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Today’s Top Stories
RIT launches MicroMasters program with edX
RIT is taking part as a leader in an innovative approach to education — the MicroMasters program of edX, the leading nonprofit online learning destination.
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Saunders College online MBA ranks among top
RIT’s Saunders College of Business ranked seventh in the “Top 25 Online MBA Programs for 2016,” by The Princeton Review, this year in partnership with Entrepreneur magazine.
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NTID president accepts Mayoral proclamation
Gerry Buckley attended a ceremony at Rochester’s City Hall in celebration of International Deaf Awareness Week.
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Destler to field questions on WITR radio show
WITR-FM (89.7) presents The Bill Destler Show, featuring RIT’s president taking listener questions live at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday. Call 475-2271, send questions to witrdj@rit.edu, tweet @WITR897 using #witrrequest or stop by the WITR studio in the SAU.

Tiger Hockey
Women picked to finish fifth in preseason poll
The women’s hockey team, which is set to begin its fifth season of competition in Division I, has been selected to finish fifth in the College Hockey America preseason coaches poll, announced by the league on Monday.
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Sports News
Several athletes earn weekly honors
Members of the volleyball, soccer and tennis teams were named Liberty League athletes of the week.
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RIT in the News
FoxNews.com
Top 25 Online MBA Programs for 2016, According to the Princeton Review
Saunders College of Business mentioned more »

Inside Higher Ed
MicroMasters on a Global Scale
Jeremy Haefner, provost, quoted more »

Campus Technology
RIT, Bradley U to Evaluate Effectiveness of K-12 Computer Skills Initiatives
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Democrat and Chronicle
RIT ranked No. 1 in Atlantic Hockey preseason poll
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Dark Reading
Top Colleges For Cybersecurity
RIT mentioned more »

Today’s Weather
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Upcoming Events
Men’s soccer: vs. Nazareth College, 4 p.m. today, Tiger Stadium

Hispanic Heritage Month Kickoff: Featuring live music, games, giveaways and performances, noon–2 p.m. tomorrow, Global Village plaza

Information session: College of Liberal Arts graduate programs, noon tomorrow, Stan McKenzie Commons, Liberal Arts Hall (RSVP)

Gosnell Lecture Series: “Object Orientation, Open Science, and Cumulative Knowledge Building,” Randall Jackson, West Virginia University, 3 p.m. tomorrow, Liberal Arts Hall, room A205

SOIS lecture series: “Combating Growing Water Scarcity: The Potential and Need for Desalination and Water,” David Warsinger, MIT, 5 p.m. tomorrow, Gosnell Hall, room A300

Q&A: John Yost ’04 (film and animation) to discuss his film White Creek, 11 a.m. Thursday, Gannett Hall, room A145

Presentation: “Loving Right,” 7 p.m. Thursday, SAU Fireside Lounge

Lecture: “Shakespeare in Fine Press Exhibition,” Steven Galbraith, curator, Cary Graphic Arts Collection, 6 p.m. Thursday, Cary Graphic Arts Collection, The Wallace Center

Fringe Festival: Friday and Saturday, downtown Rochester (details)

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