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Studio 86: Holiday shopping outlook
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 2007-11-06)Economic outlook for 2007 holiday shopping season. -
Studio 86: WE@RIT
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 2007-11-20)Studio 86 presents in-depth discussions with RIT newsmakers. In episode #5, Margaret Bailey, the Kate Gleason Chair and associate professor of mechanical engineering in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering, discusses ... -
Studio 86: One-on-One with Reporter's Editor in Chief
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 2007-12-04)Studio 86 presents in-depth discussions with RIT newsmakers. In episode #6, Jen Loomis, editor in chief of Reporter, RIT's student-published weekly newsmagazine, discusses her background, the publication and RIT issues ... -
Studio 86 'on the road' II: Formula SAE road to Detroit
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 2007-12-18)Studio 86 presents in-depth discussions with RIT newsmakers. In episode #7, members of RIT's Formula SAE racing team discuss this year's project with beat reporter Will Dube and Studio 86 host Mike Saffran. -
The final chapter for an industry ‘bible’
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 2009-06-12)With news as our primary business here in University News, we take special interest in news about the demise of individual newspapers—along with the challenges faced by an entire industry. But many people might have missed ... -
A night at the PRism Awards (that we didn’t win any of)
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 2009-06-15)The gang from RIT University News made its annual appearance at the PRism Awards, sponsored by the Rochester chapter of the Public Relations Society of America, on June 11. The PRisms, which were awarded this year at Casa ... -
Enchanted world of Roger DeMuth
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 2009-06-22)Roger and his wife, Naomi Weiss De Muth ’73 (School for American Crafts), live in Cazenovia, N.Y., which happens to be my hometown. Roger has been teaching illustration at Syracuse University for some 30 years, and his ... -
Studio 86: Buster the service dog
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 2009-05-05)n this episode, Betsy Khol, a first-year industrial engineering major, discusses a service-dog-in-training pilot program established this year at RIT and “Buster,” RIT’s first-ever guide dog in training to live on campus. ... -
Star power
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 2009-03-19)A movie about Matt Hammill ’99 (electromechanical technology)—A.K.A. “The Hammer”—is set to be released soon. In case you don’t know the story, Hammill, born deaf, grew up to become a champion wrestler and now an Ultimate ... -
Looking back (part 2): Whatever happened to…?
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 2009-03-20)Last time, I described the transmogrification of this blog (and this blogger) over the past few years and promised updates about early contributors Silandara, Becca, Pete and Brandon: -
Stuido 86: Innovation news
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 2009-05-19)n this episode, Michael Riordan, assistant professor of print media and co-director of RIT’s Open Publishing Lab, discusses “Innovation News” and other projects in the Open Publishing Lab with Kelly Downs and Studio 86 ... -
Studio 86: The State of the economy
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 2009-06-02)n this episode, Eugene Fram, professor emeritus of marketing in RIT’s E. Philip Saunders College of Business, discusses the state of the economy and retailing with Marcia Morphy and Studio 86 host Mike Saffran. Fram ... -
Effective blogging—an editor’s perspective
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 2009-03-26)For my blog post this week, I thought it might be interesting to offer a few effective blog-writing techniques from a newspaper editor’s perspective. Since, I’m definitely not an expert blogger, I looked to Simon Payn, ... -
Women’s soccer enjoys successful trip overseas for spring break
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 2009-03-23)This week, I hand the blog over to Head Coach Tom Natalie of the RIT women’s soccer team. Over Spring Break, he and his team went overseas to play a handful of games against some of the best women’s teams in France and Spain. -
Looking back—and looking forward
(RIT, 2009-05-21)The Commencement issue of News & Events is being delivered to campus today, and, like a marathon runner, I’m so proud of what’s been accomplished—and I’m so glad it’s over. -
Graduating into national prominence
(2009-05-26)Greetings from Southern California. With another academic year at RIT in the rear-view mirror, there is no better time for me to get away. And even though I’m officially on vacation, I didn’t want to completely pull the ... -
Walking the beat
(2009-04-06)On top of my duties for University News, I am also completing my master’s degree in public policy here at RIT. In the latter capacity I was asked to give a presentation based on my thesis research at the 2009 annual ... -
Life after dark
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 2009-04-07)Ever hear someone say there’s nothing to do at RIT? IT’S NOT TRUE! (Yes, I’m shouting.) -
Wacky winter weather wreaks havoc on Spring sports schedules
(2009-04-08)As I awoke yesterday morning, ate breakfast and left my house to head to RIT, I was delayed a bit longer than I wanted to be. Yes, I watched the weather reports on Monday evening and heard the snow pellets hitting my living ... -
Daniel Spivak’s whirlwind trip to the IIHF World Championships
(Rochester Institute of Technology, 2009-04-16)Daniel Spivak, who recently completed a successful rookie season with the Division I RIT men’s hockey team, was selected to play for the Israeli National Team, as they competed in the Division II International Ice Hockey ...