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Today’s Top Stories
RIT Online gears up to expand
RIT Online is now offering accelerated new courses, certificates and degrees in categories that are in hot demand by employers.
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Professor appointed brands institute fellow
Jonathan Schroeder, the William A. Kern Professor in Communications, has been named a fellow of the Institute for Brands and Brand Relationships.
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Osher at RIT hosts winter preview sessions
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at RIT is offering a sneak peek of winter term classes for thinkers ages 50 and beyond on Dec. 11.
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Student Newsmakers
Student wins best paper award
Jie Yang, a Ph.D. student in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, won the Best Remote Sensing Paper for “A Combined Approach for Ice Sheet Elevation Extraction from Lidar Point Clouds,” co-written with professor John Kerekes, at the IEEE Western New York Image Processing Workshop.
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Tiger Hockey
Women face Mercyhurst
The women’s hockey team goes on the road for the first time in conference play this weekend to face Mercyhurst University in a rematch of the 2014 College Hockey America Championship game.
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Sports News
Volleyball standout named All-American
Sophomore Sarah Szybist of the volleyball team was named a 2014 American Volleyball Coaches Association Third-Team All-American. She is the first RIT student-athlete since Ushi Patel in 1999 to earn AVCA first-, second- or third-team accolades.
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RIT in the News
Network for Business Sustainability
Sustainability Strategy: Making Commitments Compatible with Business Competencies
Zhi Tang, associate professor of management; Clyde Hull, associate professor of management; and Sandra Rothenberg, professor of management, featured more »

Quick Printing
Does Offset Printing Have a Future?
Bruce Myers, assistant professor, School of Media Sciences, featured more »

Headline News
Coffee cup art that will wake you up in the morning
Ilana Morgan '14 (film and animation) featured more »

Rochester Business Journal
School looks to expand repertoire
Jeremy Haefner, provost, quoted more »

Today’s Weather
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Upcoming Events
Speaker: “Why I’m Adventist,” Enock Ntekereze, 1 p.m. today, SAU Mosaic Center

Celebration of Research: With Ryne Raffaelle, vice president for research, 3:30–5 p.m. today, Student Innovation Hall

Global Conversations: Presentation by faculty developing successful partnerships in Peru, 10 a.m. Nov. 21, Campus Center Bamboo Room

Opening reception and talk: “Thou Art…, Will Give…,” photography of Eastern State Penitentiary, 3 p.m. Nov. 21, Dyer Arts Center

Culture Shock: Featuring catered food from Aladdin’s, free professional henna tattoos, live performances from RIT’s Bhangra and other dance groups, 8:30 p.m. Nov. 22, Al Davis Room

Performance: RIT Concert Band, 3 p.m. Nov. 23, Ingle Auditorium

Discussion: “Am I My Brother’s Keeper? Crime and the Black Community,” part of Alpha Phi Alpha’s Political Action Month program, 7 p.m. Nov. 23, Wallace Center room 121

No classes: University offices open, Nov. 26

Holiday: University closed for Thanksgiving, Nov. 27-28

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