May 20, 2007
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RIT in the news

Recent highlights of media coverage of RIT people and programs

May 2007

  • Crackdown on Indian outsourcing firms
    assistant professor Ron Hira quoted, BusinessWeek, May 15 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Outsourcer's duties for Wachovia grow
    assistant professor Ron Hira quoted, Charlotte Observer, May 15 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Senators say offshore firms are H-1B visas' biggest users
    assistant professor Ron Hira quoted, Computer World, May 15 (Web Link)
  • Colleges embark on virtual revolution
    assistant professor Stephen Jacobs quoted, Democrat & Chronicle, May 14 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Visa program ripe for abuse, critics charge
    assistant professor Ron Hira quoted, The Austin (Texas) American-Statesman, May 13 (Web Link)
  • Postage increase adds up to woes: Prices affected by size, weight, causing problems for businesses
    assistant director of hub print postal services Scott Boone quoted, Democrat & Chronicle, May 12 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Students and teachers share Web space: MySpace, Facebook add another tool to education, but professionalism is key
    associate professor Susan Barnes quoted, The News Journal (Wilmington, Del.), May 10 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • RIT department notes 25th year
    Professor Santosh Kurinec quoted, Rochester Business Journal, May 9 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Xerox gives colour prints a facelift
    Professor Roy S. Berns quoted, Financial Express, May 7 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Santosh Kumari brings to RIT from India passion for physics
    featuring Professor Santosh K. Kurinec, Democrat & Chronicle, May 6 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Local colleges line up orators: Relationships, connections help land graduation speakers
    RIT staff member Susan Provenzano quoted, Democrat & Chronicle, May 4 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Area opens its heart on Day of Caring
    director of study abroad Ty Stewart quoted, Democrat & Chronicle, May 3 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • RIT aims to protect kids in cyberspace
    Professor Samuel McQuade quoted, Democrat & Chronicle, May 2 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • 'Credit Card Nation' author to address credit counseling industry
    featuring Professor Robert Manning, eMediaWire.com, May 2 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Teaching the color printer the language of humanity and a palette of precision
    Professor Roy S. Berns quoted, The New York Times, May 2 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • New York professor to track social networking habits of students
    associate professor Susan Barnes quoted, Social Computing Magazine, May 2 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • RIT retail, housing complex under way
    chief communications officer Bob Finnerty quoted, Democrat & Chronicle, May 1 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Xerox making color easier
    Professor Frank Cost quoted, Democrat & Chronicle, May 1 (Web Link) (PDF)

