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Deb Nicholson: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks: Or Why the Future Might Curse Us

Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks: Or Why the Future Might Curse Us Deb Nicholson Community Outreach Director for the Open Invention Network O’Reilly Open Source Award Winner Founding organizer of the Seattle GNU/Linux Conference Software Freedom Conservancy’s Evaluation Committee Patents, copyrights and trademarks form a trio of legal tools often referred to as “intellectual property” law. […]

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ANNOUNCING THE 3rd ANNUAL RIT “CO-UP” PROGRAM:

  EAT. SLEEP. BREATHE. MAKE. SUMMER 2017 5 teams | $10,000 PER TEAM | $50,000 TOTAL The key differentiator for a place like RIT is a focus on student innovation: students today need to be prepared for multiple careers, start-ups, failures, and experiences. They are likely to face technology disruption in their own careers, and […]

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RIT’s video game design programs jump in Princeton Review rankings Undergraduate program ranks No. 2, graduate program No. 4 in annual listing

by Scott Bureau  Rochester Institute of Technology is one of the top schools in the world to study game design and launch games for 2017, according to new international rankings from The Princeton Review. RIT’s game design and development program was ranked second at the undergraduate level and fourth at the graduate level. In 2016, […]

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RIT student-created game competes in 2017 Intel University Games Showcase

March 3, 2017by Vienna McGrain  Note: Video available for this storyRochester Institute of Technology made a strong showing at the 2017 Intel University Games Showcase on March 2 where student John Miller presented his video game, Gibraltar, in front of students and faculty from the top game developer academic programs in the United States. Although […]

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RIT professor awarded NSF grant to benefit the next generation of games and learning scholars

by Vienna McGrain  As a doctoral candidate, Owen Gottlieb received advice from a consortium that eventually led him to a successful teaching and research career. Years later, Gottlieb, an expert in games and learning at Rochester Institute of Technology, is “paying it forward,” using a National Science Foundation grant that will enable the next generation […]

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Professor awarded NSF grant to identify best practices for K-12 computing education

Researchers from Rochester Institute of Technology and Bradley University are finding the best ways to get diverse pre-college students interested in computing as a career. Adrienne Decker, an assistant professor of interactive games and media at RIT, and Monica McGill, an associate professor of game design at Bradley University, have received a $1.19 million grant […]

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