The 10-year initiative, endowed by University of Rochester life trustee James Wyant and his wife, Tammy, will enable the institute to increase its prominence and its faculty by 50 percent.
Education
UR program explores college and civic life
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The program for high school students offers a taste of the campus experience while also introducing them to the humanities.
Education
RIT to name endowed professorship recipients
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The positions in the College of Science were made possible by a $2 million gift from alumnus Jeffrey Harris and his partner, Joyce Pratt.
Education
Initiative aims at closing workforce talent gap
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Rochester Institute of Technology has launched RIT Certified, a new unit that offers a portfolio of workforce development and professional courses and programs.
Education
FWD Center at downtown MCC campus opens
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The $11.4 million Finger Lakes Workforce Development Center expects to train 2,500 people within the next three years.
Education
ESL commits $3M to name cybersecurity institute
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The financial institution has entered an exclusive naming rights partnership with Rochester Institute of Technology to educate and train students and professionals.
Education
‘About Eating’ aims to promote nutrition education
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Barbara Lohse, a researcher at Rochester Institute of Technology, hopes to reach underserved communities through a free online program.
Environment
One way to combat climate change? Change how it’s taught
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A study co-authored by a UR educator offers new strategies for climate change curriculum in “Trump Country.”
Education
Hammer’s $1 million donation to create new RIT center
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Entrepreneur James Hammer’s gift will fund the Hammer Family Packaging and Graphic Media Center, a comprehensive, dedicated space for advancing research and learning in emerging packaging and print applications.
Up for Debate
How students view the deep divide at Aquinas
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Like parents and alumni, a number of Aquinas students have taken opposing sides in the debate over the school’s approach to education. In the Beacon’s Up for Debate, two students who walked out on alumnus Robert Agostinelli’s recent talk at the school and two others who share Agostinelli’s opinion that leftist ideology now rules at the Catholic school present their views.
Education
Aquinas trustees respond to dissident parents, alumni
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The board declined to hold a special meeting with a group, while promising to seek “input and feedback” in the coming months.