John Retallack, a faculty member of RIT's School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, has created some haunting images of residents at Monroe Community Hospital. I personally was so TOUCHED by his photographs and the way he captured heartfelt moments, "personalities" and the human-hands of kindness in each and every one of his images. Having graduated from and working at Strong Hospital for a
Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of attending the inaugural white coat ceremony of the Rochester Biomedical Experience, a unique partnership between RIT and MCC to increase minority participation in biomedicine. The students received white lab coats enblazoned with their names in front of joyful family members, friends and mentors. It was so nice to see the look of pride on these kids
Thomas Curley, president and CEO of the Associated Press, stood before 200 members of Rochester Institute of Technology's Nathaniel Rochester Society on July 14 clearly touched by the warm reception. Curley was being recognized at the organization's summer gala as recipient of the NRS Award, given annually to an individual who has contributed significantly to the advancement of RIT. He thanked the people
RIT was recently cited in the Chronicle of Higher Education for being a leader in providing athletic opportunites for women. RIT was in the top five nationally among Division III universities. Specifically, 46% of its student athletes are women, while 30% of its student population are women, so that women athletes are overrepresented by about 16%. Of the five universities, RIT had the