Today’s Top Stories
RIT gets $1M grant to develop food waste solutionsCallie Babbitt, an associate professor in RIT’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability, has received a nearly $1 million award from the National Science Foundation to research sustainable solutions for minimizing and managing food waste generated across the food supply chain.
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Professor Josh Owen shares his ‘Lenses for Design’Josh Owen, chair of the industrial design program, describes his unique creative process for solving design problems in his new book,
Lenses for Design, published by RIT Press.
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For and About Alumni
Tapping leads to True Authentic PowerJoanne Jaworski ’80 realized she was suffering from emotional “dis-ease,” and found a way to change her life through her fingertips.
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Newsmakers
Joan Naturale, NTID librarian in The Wallace Center, attended a
conference at the University of Texas at Arlington to discuss the process of creating a national Disability History/Archives Consortium, aimed at integrating collections, preservation, access and development of educational resources about disability history.
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Tiger Hockey
Men’s hockey opens 2016-17 season with pair of AHC home games vs. Robert Morris read more »
Sports News
Volleyball loses five-set thriller to Nazareth read more »
Women’s tennis drops Liberty League opener to William Smith read more »
Men’s soccer and SUNY Geneseo play to a scoreless tie read more »
RIT in the News
WXXI.org RIT Awarded Grant To Develop Food Waste Solutions more »
New Scientist Print stuff on the go with just your phone and a penDaniel Ashbrook, assistant professor and director, Future Everyday Technology Research Lab, quoted
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GoodCall The U.S. is No Longer in 1st Place in World University Rankings. Should We Care?Bill Destler, president, cited
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Today’s Weather
Upcoming Events
First Talk: “Father Didn’t Know Best: Why General Motors was Not an Option,” Twyla Cummings, dean of Graduate Studies, noon today, SAU MOSAIC Center
Bow Wow Wellness: Visit with therapy dogs to reduce stress, 4–5:30 p.m. today, SAU Fireside Lounge
Speaker: “Mirage of Police Reform: Procedural Justice and Police Legitimacy,” Robert Worden, 5 p.m. today, Xerox Auditorium
Performance: Stories from the Deaf Side, 7:30 p.m. today through Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, 1510 Lab Theatre, Lyndon B. Johnson Hall
National Manufacturing Day: See live demo of Corvette engine teardown and rebuild, 8:30 a.m. tomorrow, Golisano Hall atrium
Speaker: Arshay Cooper, author of Suga Water, 2:30 p.m. tomorrow, SAU MOSAIC Center
Opening reception: “Three,” featuring work by Rebecca Arday, Meng Du and Namdoo Kim, studio residents in the glass program, 6 p.m. tomorrow, Gallery r, 100 College Ave., Rochester (exhibit runs Oct. 7–23)
Open house: International Observe the Moon Night, 6–8 p.m. Saturday, RIT Observatory, 645 John St., Henrietta
Scoreboard
Volleyball: Nazareth 3, RIT 2
Men’s soccer: RIT 0, Geneseo 0
Women’s tennis: William Smith 7, RIT 2