New Kind Of Astronomical Object - Hypercompact Stellar SystemSource: Science Daily
Hypercompact stellar systems result when a supermassive black hole is violently ejected from a galaxy, following a merger with another supermassive black hole. The evicted black hole rips stars from the galaxy as it is thrown out.
Vocabulary Software for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students Being DevelopedSource: HearingExchange.com
RIT professor at National Technical Institute for the Deaf receives grant to develop interactive software to aid deaf and hard of hearing students in improving English grammar and vocabulary. Software will be geared toward middle school, high school and college students.
RIT campus installing emergency alert systemSource: The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Rochester Institute of Technology expects to have an emergency notification system operating this fall.
The system will play an instrumental role in helping RIT manage crisis situations across the campus, RIT officials said.
RIT students sued over downloadsSource: The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
A recording industry group has filed a federal lawsuit claiming 14 unnamed Rochester Institute of Technology students illegally downloaded and distributed music on the Internet.

That's the question Dan Leveille is asking his university, which refuses to drop a trademark infringement case it initiated two and a half months ago, even after many compromises have been made.

Seven weeks after Dan Leveille first received a letter from Rochester Institute of Technology's Chief Legal Officer threatening the demise of his website, ritbook.com, a resolution is finally in sight.
Students help boomers find Web nicheSource: RIT - University News
Move over MySpace and Facebook—there is a new player in the social-networking game. This one, however, isn't designed for teens and college students—but for their parents, grandparents, older siblings and anyone else who might be interested.
Student vs. School in Over Book Web SiteSource: 13WHAM.com
More than 300 students have already used the site that offers more than 800 discounted textbooks.
"Tons of people have contacted me just telling me they love the site; they've saved a lot," Leveille said.

On April 3, RIT student Dan Leveille received a letter from his own university threatening legal action due to alleged trademark infringement. He was given one week to comply with requests.

Dan Leveille thought he was doing a great service to his fellow students at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) when he started an online book trading website exclusively for RIT students at ritbook.com. Many students agreed with him and began using the site immediately.