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WHEC-TV (Channel 10) reports on the Support Our Servicemen and Servicewomen holiday drive held at Rochester Institute of Technology. The holidays can be a difficult time for military personnel serving overseas, and for many theres nothing like the taste of home. Our camera stopped by RIT today where the holiday SOS, or Support Our Servicemen and Servicewomen project, is in full swing. Students and staff are putting together care packages for members of the armed forces. The boxes include ...

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WXXI-TV (Channel 21) interviews Rochester Institute of Technology Dean Jorge Diaz-Herrera regarding New York states efforts to promote digital literacy and adoption. The interview was conducted as part of the station's "Need to Know" public affairs broadcast.

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WROC-TV (Channel 8) profiles technology developed by Rochester-based Pictometry and references the company's relationship with Rochester Institute of Technology. Software developed by Pictometry is being featured on the CBS show NCIS. "NCIS wanted the real thing. They wanted what is really used in public safety everyday, and as a result they came to us," said Dante Pennacchia, a Pictometry Executive Vice President. Henrietta-based Pictometry takes pictures, millions of them, from planes ...

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There's a Web site created to help people under 25 years old find a car for under $25000 called College Driver. 13WHAM-TV interviews the Web site's founders, Rochester Institute of Technology students Corey Mack and Zeid Nasser. Norma Holland: We first met you back in the spring when Holly was actually live out at RIT. There was a green car competition, and you both were involved in that. Did you launch the Web site then or were you already working on it at that point. Corey: We launched the ...

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There's a Web site created to help people under 25 years old find a car for under $25000 called College Driver. 13WHAM-TV interviews the Web site's founders, Rochester Institute of Technology students Corey Mack and Zeid Nasser. Anchor: If people weren't up an hour ago when we first talked to you, how did this whole thing get started? Was this a class assignment for you? For us it started in the summer of 2008 with idea we had and shelved, decided to put it off for a little while, and we ...

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Something cool for RIT. Google has the named the school as a finalist to become one of the first universities to join its Street View Gallery. If selected, Google will send RIT a tricycle, like the one you see here. It has 9 directional cameras mounted on it. It also includes a GPS unit for positioning and laser range scanners. The 'Trike' would cruise around campus and snap photographs providing a continuous stream of 360-degree images that are later organized to create Google's Street View ...

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RIT is in the running to become one of the first universities included in Google's high-tech street mapping gallery. Google's Street View gives people a 360-degree look at landmarks and attractions all over America. The company first mapped a college campus for a promotional campaign at the University of Pennsylvania. Now Google wants to map a different university, and RIT is one of 5 finalists out of 25000 submissions. Voters have until Nov. 30th to decide. To cast your vote for RIT, we ...

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YNN reports on Rochester Institute of Technology's observance of Veterans Day. On Veterans Day, everyone is encouraged to take time to out to honor military servicemen and women. Communities are celebrating in various ways this Wednesday. Rochester Institute of Technology honored its student veterans. About 100 students, staff and veterans gathered Wednesday to reflect on the sacrifices of soldiers and their families. RIT currently has 170 student veterans. This was the first Veterans Day ...

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WHEC-TV (Channel 10) reports on a "wall raising ceremony" for the sustainable Habitat for Humanity house being constructed by members of the Rochester Institute of Technology community. Some local college students are putting on their construction hats to make our community a better place to live. Members of RIT's Habitat for Humanity organization teamed up with engineering students at the college to build this sustainable home in Rochester's JOSANA neighborhood, near Rhinos Stadium. This ...

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WUHF-TV (Fox Rochester) reports on a "wall raising ceremony" for the sustainable Habitat for Humanity house being constructed by members of the Rochester Institute of Technology community. Students from RIT took some time out of class to get some hands-on experience. They helped build a Habitat for Humanity home in the JOSANA neighborhood in Rochester. The home is being built with a green design, that includes an efficient system to heat the home. David Lihn: The plan was to make some simple ...

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