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Saunders College student receives 2014 RIT Outstanding Female Senior Award
Hannah Miller will receive the 2014 RIT Outstanding Female Senior Award, given to a graduating senior who demonstrates high scholarship and academic success in the face of personal challenges.
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2014 May 13
Valeria Gonzalez wins best paper for research on high-strength concrete
Valeria Gonzalez, an undergraduate engineering student, was part of a research team at Rochester institute of Technology that found cement and concrete strength could be improved by more than 50 percent of traditional use by incorporating industrial waste, specifically alkali-activated slag from blast furnaces. Her project work was recognized at the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers annual conference this past winter.
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2014 May 12
Jen Lamere wins Emerging Talent of the Year category at Net Awards
Jen Lamere, a first-year software engineering student at Rochester Institute of Technology, has been named the Emerging Talent of the Year by the 2014 Net Awards, an event hosted by net magazine to celebrate the best in Web design and development.
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2014 May 12
Local Residents Receive 2014 Leadership Awards from RIT
Several students received a 2014 Leadership Award from Rochester Institute of Technology during a ceremony April 2.
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2014 Apr 15
RIT student Jen Lamere nominated for prestigious Web award
Jen Lamere, a first-year software engineering student at Rochester Institute of Technology, has been nominated for the 2014 Net Award in the category of Emerging Talent of the Year. She is the only woman nominated in the 10-person category and the only nominee from the U.S.
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2014 Jan 30
Local Students Attend National Career Exploration Camp
Area high school students are back home after participating in a national career exploration camp for deaf and hard-of-hearing students at Rochester Institute of Technology. Nearly 200 students from as far away as California attended.
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2013 Aug 19
Video game selected for White House Champions of Change event
A team of Rochester Institute of Technology students will be honored for its educational game Sky Time at the White House Champions of Change event on July 23.
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2013 Jul 11
Engineering students take top placements at chemical engineering society competition
Research by students at Rochester Institute of Technology to improve use of carbon nanotubes as a possible solution to filter and remove materials from wastewater was recognized at the 2013 Undergraduate Student Poster Competition, part of the annual meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
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2013 Nov 19
RIT students give talks at conferences in Hawaii
Two second-year students in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science at RIT traveled to Hawaii to speak at two conferences on the Innovative Freshman Experience program in the Center for Imaging Science.
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2013 Jul 1
Local Residents Receive 2013 Leadership Awards from RIT
The following local residents received a 2013 Leadership Award from Rochester Institute of Technology during a ceremony April 10.
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2013 Apr 19
Student Ready to Make Positive Impact on World
Student Ready to Make Positive Impact on World
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2012 May 21
Physician assistant major is changing people's lives
Physician assistant major is changing people's lives
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2012 May 14
Local Residents Named RIT Outstanding Undergraduate Scholars
The following local residents were named 2011-2012 Outstanding Undergraduate Scholars at Rochester Institute of Technology:
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2012 May 3
RIT Students Help Improve Safety of Drinking Water in Chiapas, Mexico
RIT Students Help Improve Safety of Drinking Water in Chiapas, Mexico
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2012 May 2
Busy student leaves her mark at RIT
Busy student leaves her mark at RIT
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2012 Apr 27
RIT Student Earns Acheivement
RIT student earns achievement.
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2012 Jan 30
RIT Student, Poughkeepsie Native, Receives Fellowship in Entrepreneurship
Adam Walker, a Rochester Institute of Technology graduate student, has been awarded a fellowship through the Kauffman Foundation. Walker will receive executive mentoring and serve as an apprentice with a venture capital firm in entrepreneurship through this fellowship.
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2012 Jan 23