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<b>RIT, UR to offer joint degree in medical informatics</b><br />The effort aims to bolster two crucial elements of health-care reform in the U.S.—the widespread application of information technology to health care and the adoption of electronic health records. (<a style="color:#f57b20; text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=48051">more</a>)<br /><br />
<b>Facility Management program now online</b><br />The Facility Management master’s degree program, accredited in the fall, provides professional training both in the classroom and online. The program includes both technical and managerial aspects of the discipline. (<a style="color:#f57b20; text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=48050">more</a>)<br /><br />
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<b>Men’s hockey faces Bentley at home</b><br />The team hosts a pair of Atlantic Hockey Association contests against Bentley this weekend. Both Friday’s and Saturday’s contests begin at 7:05 p.m. (<a style="color:#f57b20; text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.ritathletics.com/news/2011/1/12/MHOCKEY_0112112141.aspx">more</a>)<br /><br />
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<tr><td width="10"> </td><td><b>RIT men’s hockey weekend at West Point, N.Y. </b><br />RIT Athletics offers a look at how the men’s hockey team really travels. (<a style="color:#f57b20; text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.youtube.com/ritathletics">more</a>)<br /><br />
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<tr><td width="10"> </td><td><b>Amit Batabyal,</b> the Gosnell Professor of Economics, presented “Asymmetric Information, Entrepreneurial Activity and the Scope of Fiscal Policy in an Open Regional Economy” at the Allied Social Science Associations convention Jan. 7–9 in Denver.<br /><br />
<b>James Winebrake,</b> dean of the College of Liberal Arts, has been elected to the board of directors of the Center for Environmental Information. The nonprofit organization works to advance environmental quality and sustainability in upstate New York.<br /><br />
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<tr><td width="10"> </td><td><em>Fairport-ER Post</em><br /> <strong>Fairport students explore computing and technology at RIT</strong><br/>Sharon Mason, associate professor of networking, security and systems administration, quoted (<a style="color:#f57b20; text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.fairport-erpost.com/feature/x1799248956/Fairport-students-explore-computing-and-technology-at-RIT-Jan-12">more</a>)<br /><br />
<em>Democrat and Chronicle</em><br /> <strong>RIT, UR join forces to offer degree</strong><br/>Jorge Díaz-Herrera, dean, B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences; and Nicholas Thireos, associate professor and director of medical informatics, quoted (<a style="color:#f57b20; text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20110114/NEWS01/101140336/RIT--UR-join-forces-to-offer-degree">more</a>)<br /><br />
<em>Rochester Business Journal</em><br /> <strong>UR, RIT offer joint degree in medical informatics</strong><br/> (<a style="color:#f57b20; text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.rbj.net/article.asp?aID=186297">more</a>)<br /><br />
<em>The New York Times</em><br /> <strong>Happy (Helvetica) 80th for a designer</strong><br/>Massimo Vignelli, benefactor, featured (<a style="color:#f57b20; text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/13/fashion/13scene.html?_r=1">more</a>)<br /><br />
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</td></tr><tr><td width="10"> </td><td>RIT history professor Richard Newman stands at the gravesite of famed activist and orator Frederick Douglass... (<a style="color:#f57b20; text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.rit.edu/news/photoarchive.php?view=photo&datePhoto=2011-01-13">more</a>)<br /><br /></td><td width="10"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td width="10"> </td><td><b>Performing Artists Concert Series:</b> “Transmogrification,” with Dariusz Terefenko of the Eastman School, <b>8 p.m. today,</b> Ingle Auditorium<br /><br />
<b>Presentation:</b> Omar Vulpinari, creative director, “Design Conversations: Visual Communication at Fabrica, Benetton’s Creative Communication Center in Italy,” 10 a.m. Jan. 18, Carlson Auditorium<br /><br />
<b>Community service luncheon:</b> “Where you and social justice interact,” noon Jan. 18, Fireside Lounge<br /><br />
<b>Open Administration Series:</b> President Bill Destler, “RIT in 2011: Progress and Challenges,” 3 p.m. Jan. 18, Ingle Auditorium<br /><br />
<b>Presentation:</b> On overcoming “bystander behavior,” 7:30 p.m. Jan. 18, Ingle Auditorium<br /><br />
<b>Grand opening:</b> American Sign Language and Deaf Studies Community Center, 1 p.m. Jan. 19, SAU, Fireside Lounge<br /><br />
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