April 2007

  • Jugglers bring focus, learning to RIT event
    featuring RIT's 'Spring Juggle-in' charity fundraiser, Democrat & Chronicle, April 30 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • 'Indian IT firms misusing H-1Bs'
    assistant professor Ron Hira quoted, The Times of India, April 29 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Officials talk campus safety: Student mental health, better communications among topics
    vice president for government and community relations Deborah Stendardi, Democrat & Chronicle, April 28 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Students brave stormy weather and 'lunar' terrain during NASA's 14th annual Great Moonbuggy Race
    featuring RIT's moonbuggy race team, SpaceRef.com, April 28 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • It's good to be green
    Professor Eugene Fram quoted, Danbury (Conn.) News Times, April 28 ()
  • RIT trains for success: School dedicates center that offers biotech programs
    President Albert J. Simone quoted, Democrat & Chronicle, April 27 (Web Link)
  • U.S. Holds Lottery for 65,000 H-1B Visa Petitions
    assistant professor Ron Hira quoted, IndiaWest.com, April 27 () (PDF)
  • Now legal immigrants fluster US politicians
    assistant professor Ron Hira quoted, Guardian Unlimited (UK), April 27 (Web Link)
  • Text reveals more ancient secrets
    Professor Roger Easton quoted, BBCnews.com, April 26 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Internet sites breach teacher-student barriers
    Professor Susan Barnes quoted, FloridaToday.com, April 26 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • New layer of Ancient Greek writings detected in medieval book
    Professor Roger Easton quoted, National Geographic, April 26 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Some room with a view!
    featuring RIT's space tourism program, Jewish Exponent, April 26 () (PDF)
  • Show biz shows taste: Mendon theater is set amid culinary delights
    Professor Warren Sackler quoted, Democrat & Chronicle, April 25 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Underground Railroad to be focus of conference in September
    chief diversity officer Alfreda Brown quoted, Democrat & Chronicle, April 25 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Why the H-1B programme needs fixing
    assistant professor Ron Hira quoted, Rediff.com (India), April 23 (Web Link)
  • Job hunt tests area graduates
    director of cooperative education and career services Emanuel Contomanolis quoted, Democrat & Chronicle, April 22 (Web Link)
  • Colleges try to quell conflicts
    opinion article by interim ombudsperson Lee Twymann, Democrat & Chronicle, April 22 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Tech expression: Geek art
    featuring photographs by RIT student Katharine Sidelnik, The New York Times, April 22 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Prices are lower, but profit is up at Xerox
    Professor Patricia Sorce quoted, The New York Times, April 22 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • High-tech dressing rooms become virtual reality
    Professor Eugene Fram quoted, The Christian Science Monitor, April 20 (Web Link)
  • Going green is good for area economy
    featuring RIT's nanotechnology research, Democrat & Chronicle, April 19 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • RIT wins breaks for housing, retail plan: Collegetown project 'imminent' with tax relief from COMIDA
    featuring plans for RIT's Collegetown, Democrat & Chronicle, April 18 (Web Link)
  • Debate revived on high-tech visas as US quota filled
    assistant professor Ron Hira quoted, The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), April 18 (Web Link)
  • New threat to skilled U.S. workers
    Professor Ron Hira quoted, The Seattle Times, April 17 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • RIT, industry partners keep students in area
    featuring RIT's department of Networking, Security and Systems Administration, Democrat & Chronicle, April 17 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Parsing the truths about visas for tech workers
    assistant professor Ron Hira quoted, The New York Times, April 15 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Brighter days at Medley Centre?: Bon-Ton exit clouds mall's future, but hope is rekindled as a new owner takes over
    Professor Eugene Fram quoted, Democrat & Chronicle, April 15 (Web Link)
  • UR's new clinical institute means jobs
