Contributor
Stendardi, Deborah; Simone, Albert; Campbell, Don; Lindsley, Kathy; Maynard, Laurie; Murphy, Susan; Saffran, Michael; Stella, Paul; University News Staff; Maynard, Laurie; Lindsley, Kathy; McGuinness-Clarke, Colleen; Rochester Institute of Technology. Office of Alumni Relations.; Rochester Institute of Technology. University News.; Weisler, A. Sue
Summary
MAIN FEATURES OF THIS ISSUE: Front cover: Commencement celebrates individual achievements. / A message from the president. / Sloan grant fuels bioinformatics program. / Undergrad honors program beings in three colleges: Part of the First in Class Initiative. / RIT president, Albert Simone, receives President’s Award of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA). / IT Lab will provide increased opportunities for collaboration. / Photo School names first Kodak/Howard Bingham Scholarship winner, Gregory Boyd. / Singled out: From wired to wireless, first CIO, Diane Barbour, keeps RIT online. / RIT hosts the World Manufacturing Congress International Symposiums on Manufacturing Systems, Technology and Management. / In memoriam. / Interaction: Flight or fancy—reader response to “From the archives†in University Magazine’s spring 2000 issue. / Off to a great start: Cheers, tears, new careers mark the big moment for RIT’s Class of 2001. / First software engineering grads: 12 students become first in the United States to earn bachelor’s degrees in software engineering. / Eisenhart Awards honor teachers: George Georgantas, Hany Ghoneim, Sidney McQuay, John Sanders and Larry Buckley. / Seriously injured student’s wish comes true: Leah Van Valkenburg attends commencement with her classmates. / Delegates exemplify the best of RIT: Student representatives speak at commencement. / Small wonders: RIT is breaking ground in Microsystems research. / RIT wins $14 million funding for N.Y. STAR Center: RIT’s IT Collaboratory. / Major effects on Microsystems: Projects of RIT’s engineers and scientists. / International connections: The World comes to RIT—the growing international student population at RIT. / English Language Center: Breaking the barriers—international students achieve proficiency in English through the English Language Center. / Efforts in Europe yield success: RIT schools and programs benefit Central and Eastern Europe. / Gallery: RIT photographers shoot Cuba. / Alumni activities. / Class notes. / Student connection endures for retiring professor/alumnus, Robert Snyder. / Alumni highlights: Alumnus Robert Scharf focuses on the International Space Station. / When planning for the future means remembering the past: Remembering RIT in your will and other planned gifts. / Kelly Redder named head of alumni relations. / RIT Brick City Festival: 2001 Reunion. / Alumni highlights: RIT joins Horses on Parade community project. / Alumni highlights: Decade in Washington leads to White House job for Kristine Simmons. / Photo grads earn national recognition: Photo District News’ “Thirty Under 30: Young Photographers to Watchâ€. / Celebrity photog, Kwaku Alston, shares his vision. / Alumni highlights: Computer science grad, Bill LaBarge, makes Hollywood magic. / Got the post tax-time blues?: Try an RIT Charitable Gift Annuity. / Alumni highlights: Harris Rusitzky receives RIT’s 2001 Nathaniel Rochester Society Award (NRS). / Living means learning at Athenaeum. / Births. / In Memoriam. / Marriages. / Worth noting. / Trip to Galapagos Islands open to alumni. / Keep in touch. / From the archives.
Date of Original
5-1-2001
Date of Digitization
June 2006
Broad Type
Text
Specific Type
Magazine
Original Item Location
1850/901
Specific Collection
University Magazine
Notes
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