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December 3, 2022
RIT students work with local students at community arts event
WHEC-TV features a community art event hosted by students in RIT's visual arts–all grades (art education) master's program.
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December 2, 2022
Dallas sushi chef learns how to sign menu for Deaf couple: ‘Nearly brought me to tears’
The Today Show features Melissa Keomoungkhoun ’15 (advertising and public relations), ’16 MS (hospitality tourism management) and Victor Montiel ’17 (packaging science) and their experience at the restaurant Tatsu Dallas.
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November 28, 2022
Yammout helps shape RIT Dubai
Saleh Yammout ’10 (economics) has been an integral part of molding RIT Dubai as it exists today. As vice president of Finance and Administration for RIT Dubai, Yammout oversees most of the global campus’s non-academic operations, including facilities, information technology, human resources, and admissions.
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November 21, 2022
How to design clean energy subsidies that work – without wasting money on free riders
Essay by Eric Hittinger, associate professor of public policy; Eric Williams, professor of sustainability; Qing Miao, associate professor of public policy; and Ph.D. student Tiruwork B. Tibebu, published by The Conversation.
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November 21, 2022
RIT 365 provides new experiences for first-year students
Students entering their first year of college face many unknowns. But a unique program at RIT helps new students learn more about college life, their peers, and themselves.
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November 10, 2022
Monroe County GOP Chair and RIT professor speak about midterm election results
WHEC-TV talks to Sarah Burns, associate professor of political science, about the midterm elections.
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November 9, 2022
RIT’s College of Liberal Arts receives grant to enhance philosophy and communication offerings
RIT’s College of Liberal Arts plans to introduce new and revamped philosophy and communication curricula to help students across the university enhance their expressive and analytic communication skills. This was made possible by a $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and The Teagle Foundation.
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November 7, 2022
Voters talk political extremism ahead of midterm elections
WHAM-TV talks to Sarah Burns, associate professor of political science, about the extreme sides of political parties.
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November 2, 2022
Marie Golisano Graham Fund supports outreach efforts for Golisano Collection housed in RIT Archives
A gift from the Marie Golisano Graham Fund is supporting new ways for RIT to engage the public with the life and legacy of her brother, B. Thomas Golisano—Paychex founder, philanthropist, and civic leader.
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October 27, 2022
RIT Kosovo renames Peace and Conflict Summer Program for humanitarian Fred Cuny
RIT Kosovo recently rechristened its unique and long-running summer program that explores the origin and resolution of armed conflict, reconstruction, and institution building at the end of wars. The Frederick C. Cuny Peace and Conflict Summer Program was renamed in honor of the humanitarian and disaster relief specialist who worked in crises in more than 50 countries.
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October 25, 2022
RIT ranked among top augmented and virtual reality colleges in the U.S.
Animation Career Review has named RIT one of the top augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) colleges in the country. RIT ranked No. 8 on the 2022 list of Top 50 AR/VR Colleges in the U.S.
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October 23, 2022
No obvious successor to Xi Jinping in Chinese Communist Party’s new leadership team
South China Morning Post talks to Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and interim head of the Department of Sustainability, about the Chinese Communist Party’s new leadership team.