How Caitlin Sanders carved out time as Otto the Orange, CuseHacks founder
Corey Henry | Senior Staff Photographer
Caitlin Sanders, a Syracuse University senior, spent her past four years at SU running CuseHacks events and cheering as Otto the Orange.
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Caitlin Sanders knew her time was up. It was Feb. 28, and the Syracuse University senior was almost finished running her last CuseHacks event, an annual “hackathon” where participants compete to create technology projects for 24 hours.
After an impromptu speech over Zoom thanking the people that helped her, a sense of uncertainty fell over her. All those late hours planning and organizing were now in the past.
May 6, 2021
Rochester Institute of Technology is the latest college to require students be vaccinated against COVID-19.
According to a letter from school officials, RIT will require full COVID-19 vaccinations for undergraduate and graduate students prior to their arrival on the Henrietta campus for the upcoming fall semester.
Officials say they are also strongly recommending that all RIT staff and faculty members get vaccinated as soon as possible.
RIT says they are planning on offering more in-person instruction and more on-campus activities come the fall.
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This plastic debris was typical along a channel which connects Lake Michigan and Duck Lake north of Muskegon.
Credit Lester Graham / Michigan Radio
There’s been a lot of news about the amount of plastic debris in the oceans. But plastic pollution is also affecting the Great Lakes. A study out of the Rochester Institute of Technology estimates 22 million pounds of plastic debris enters the Great Lakes from the U.S. and Canada each year.
Lynn Knopf with Duck Creek Watershed Assembly snaps a photo of some of the volunteers who showed up to pick up trash at Duck Lake State Park along Lake Michigan.
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Local students from Northbrook are receiving honors from various colleges and universities. We round them up with College Credits. (Shutterstock)
NORTHBROOK, IL We re keeping track of all the major higher education accomplishments of area students. Send your submissions to eric.degrechie@patch.com.
Linforth Presents At Celebration Of Undergrad Research, Creative Inquiry
Jack Linforth, of Northbrook, is one of approximately 140 Central College students who presented academic research at the college s first annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry Wednesday, April 28. Presentations can be found here. Linforth s presentation(s) was titled The Effect of Sleep on Reaction Times. Merit Pages News
May 5, 2021
BATON ROUGE, La. Maya Vanderhorst of Amsterdam, recently was initiated into the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10 percent of the number of candidates for graduate degrees may also qualify, as do faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.
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