With all that talk about Rochester’s “brain drain” and its noncompetitive business climate, it’s easy to lose faith in the prospects for our community’s future. Is there anything that can be done to turn things around? Certainly a change in leadership in Albany, along with recent rhetoric concerning the need to bolster upstate New York’s economy, has prompted some hope. But...
What a week it has been for RIT and University News! The RIT community learned Monday who will become the campus’ ninth president this summer when President Albert Simone retires after 15 years at the university’s helm. In University News, we learned about the Board of Trustees’ decision to select William Destler as RIT’s next president modestly earlier than others did—but, believe...
A couple weeks ago, a team of researchers from RIT’s Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies was invited to attend a major conference in the Dominican Republic. The event was sponsored by the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra of Santo Domingo and focused on the current state of the Dominican economy, particularly the manufacturing sector. The CIMS representatives offered insight...