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RIT Formula Race Team Takes Fifth Place in International Competition
RIT News Releases - Wed, 08/18/2010 - 14:00
The Rochester Institute of Technology Formula race team returned to Germany and improved upon last year’s standing, taking fifth place overall in the 2010 SAE Formula Student Germany competition. The team competed Aug. 4-8 in Hockenheimring, Germany, against 76 collegiate design teams from around the world. “As a team, we knew...
TJHSST Applications Available September 27
FCPS News Releases - Wed, 08/18/2010 - 09:41
Applications for the class of 2015 at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) will be available beginning Monday, September 27. Students enrolled in the eighth grade during the 2010-11 school year who live with their parents or legal guardians and reside full-time in a participating school division (the counties of Fairfax, Arlington, Fauquier, Loudoun, or Prince William or the city of Falls Church) and who are enrolled in Algebra 1 or higher level mathematics in grade 8 are eligible to apply for the class of 2015.
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<i>U.S. News & World Report</i> Ranks RIT Among Top Master’s Universities
RIT News Releases - Tue, 08/17/2010 - 14:00
Rochester Institute of Technology is recognized for educational quality and value in U.S. News & World Report: America’s Best Colleges 2011. Since the magazine began its annual ranking of colleges in 1983, RIT has consistently been listed among the top regional universities. RIT ranks seventh in the “Best Universities – Master’s...
<i>U.S. News & World Report</i> Ranks RIT Among Top Master’s Universities
RIT News Releases - Tue, 08/17/2010 - 14:00
Rochester Institute of Technology is recognized for educational quality and value in U.S. News & World Report: America’s Best Colleges 2011. Since the magazine began its annual ranking of colleges in 1983, RIT has consistently been listed among the top regional universities. RIT ranks seventh in the “Best Universities – Master’s...
RIT Archives Acquires Frans Wildenhain Ceramic Collection
RIT News Releases - Tue, 08/17/2010 - 13:00
Ceramicist Frans Wildenhain once said to Robert Bradley Johnson—an avid collector of the sculptor’s work—“You helped pay for the roof of my house.” “I started collecting his pieces in 1955,” says 78-year-old Johnson from his Scottsville home. “I needed to furnish my Danish design apartment and a friend introduced me to...
RIT Archives Acquires Frans Wildenhain Ceramic Collection
RIT News Releases - Tue, 08/17/2010 - 13:00
Ceramicist Frans Wildenhain once said to Robert Bradley Johnson—an avid collector of the sculptor’s work—“You helped pay for the roof of my house.” “I started collecting his pieces in 1955,” says 78-year-old Johnson from his Scottsville home. “I needed to furnish my Danish design apartment and a friend introduced me to...
Betsy Dell appointed Paul A. Miller Professor for 2010-2012
RIT News Releases - Tue, 08/17/2010 - 08:00
Faculty member Betsy Dell has recently been named the Paul A. Miller Professor in the College of Applied Science and Technology at Rochester Institute of Technology. She assumes the new role starting this summer. The Paul A. Miller Professor endowed chair was established in 1981 and is named after RIT president...
Hollywood Legend Al Pacino To Speak at RIT Oct. 16
RIT News Releases - Tue, 08/17/2010 - 08:00
One of the highlights of Rochester Institute of Technology’s Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend this year will be a talk by Hollywood film legend and Academy Award winner Al Pacino. Pacino will speak to students, faculty, staff, alumni and guests as the Horton Distinguished Speaker at 2 p.m. Oct. 16...
Betsy Dell appointed Paul A. Miller Professor for 2010-2012
RIT News Releases - Tue, 08/17/2010 - 08:00
Faculty member Betsy Dell has recently been named the Paul A. Miller Professor in the College of Applied Science and Technology at Rochester Institute of Technology. She assumes the new role starting this summer. The Paul A. Miller Professor endowed chair was established in 1981 and is named after RIT president...
RIT’s Bevier Gallery Showcases the Fine Art of Children’s Book Illustrators
RIT News Releases - Mon, 08/16/2010 - 13:00
Illustrations offer the first good impression to decide whether you want to read a book or not. So it’s no wonder the images are a key element for children book publishers such as Random House, Simon & Schuster, Disney Publishing Worldwide, HarperCollins and Penguin Group USA. You’ll see the best of...
RIT’s Bevier Gallery Showcases the Fine Art of Children’s Book Illustrators
RIT News Releases - Mon, 08/16/2010 - 13:00
Illustrations offer the first good impression to decide whether you want to read a book or not. So it’s no wonder the images are a key element for children book publishers such as Random House, Simon & Schuster, Disney Publishing Worldwide, HarperCollins and Penguin Group USA. You’ll see the best of...
International Conference Highlights Legacy of Black Mountain College
RIT News Releases - Mon, 08/16/2010 - 09:00
The mission and legacy of Black Mountain College, the experimental art and literary institution that helped spawn the Beat Movement and a generation of American artists, writers and designers, will be the focus of an upcoming international conference hosted by Rochester Institute of Technology. The Black Mountain North symposium, in connection with...
International Conference Highlights Legacy of Black Mountain College
RIT News Releases - Mon, 08/16/2010 - 09:00
The mission and legacy of Black Mountain College, the experimental art and literary institution that helped spawn the Beat Movement and a generation of American artists, writers and designers, will be the focus of an upcoming international conference hosted by Rochester Institute of Technology. The Black Mountain North symposium, in connection with...
FCPS-Fairfax County Middle School After-School Program Wins NEA Grant to Support Work With Arena Stage
FCPS News Releases - Thu, 08/12/2010 - 14:09
The Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)-Fairfax County Middle School After-School program has been awarded a grant that will allow middle school students to study theater arts.
FCPS Students Increase Pass Rates on Virginia Mathematics SOLs, Division Makes AYP
FCPS News Releases - Thu, 08/12/2010 - 08:28
Students in Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) showed improvement on the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) mathematics tests with higher pass rates for all subgroups during the 2009-10 school year compared with 2008-09, while English/Reading pass rates remained relatively constant (tables 1 and 2).
Innovative Research Projects to be Presented at RIT Aug. 13
RIT News Releases - Wed, 08/11/2010 - 13:00
Research projects by undergraduate students from across Rochester Institute of Technology’s eight colleges will be presented Friday at the 15th annual Undergraduate Research and Innovation Symposium in RIT’s Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies. Many of the symposium’s participants spent their summer working as Undergraduate Summer Research Fellows, a program that RIT’s Center...
Innovative Research Projects to be Presented at RIT Aug. 13
RIT News Releases - Wed, 08/11/2010 - 13:00
Research projects by undergraduate students from across Rochester Institute of Technology’s eight colleges will be presented Friday at the 15th annual Undergraduate Research and Innovation Symposium in RIT’s Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies. Many of the symposium’s participants spent their summer working as Undergraduate Summer Research Fellows, a program that RIT’s Center...