Today’s Top Stories

History professor featured on PBS documentary series Tuesday
Richard Newman is one of several scholars to appear in the second episode of the six-hour PBS documentary series The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross. The episode airs at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
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Learn about obtaining grants at workshop
The National Science Foundation, RIT and University of Rochester will hold a workshop on Nov. 8 on the NSF proposal and merit review process. Participants must register for the workshop by Friday.
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Tiger Hockey

Men play to first shootout in program history
The men’s hockey team tied Penn State University 3-3 on Friday. The teams then played a shootout, as per Big 10 rules, with RIT scoring two goals. Since it was a non-conference game, this had no bearing on the final score. RIT’s conference, the Atlantic Hockey Association, does not use shootouts.
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Sports News

Men’s, women’s soccer win over Union
The men’s soccer team defeated Union College 1-0 on Saturday, vaulting the Tigers to fourth place in the Liberty League standings. Sierra Kiss of the women’s team scored for the seventh straight game, beating Union College 1-0.

RIT in the News

Democrat and Chronicle
UR’s big data research could be big deal for us
B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences mentioned more »

Democrat and Chronicle
Higher awareness doesn't equal more crime
John Klofas, professor of criminal justice, quoted more »