News

• RMU has resumed the JED Campus initiative, made possible by a donation from the Citrone 33 Foundation in 2019, after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19. JED Campus is designed to guide universities through a collaborative process of comprehensive systems and program/policy development to build upon existing student mental health, substance abuse, and suicide prevention efforts. RMU’s JED Campus committee, a multidisciplinary team of faculty, staff, and student representatives, is co-chaired by Ryann Burick, counselor-in-residence and Anthony Moretti, associate professor of communication and interim head of the Department of Communication and Organizational Leadership. The JED Campus committee is working toward achieving the objectives outlined in JED's strategic plan with an overall goal of ensuring that emotional wellbeing and the prevention of suicide and substance abuse is a campus-wide endeavor. For more information about JED Campus, please visit their website at www.jedcampus.org. To learn more about RMU’s partnership with JED, please email Ryann Burick or Anthony Moretti.

Personal Mention

• Monica VanDieren, university professor of mathematics, gave an invited talk at the Logic Mentoring Workshop of the annual conference of the European Association for Computer Science Logic on February 14.  Her talk was titled "Beyond First Order Model Theory."

You're Invited

• RMU Colonial Theatre invites you to the hilarious musical comedy, Young Frankenstein! Get your tickets now at www.rmu.edu/theatre

  Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan
  Music and Lyrics by Mel Brooks
  Original Direction and Choreography by Susan Stroman
  Directed by Quinn Patrick Shannon

  Grandson of the infamous Victor Frankenstein, Frederick Frankenstein (pronounced "Fronk-en-steen") inherits his family's estate in Transylvania. With the help of a hunchbacked sidekick, Igor (pronounced "Eye-gore"), and a lab assistant, Inga (pronounced normally), Frederick finds himself in the mad scientist shoes of his ancestors. "It's alive!" he exclaims as he brings to life a creature to rival his grandfather's. Eventually, of course, the monster escapes and hilarity continuously abounds.

  -Thursday, February 24 at 7:30 p.m.
  -Friday, February 25 at 7:30 p.m.
  -Saturday, February 26 at 7:30 p.m.
  -Sunday, February 27 at 2 p.m.

• RMU will be celebrating Black History Month just about every day in February, with cultural events, discussions, games, wellness programs, and some great food in the PNC Cafe. You can check out the line-up at www.rmu.edu/REVOLUTION.

• RMU’s Media Arts Gallery and the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh invite you to our “Interaction Now” virtual artist talk with Brian Cohen and Cristin Millett on Tuesday, February 22 at 6:30 p.m. This is a free event and is open to the public. Please register for the event using this Google Form only. SET credit is available for Robert Morris University students.

• You are invited to attend an RMU Roundtable presentation "A Wicked Problem of the Global Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout" with Anna Abdulmanova, assistant professor of finance. The roundtable will be held virtually Friday, February 25, from 11 a.m. to noon. You can join the roundtable on 2/25 by clicking here. All faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend this discussion.

• The School of Informatics, Humanities and Social Sciences is happy to invite you to join our Live Music Series. This series is produced by the Cinema Capstone 2 class, and is in collaboration with Advanced Typography, from Media Arts. Join us at 7 p.m. for the February 28 show which will feature the band The Devilish Merry and their amazing performance. 

  The series is being supported by a grant from the Faculty Enrichment Fund and by Dean Amjad Ali from the School of Informatics, Humanities and Social Sciences in the context of  the Centennial Celebration of RMU. Please watch via Comcast Channel 98, YouTube, Instagram or Facebook. Use the RMU TV Sentry Media links to access the show on YouTube or Facebook.

• The Career and Professional Development Center will be hosting two career fairs this Spring:

  In-Person Career Fair will be held Wednesday, February 23, from 2 to 5 p.m. at the UPMC Events Center. More than 75 employers will be participating. Student Registration begins January 24 via Handshake. 

  Virtual Career Fair will be held Tuesday, March 15, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. via Handshake.com. Students can sign up for 10-minute, one-on-one and 30-minute, group employer sessions. Student Registration begins February 21 via Handshake.

Upcoming Sports

NCAA Division I

• Women's basketball vs. Wright State, Friday, 2/18 @ 7 p.m. at the UPMC Events Center
• Women's lacrosse vs. Canisius, Saturday, 2/19 @ noon at Joe Walton Stadium
• Men's basketball vs. UIC, Saturday, 2/19 @ 7 p.m. at the UPMC Events Center

Go to rmucolonials.com for ticketing and other information about NCAA Division sports at RMU.

Upcoming Concerts

• Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias, March 10-11
• Trinity of Terror, April 7
• Lil Durk, April 26
• Whiskey Myers, May 1

All concerts are at the UPMC Events Center. Go to www.upmceventscenter.com for more information.