RIT students showcase engaging and weird films; pianist Greg Woodsbie helps Fringe attendees reflect with a fusion of music and dance.
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Haunting HIV/AIDS posters are now art in new RIT Press book
A powerful vintage poster exhibit at the University of Rochester challenges how we look at HIV.
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RIT, Gillibrand seek fed funds to make cybersecurity program inclusive
U.S Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand visited RIT to announce a large investment to help diversify the growing field of cybersecurity.
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The stardust of RIT’s ‘Spoon River Anthology’
RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf presents Edgar Lee Master’s “Spoon River Anthology,” connecting the 1918 pandemic era to the present-day COVID crisis.
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Monroe County COVID-19 ICU cases back in double digits
The county said there were 10 people with COVID-19 on ventilators for life support. It’s the first time in almost two months that ICU numbers have been in the double digits.
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Rochester-area colleges begin planning for a fall reopening
Exactly what protocols will be put in place at the schools, and how they will change campus life, aren’t yet clear.
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PolySci 101: civic engagement for students
The upcoming school year will welcome not only a new class of students, but also a new set of voters. While national politics tend to get more attention than other political activities, students can be active participants in a wide range of governmental issues as well. But why should you? The simple answer: College is […]
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RIT scientists using technology to fight invasive plants
Purple loosestrife, with its innocent-looking flares of hot magenta flowers, pops up along roadsides and ditches. Common reed grass, with its tough green spears that can reach 15 feet in height, has made marshes and watersheds its home. Both are invasive plants that can be found throughout New York, and they’re spreading faster than state […]
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RIT-NTID announce 2019-20 theatrical season
Each of the fully-accessible shows will feature a combination of deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing actors and dancers performing stories that tackle a variety of social and political themes.
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RIT’s new City Art Space opens downtown
We’re digging this great use of a former retail spot, and the trend of more art spaces in center city. The inaugural show features work by Willie Osterman and Leonard Urso.
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RIT’s new digital media center brings the future to the classroom
MAGIC has existed for about five years already, but with the opening of the new center, students working in film, animation, game development, and other digital media studies got a serious upgrade in their classroom environment and amenities.
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From flour to photonics
Today’s tech businesses have roots in the city’s river-powered mills
