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June 3, 2022
Electrical engineering student finds success across campuses
Mridhula Sreekumar's RIT journey began at the Dubai campus in her hometown, before coming to the Rochester campus to study abroad with Global Scholars.
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June 3, 2022
Nutrition and dietetics majors study Mediterranean diet in Greece this summer
Zoraa Victor, a fourth-year student in the dietetics and nutrition BS program in the Wegmans School of Health and Nutrition, will spend six weeks studying the plant-based Mediterranean diet at Perrotis College in Thessaloniki, the second largest city in Greece.
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June 1, 2022
What are digital twins? A pair of computer modeling experts explain
Essay co-written by Amlan Ganguly, associate professor and department head of computer engineering, published by The Conversation.
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June 1, 2022
RIT names Erica Haskell inaugural director of the School of Performing Arts
RIT has named Erica Haskell professor and inaugural director of the university’s new School of Performing Arts. Haskell comes to RIT from the University of New Haven. She was selected as school director following a nationwide search and will begin her new role on July 1.
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June 1, 2022
Baja SAE Rochester 2022 welcomes international collegiate racing teams for June 2-5 event
National and international collegiate Baja racecars started arriving at RIT for the Baja SAE Rochester event this weekend—a challenge that is as much about daring and nerve as it is about exceptional engineering design.
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June 1, 2022
RIT anticipates welcoming its second largest incoming class ever this fall
RIT’s unique blend of education at the intersection of technology, the arts, and design is in demand. Officials expect RIT to welcome the second largest class ever this fall and call it the most selective group of first-year students in the university’s history.
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June 1, 2022
Saunders College among sponsors of ‘Shark Tank’-style competition for young entrepreneurs June 4
Students from around the country—including a Webster, N.Y., high school senior attending Saunders College of Business this fall—will compete to see who will be named America’s Next Top Young Entrepreneur at the Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) 14th annual Saunders Scholars National Competition on June 4.
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May 31, 2022
Campus celebrates men’s lacrosse second NCAA national championship
The RIT men’s lacrosse team raised the NCAA trophy as Division III National Champions for the second time in as many years on May 29. On Tuesday the team was welcomed back to campus to celebrate Sunday’s exciting game and 12-10 victory over Union College.
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May 31, 2022
RIT City Art Space highlights history of Clarissa Street
The Rochester Beacon talks to John Aasp, gallery director, and Juilee Decker, professor in the Department of History, about the “Clarissa Uprooted: Unearthing Stories of Our Village (1940s-early 1970s),” exhibit at City Art Space.
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May 29, 2022
Twice is nice for RIT men’s lacrosse champions
The RIT men’s lacrosse team has done it again. The team won its second-straight NCAA Division III national title on May 29, beating Union College 12-10.
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May 25, 2022
A new exhibit tells the story of a once thriving Black neighborhood
WXXI talks to John Aasp, gallery director, about the “Clarissa Uprooted: Unearthing Stories of Our Village (1940s-early 1970s),” exhibit at City Art Space.
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May 25, 2022
RIT men’s lacrosse pumped to head back to NCAA national championship game
Students on the RIT men’s lacrosse team are looking to “pump up the jam” at the NCAA national championship game on May 29. Last year, RIT’s undefeated season culminated in the university’s first Division III lacrosse national championship. The team has a chance to go back-to-back, when it faces off against Union College in the 2022 championship game at 1 p.m. on Sunday.