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Panasci Business Plan Competition Applications Due by Jan. 21
The Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship and the Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises (EEE) in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management have announced a call for submissions for the 2016 Panasci Business Plan Competition. The competition accepts business plan…
Philosopher Wins Major Book Award
Frederick Beiser, professor of philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences, has won the 2015 Journal of the History of Philosophy (The Johns Hopkins University Press) Book Prize. The prize, which includes a $5,000 award, is in recognition of…
Students, People with Different Abilities Collaborate on Adaptive Design Solutions
Eyeglasses become an extension of a person and reflect the wearer’s personality. Viewed over time, they blend in. What if someone’s wheelchair or accessible device was thought of in the same way?
Jay Alter ’16 Continues University Broadcast Tradition
For one of the leading broadcast schools in the country, it’s a story with a familiar ring. A young talented broadcaster, after honing his skills at Newhouse and WAER, becomes a familiar voice, announcing regionally and nationally televised sporting events….
Grad Student Finds LIS Program Lets Him Combine Personal Passions
Three personal passions drive graduate student Taylor Davis-Van Atta’s pursuits at the University, and they triangulate the path he is carving for his future professional life through the study of librarianship at the School of Information Studies (iSchool). Davis-Van Atta,…
University at Forefront of Creative Industries Management
The University is home to four such programs that are highly interdisciplinary and lead to a master’s degree: the Janklow Arts Leadership Program, the Goldring Arts Journalism Program, the Audio Arts Program and the Graduate Program in Museum Studies.
Photographer Gregory Heisler Settles into a New Career
A few decades ago—when darkrooms and Kodachrome were staples of professional photography—a “hotshot” photographer spoke at the Rochester Institute of Technology about his extremely successful career. In the audience sat an eager young college student who worked up enough courage…
Sarah Scalese Appointed Associate Vice President for University Communications
Sarah Scalese has been named associate vice president for University Communications. In this capacity, she will oversee the University’s Office of News Services, Office of Publications and the Office of Communications in the College of Arts and Sciences. In October,…
2015 Pete Wilson Scholarship Goes to Newhouse Senior
Max Darrow, a senior broadcast and digital journalism major in the Newhouse School, is the recipient of the 2015 Pete Wilson Scholarship. The scholarship, which is given by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA), was established in 2007 to…
Film Student Inspired by Human Connection
While attending college in her home country of Romania, Ioana Turcan G’17 befriended a family of cemetery caretakers. A close-knit group, they welcome her for weekend visits and holidays. They are also Roma. Turcan spent a year documenting them for her film.