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July 23, 2021

RIT’s new Graduate School looks toward future

Graduate education at RIT has evolved over the last 60 years, and now, the university has officially created the RIT Graduate School, replacing the RIT Office of Graduate Education. Read more >

Environmental portrait of professor Blanca Lapizco-Encinas.

Biomedical engineering faculty member receives NSF funding to further develop microfluidic devices >

'book cover for Up Against the Wall: Art, Activism, and the AIDS Poster.'

RIT Press publishes ‘Up Against the Wall: Art, Activism, and the AIDS Poster’ >

Return to Work and Start of the 2021 Fall Semester >

Memorial Service for Robert Frisina, founding director of NTID >

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Newsmakers

RIT’s Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity (Delta Omega chapter) received a Chapter Award of Distinction, selected by the North American Interfraternity Conference. This achievement recognizes the fraternity's excellence in values-based recruitment, new member education, and campus engagement, and showing resilience and grit in the turbulence of the pandemic.

Chelsea Petree, director of Parent and Family Programs, shared advice for parents on the transition to college in the podcast The Love Doctor on Empower Radio.

Thomas Warfield, RIT’s director of dance, was a vocalist at the July 10 Henrietta Pride event at Henrietta Town Hall.

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Media Coverage

Want A Career Boost? Try Speaking Up For Someone Else >
Forbes references research by Kristin Bain, assistant professor in the Department of Management.

The Ultimate Guide to Cybersecurity Careers >
EdX talks to Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer in the Department of Computing Security, about the skills that cybersecurity professional need.

Q&A: If technology improves exponentially, can society keep up? >
Essay written by Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, published by The Boston Globe.

Dansville's Kennedy awarded Saunders College endowed scholarship to attend RIT >
The Genesee Country Express features the recipients of the E. Philip Saunders Endowed Business Scholarship.

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Upcoming Events

Tue

CAB Presents: Summer Trivia Night Three >
6:30-8 p.m. Aug. 3

Wed

College and Careers 2021 >
11 a.m.-8 p.m. Aug. 4

Diversity Education Year 2 Impact >
noon-1 p.m. Aug. 4

RIT Student Accelerator Demo Night >
6-8 p.m. Aug. 4

Thu

RIT @ The Association of Medical Illustrators Conference >
6-7:30 p.m. Aug. 5

Thu

Best Practice In Mainstream Education Lecture Series August 19, 2021 >
5-6:30 p.m. Aug. 19

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