September 21, 2016
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Today’s Top Stories
New analytics lab opens for business in Saunders
RIT’s new Business Analytics Lab in Lowenthal Hall will allow students to experience the look and feel of a trading floor environment.
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Center for Urban Entrepreneurship finalist for award
RIT’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship is a finalist for the Reshaping Rochester 2016 Robert Macon Award for Urban Innovation, given in recognition for a building, development, or planning effort that has contributed in a unique way to the community.
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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. today. Call 475-2271, send questions to witrdj@rit.edu, tweet @WITR897 using #witrrequest or stop by the WITR studio in the SAU.
RIT’s new Business Analytics Lab in Lowenthal Hall will allow students to experience the look and feel of a trading floor environment.
read more »
Center for Urban Entrepreneurship finalist for award
RIT’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship is a finalist for the Reshaping Rochester 2016 Robert Macon Award for Urban Innovation, given in recognition for a building, development, or planning effort that has contributed in a unique way to the community.
read more »
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. today. Call 475-2271, send questions to witrdj@rit.edu, tweet @WITR897 using #witrrequest or stop by the WITR studio in the SAU.
Newsmakers
Owen Gottlieb, assistant professor of interactive games and media and MAGIC faculty affiliate, joined a game producers panel to discuss exploring history and culture through interactive media at “The Humanities Arcade: Playing with History and Culture in the Digital Age” workshop Sept. 16 at the University of Virginia. more Newsmakers »
Sports News
This week in RIT Athletics
Take a brief look back at the highlights from the past week and a look ahead at upcoming events.
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Take a brief look back at the highlights from the past week and a look ahead at upcoming events.
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Men’s soccer defeats Nazareth on penalty kick in OT
Dean Kouroupas converted a penalty kick in the 97th minute to give the men’s soccer team a 2-1 win over Nazareth College in non-league action on Tuesday from Tiger Stadium.
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Dean Kouroupas converted a penalty kick in the 97th minute to give the men’s soccer team a 2-1 win over Nazareth College in non-league action on Tuesday from Tiger Stadium.
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RIT in the News
Nanowerk
In rotating galaxies, distribution of normal matter precisely determines gravitational acceleration
David Merritt, professor of astrophysics, quoted more »
Bloomberg.com
New at MIT: Learn First, Pay Later (or Never)
RIT mentioned more »
The Philadelphia Inquirer
New museum on National Mall tells sweeping story of black experience - with a Philly twist
Richard Newman, professor of history, quoted more »
PetaPixel
Kodak Tower Lit by 2,800 People with Flashes and Flashlights
RIT's Big Shot photo project featured more »
Rochester Business Journal
RIT launches MicroMasters program
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In rotating galaxies, distribution of normal matter precisely determines gravitational acceleration
David Merritt, professor of astrophysics, quoted more »
Bloomberg.com
New at MIT: Learn First, Pay Later (or Never)
RIT mentioned more »
The Philadelphia Inquirer
New museum on National Mall tells sweeping story of black experience - with a Philly twist
Richard Newman, professor of history, quoted more »
PetaPixel
Kodak Tower Lit by 2,800 People with Flashes and Flashlights
RIT's Big Shot photo project featured more »
Rochester Business Journal
RIT launches MicroMasters program
more »
Today’s Weather
Upcoming Events
Hispanic Heritage Month Kickoff: Featuring live music, games, giveaways and performances, noon–2 p.m. today, Global Village plaza
Sicilian Folk Dance: Dance workshop at 2 p.m., performance at 4:40 p.m. today, Webb Auditorium
Gosnell Lecture Series: “Object Orientation, Open Science, and Cumulative Knowledge Building,” Randall Jackson, West Virginia University, 3 p.m. today, Liberal Arts Hall, room A205
Women’s soccer: vs. Nazareth College, 4 p.m. today, Tiger Stadium
Women’s tennis: vs. SUNY Cortland, 4 p.m. today, RIT tennis courts
SOIS lecture series: “Combating Growing Water Scarcity: The Potential and Need for Desalination and Water,” David Warsinger, MIT, 5 p.m. today, Gosnell Hall, room A300
Q&A: John Yost ’04 (film and animation) to discuss his film White Creek, 11 a.m. tomorrow, Gannett Hall, room A145
Presentation: “Loving Right,” 7 p.m. tomorrow, SAU Fireside Lounge
Lecture: “Shakespeare in Fine Press Exhibition,” Steven Galbraith, curator, Cary Graphic Arts Collection, 6 p.m. tomorrow, Cary Graphic Arts Collection, The Wallace Center
Sicilian Folk Dance: Dance workshop at 2 p.m., performance at 4:40 p.m. today, Webb Auditorium
Gosnell Lecture Series: “Object Orientation, Open Science, and Cumulative Knowledge Building,” Randall Jackson, West Virginia University, 3 p.m. today, Liberal Arts Hall, room A205
Women’s soccer: vs. Nazareth College, 4 p.m. today, Tiger Stadium
Women’s tennis: vs. SUNY Cortland, 4 p.m. today, RIT tennis courts
SOIS lecture series: “Combating Growing Water Scarcity: The Potential and Need for Desalination and Water,” David Warsinger, MIT, 5 p.m. today, Gosnell Hall, room A300
Q&A: John Yost ’04 (film and animation) to discuss his film White Creek, 11 a.m. tomorrow, Gannett Hall, room A145
Presentation: “Loving Right,” 7 p.m. tomorrow, SAU Fireside Lounge
Lecture: “Shakespeare in Fine Press Exhibition,” Steven Galbraith, curator, Cary Graphic Arts Collection, 6 p.m. tomorrow, Cary Graphic Arts Collection, The Wallace Center
Scoreboard
Men’s soccer: RIT 2, Nazareth 1
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