    vice president for research Donald Boyd quoted, Democrat & Chronicle, April 15 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • School 41 students to get down to business
    assistant director at RIT's E. Philip Saunders College of Business Peter Rosenthal quoted, Democrat & Chronicle, April 15 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Rochester Institute of Technology triumphs over lunar terrain in college division of NASA's Great Moonbuggy Race
    featuring RIT's moonbuggy race team, NASA.gov, April 14 () (PDF)
  • 'Big Shot' goes abroad to capture special image
    featuring RIT photo project, Democrat & Chronicle, April 13 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Outsourcers corner market for U.S. skilled worker visas
    assistant professor Ron Hira quoted, International Herald Tribune, April 12 () (PDF)
  • Save public from drowning in red ink
    opinion article by Professor Robert Manning, Democrat & Chronicle, April 11 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Green manufacturing: An inconvenient reality
    CIMS director Nabil Nasr quoted, Industry Week, April 11 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • 'Big Shot' is a big deal
    featuring RIT photo project, Brighton-Pittsford Post, April 10 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • State grants RIT $550,000 to 'prevent' pollution
    CIMS director Nabil Nasr quoted, Democrat & Chronicle, April 9 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Beer waste may become ethanol: County, High Falls Brewery discuss fuel proposal
    featuring RIT's role in the alternative fuel proposal, Democrat & Chronicle, April 9 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • My View:Three years of progress helps students in Middletown
    featuring RIT's Project Lead the Way initiative, Times Herald-Record (Middletown, N.Y.), April 8 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Area is fertile ground for 'remote sensing'
    featuring RIT programs and technology, Democrat & Chronicle, April 8 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Students 'leading the way'
    featuring RIT's Project Lead the Way initiative, Middletown (Conn.) Press, April 8 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Tech workers, get ready for offshoring
    Professor Ron Hira quoted, The Dallas Morning News, April 8 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • RIT to offer classes in social computing
    Professor Susan Barnes quoted, Monsters and Critics, April 6 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Worker visas in heavy demand
    Professor Ron Hira quoted, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 6 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Sensor research site sets up in Perinton
    vice president Deborah Stendardi quoted, Democrat & Chronicle, April 5 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Baseball, technology and immigrants
    Professor Ron Hira quoted, CNN.com, April 5 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • RIT lacrosse ranks second in nation
    featuring RIT men's lacrosse, Democrat & Chronicle, April 4 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Does H-1B surge mean cap should be raised?
    Professor Ron Hira quoted, CNET News, April 4 () (PDF)
  • Colleges build for a greener tomorrow: Environmentally friendly building projects are on the rise
    RIT director of campus planning, design and construction services James Yarrington quoted, Democrat & Chronicle, April 2 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • NTID group to taste fame on prime-time TV drama
    Professor Luane Davis Haggerty quoted, Democrat & Chronicle, April 2 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Simone to address Gallaudet grads
    President Albert Simone quoted, Rochester Business Journal, April 2 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Circuit City awards $775M IT outsourcing contract to IBM
    Professor Ron Hira quoted, Computer World, April 2 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Who might buy Tops?: Other chains, equity firm seen as possibilities
    Professor Eugene Fram quoted, The Buffalo News, April 1 (Web Link)
  • Greening the World
    featuring RIT's sustainability program, U.S. News, April 1 (Web Link)
  • Tech firms scramble for visas
    Professor Ron Hira quoted, San Francisco Chronicle, April 1 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Crime soils every inch of community
    opinion article by Professor John Klofas, Democrat & Chronicle, April 1 (Web Link) (PDF)

