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XKCD - Tue, 08/10/2010 - 23:00

Green Garment Cleaning Improves Environment and Human Health

RIT News Releases - Mon, 08/09/2010 - 10:00

The New York State Pollution Prevention Institute, housed at Rochester Institute of Technology, has launched the New York State Professional Wet Cleaning Program, which seeks to minimize chemical use in garment cleaning and reduce the health and environmental impacts of the industry. The program includes a survey of garment cleaning businesses in...

Green Garment Cleaning Improves Environment and Human Health

RIT News Releases - Mon, 08/09/2010 - 10:00

The New York State Pollution Prevention Institute, housed at Rochester Institute of Technology, has launched the New York State Professional Wet Cleaning Program, which seeks to minimize chemical use in garment cleaning and reduce the health and environmental impacts of the industry. The program includes a survey of garment cleaning businesses in...

Pore Strips

XKCD - Sun, 08/08/2010 - 23:00

RIT Hosts Sessions for Adult and Continuing Education Candidates Aug. 11 and Aug. 24

RIT News Releases - Fri, 08/06/2010 - 13:00

Today’s tough job market has caused more adults to take advantage of educational opportunities at colleges and universities. Rochester Institute of Technology is helping to address the needs of adult learners by offering a program that will help them sharpen their skills or earn that elusive degree. The Adult and Continuing Education...

RIT Hosts Sessions for Adult and Continuing Education Candidates Aug. 11 and Aug. 24

RIT News Releases - Fri, 08/06/2010 - 13:00

Today’s tough job market has caused more adults to take advantage of educational opportunities at colleges and universities. Rochester Institute of Technology is helping to address the needs of adult learners by offering a program that will help them sharpen their skills or earn that elusive degree. The Adult and Continuing Education...

Still No Sleep

XKCD - Thu, 08/05/2010 - 23:00

FCPS Superintendent Sets Goals for 2010-11 School Year

FCPS News Releases - Thu, 08/05/2010 - 15:12

Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) Superintendent Jack D. Dale outlined the goals for the coming school year at the school system's annual Leadership Conference held today at Hayfield Secondary School.

Rochester General Health System Appoints Lawrence Torcello to its Ethics Committee

RIT News Releases - Thu, 08/05/2010 - 12:00

Lawrence Torcello, assistant professor of philosophy at Rochester Institute of Technology, has been named to the ethics committee for Rochester General Health System. Torcello will assist healthcare professionals, patients and patients’ families with ethical issues that arise in the course of their healthcare experiences. He will serve as an outside...

Rochester General Health System Appoints Lawrence Torcello to its Ethics Committee

RIT News Releases - Thu, 08/05/2010 - 12:00

Lawrence Torcello, assistant professor of philosophy at Rochester Institute of Technology, has been named to the ethics committee for Rochester General Health System. Torcello will assist healthcare professionals, patients and patients’ families with ethical issues that arise in the course of their healthcare experiences. He will serve as an outside...

RIT Student Receives Fulbright Award

RIT News Releases - Wed, 08/04/2010 - 10:00

Samir Nazir, a master’s student in the science, technology and public policy program at Rochester Institute of Technology, has been awarded a Fulbright Student Scholarship from the U.S. Department of State. He will spend a year serving as a visiting scientist at the National University of Singapore. Nazir will assist in a...

RIT Student Receives Fulbright Award

RIT News Releases - Wed, 08/04/2010 - 10:00

Samir Nazir, a master’s student in the science, technology and public policy program at Rochester Institute of Technology, has been awarded a Fulbright Student Scholarship from the U.S. Department of State. He will spend a year serving as a visiting scientist at the National University of Singapore. Nazir will assist in a...

Savannah Ancestry

XKCD - Tue, 08/03/2010 - 23:00

Correction - Fairfax County Public Schools to Open on Tuesday, September 7

FCPS News Releases - Tue, 08/03/2010 - 14:36

An estimated 175,333 students will begin the 2010-11 school year on Tuesday, September 7, in Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), the nation's 12th largest school system.

The Princeton Review Names RIT Among ‘The Best 373 Colleges’

RIT News Releases - Tue, 08/03/2010 - 14:00

Rochester Institute of Technology is again being recognized as one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company features RIT in the just-published 2011 edition of its annual book The Best 373 Colleges. Approximately 15 percent of America’s 2,500 four-year colleges are included...

The Princeton Review Names RIT Among ‘The Best 373 Colleges’

RIT News Releases - Tue, 08/03/2010 - 14:00

Rochester Institute of Technology is again being recognized as one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company features RIT in the just-published 2011 edition of its annual book The Best 373 Colleges. Approximately 15 percent of America’s 2,500 four-year colleges are included...

Study Seeks Solutions to Low Number of Minorities in Rochester Police Department

RIT News Releases - Tue, 08/03/2010 - 13:00

Rochester Institute of Technology’s Center for Public Safety Initiatives is working with the Rochester Police Department and the New York State Department of Criminal Justice Services to improve the recruitment and retention of minority police officers. The program is collecting data on African American, Latino and female representation in the Rochester...

Study Seeks Solutions to Low Number of Minorities in Rochester Police Department

RIT News Releases - Tue, 08/03/2010 - 13:00

Rochester Institute of Technology’s Center for Public Safety Initiatives is working with the Rochester Police Department and the New York State Department of Criminal Justice Services to improve the recruitment and retention of minority police officers. The program is collecting data on African American, Latino and female representation in the Rochester...

What the Doctor Prescribes: Customized Medical-image Databases

RIT News Releases - Mon, 08/02/2010 - 11:00

Digital archives of biomedical images could someday put critical information at doctors’ fingertips within seconds, illustrating how computers can improve the way medicine is practiced. The current reality, however, isn’t quite up to speed, with databases virtually overwhelmed by the explosion of medical imaging. Rochester Institute of Technology professor Anne Haake...

What the Doctor Prescribes: Customized Medical-image Databases

RIT News Releases - Mon, 08/02/2010 - 11:00

Digital archives of biomedical images could someday put critical information at doctors’ fingertips within seconds, illustrating how computers can improve the way medicine is practiced. The current reality, however, isn’t quite up to speed, with databases virtually overwhelmed by the explosion of medical imaging. Rochester Institute of Technology professor Anne Haake...