p.m. May 8, MAGIC Center, Student Innovation Hall (details/RSVP)
Digital Humanities Distinguished Speaker Series: “Where Text and Code Collide” series, Kathleen Fitzpatrick, 8 p.m. May 8, Carlson Auditorium
Registration deadline: Join RIT’s J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge team before 4 p.m. May 9 (register or email team captain)
Gray Matter Discussion Series: “Death: What’s the reality?” noon May 9, Stan McKenzie Commons, Liberal Arts Hall
Lecture: “Optics in Nature: A photographic tour,” Joseph Shaw, professor of optics and photonics, Montana State University, 2 p.m. May 9, Carlson Auditorium
Vignelli Center Design Conversations: George and Gregory Beylerian, 4:45 p.m. today, University Gallery, Booth Hall
Reddit AMA: Get involved with RIT Strategic Plan: President Bill Destler hosts Ask Me Anything thread on RIT subreddit, 7–8 p.m. today, post questions
Award ceremony: Alfred L. Davis Public Service Awards, 4 p.m. May 8, Ingle Auditorium
Talk: “Variable Renewable Energy and the Electricity Grid,” Paulina Jaramillo, executive director, RenewElec Project, 5 p.m. May 8, Golisano Institute for Sustainability auditorium
Talk: A post-mortem to reflect on student start-up game development team Blind Horizon Studios, 5–6 p.m. May 8, MAGIC Center, Student Innovation Hall (details/RSVP)
Digital Humanities Distinguished Speaker Series: “Where Text and Code Collide” series, Kathleen Fitzpatrick, 8 p.m. May 8, Carlson Auditorium
Registration deadline: Join RIT’s J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge team before 4 p.m. May 9 (register or email team captain)
Gray Matter Discussion Series: “Death: What’s the reality?” noon May 9, Stan McKenzie Commons, Liberal Arts Hall
Lecture: “Optics in Nature: A photographic tour,” Joseph Shaw, professor of optics and photonics, Montana State University, 2 p.m. May 9, Carlson Auditorium
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