March 2007

  • CVS, Walgreens fight for customers
    Professor Eugene Fram quoted, News Times Live (Danbury, Conn.), March 31 (Web Link)
  • Yonkers teacher helps launch summer program in Italy for deaf people
    director of study abroad programs Tynelle Stewart quoted, The Journal News (Lower Hudson, N.Y.), March 30 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Looking for ways out of the subprime mortgage crisis
    Professor Robert Manning quoted, CNN.com, March 30 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • The sciences: Greening the world
    featuring RIT's environmental graduate programs, CBSnews.com, March 30 (Web Link)
  • It's best to pay cash for your ticket
    highlighting documentary film featuring professor Robert Manning, Democrat & Chronicle, March 30 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • myTimeHero.com - Younger Generation Says 'Thank You'
    featuring website developed by RIT students, PR Newswire, March 29 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • For Toms River photographer, taking photos hardly a snap
    featuring alumnus Tracy Harman, Asbury Park Press (New Jersey), March 29 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Visa window opens: Scramble Is about to begin
    Professor Ron Hira quoted, The Wall Street Journal, March 28 () (PDF)
  • RIT alters plans for convocation with ex-president
    staff member Susan Provenzano quoted, Democrat & Chronicle, March 27 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Joy trumps woe in West Bank
    opinion article by student Rebecca Nelson, Democrat & Chronicle, March 27 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • A green way to keep on trucking
    Professor James Winebrake quoted, The Los Angeles Times, March 26 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Jobs might be on block: Wachovia ACH may go abroad
    Professor Ron Hira quoted, Winston-Salem (N.C.) Journal, March 24 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Entrepreneurial award honors Pictometry president and CEO
    featuring RIT's Vanden Brul Entrepreneurial Award, Rochester Business Journal, March 23 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Xerox online profile grows
    Prefessor Neil Hair quoted, Democrat & Chronicle, March 22 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Pictometry announces master distributorship for wireless, self-contained internet remote camera
    featuring imaging technology developed at RIT, GISuser.com, March 22 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • West Seneca West's school of rock: After- school band project rocks the halls
    Professor Carol Fillip quoted, The Buffalo (N.Y.) News, March 21 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • A CHEER...to William Destler
    introduction of Destler as next RIT president, Henrietta Post, March 21 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Does Silicon Valley need more visas for foreigners?
    Professor Ron Hira quoted, The Wall Street Journal, March 19 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Name that dish: Menu writing gets creative
    Professor Warren Sackler quoted, USA Weekend, March 18 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • New leader wants RIT, its students to innovate
    incoming president William Destler quoted, Democrat & Chronicle, March 17 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Pinizzotto signs professional contract with NHL's Washington Capitals
    featuring student Steve Pinizzotto, The Washington Times, March 17 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • RIT starts growth program for firms
    Professor Richard DeMartino quoted, Rochester Business Journal, March 17 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Running all the harder
    Professor Eugene Fram quoted, Democrat & Chronicle, March 15 (Web Link)
  • Hearing-impaired Hamill a fighter
    featuring RIT alumnus Matt Hamill, Utica Observer-Dispatch, March 14 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • 3 robot-making teams Atlanta-bound
    featuring FIRST competition, Democrat & Chronicle, March 13 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • The green way to keep on trucking
    Professor Jamie Winebrake quoted, Financial Times, March 12 () (PDF)
  • Grocery war cranks up in South Asheville
    Professor Eugene Fram quoted, Citizen-Times (Asheville, N.C.), March 11 (Web Link)
  • Check, double-check and save big bucks
    Six Sigma program director Don Baker quoted, Democrat & Chronicle, March 11 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Teams roll out the robots: Students test their mettle at third robotics competition
    featuring FIRST robotics competition, hosted by RIT, Democrat & Chronicle, March 10 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Exposing RIT students to real world computer security threats
    Professor Daryl Johnson quoted, Huliq.com, March 10 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Five honorees named for St. Patrick's Day parade
    featuring staff member Barry Culhane, Democrat & Chronicle, March 9 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Firms push worker wellness
    mentions RIT, Democrat & Chronicle, March 9 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • It began with a severed head
    Professor Bruce Austin quoted, Toronto Star, March 9 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Changing of the guard at RIT
    featuring incoming president William Destler, Rochester Business Journal, March 9 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Forest Hills woman 'steps' onto 'Today Show'
    featuring NTID student Lauren Joyce, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 8 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Rochester Institute provides policy advice to UN on sustainable development
    CIMS director Nabil Nasr quoted, The Manufacturer, March 8 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • One-man band
    featuring incoming president William Destler, The Diamondback (University of Maryland), March 7 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • California tech firm plugs in here
    reference to RIT microsystems program, Democrat & Chronicle, March 7 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Destler to leave university for RIT presidency
    Board of Trustees chair Michael Morley quoted, The Diamondback (University of Maryland), March 6 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • New RIT president lauded for warmth, varied career
    featuring incoming president William Destler, Democrat & Chronicle, March 6 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • University of Maryland provost to lead RIT in New York
    Board of Trustees chair Michael Morley quoted, Baltimore Sun, March 6 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Gates in DC as new H-1B battle shapes up
    Professor Ron Hira quoted, Computer World, March 6 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Incoming RIT president eyes continued momentum
    featuring incoming president William Destler, Rochester Business Journal, March 5 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • 'Albert Paley: In Search of the Sentinel'
    featuring documentary on RIT landmark, Democrat & Chronicle, March 5 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Area wireless pursuits growing
    featuring RIT's Rochester Digital Ripple project, Democrat & Chronicle, March 4 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • Clinton is a coup
    editorial on RIT's commencement, Democrat & Chronicle, March 2 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • WhatTheyThink.com Educational Webinar with Frank Romano sets record-breaking attendance levels
    featuring Professor Frank Romano, WhatTheyThink.com, March 1 (Web Link) (PDF)
  • RIT's MBA adds China trip:
    featuring RIT's Executive MBA program, Democrat & Chronicle, February 28 (Web Link) (PDF)

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