News

• The Center for Innovation and Outreach (CIO) proudly sponsored the Carnegie Science Center's 83rd Annual Pittsburgh Regional Science & Engineering Fair (PRSEF) March 22-23. Each year, approximately 1,000 students from more than 100 schools participate in the fair. Students spend the 12 months leading up to the Science Fair developing and executing a project by utilizing the scientific method. The CIO also sponsored a special award in the name of the center.  

• The CIO hosted the final in a three-part series in collaboration with Breakthrough Pittsburgh- Sewickley Academy on March 26.  High school students had an exciting time participating in a diversity activity and presentation by Anthony Robins, chief diversity and inclusion officer. Next the students participated in a Q & A by RMU Greek Life members from the only multicultural sorority in western Pennsylvania. Finally, Alcosan and science faculty members Paul Badger, Anthony Robins, and Catherine Hanna created water filters to learn about the relationship of business and clean water.  

• Last weekend, the Top Secret Colonials, RMU's student cybersecurity club, collaborated with the CIO to raise $2,640  for World Central Kitchen to help serve meals to families across Ukraine through this semester's 24-hour gaming marathon. Students from RMU and other universities attended the in-person event in Wheatley Center to play video games of their choice, compete in tournaments, and meet others with similar interests. 

• Thanks to a partnership with the Pittsburgh Penguins, faculty and staff have an opportunity for discounted tickets at two upcoming Penguins games:

• -Tuesday, April 5 vs. Avalanche
  -Thursday, April 14 vs. Islanders

  Click here and select your preferred game and seating level - no password needed! Tickets are available as follows:
  -FedEx Level - $85 per ticket
  -Giant Eagle | Snapple Level - $45 per ticket

Personal Mention

• Jacob Peng, Richard J. Harshman Professor of Accounting and head of the Department of Accounting and Taxation, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to lecture and conduct research next year at Meiji Gakuin University in Yokohama, Japan. Peng will spend five months next spring and summer at the university’s Faculty of International Studies focusing on his research project, “Market Transparency Through Disclosures: International Collaboration on Risk Management and Cybersecurity.” It compares the differences between U.S. and Japanese standards for disclosing sufficient details of their cybersecurity regimen in financial statements to satisfy investors while not revealing enough to enable hackers to overcome those security measures. Peng is the seventh RMU faculty member to become a Fulbright Scholar. Read more here.

You're Invited

• You're invited to the 16th Annual Gold Show Invitational! The RMU Department of Arts and Humanities presents the outstanding student work as selected by the faculty, on display at the Media Arts Gallery in Wheatley Center. This exhibit highlights projects from Foundations, Cinema and Photography, Graphic Design and UX/UI. Closing reception: Tuesday, April 5, 4:30 to 6 p.m. Exhibition runs through April 6.

• The RMU Counseling Center and AFSP (American Foundation for Suicide Prevention) are teaming up again! Join us on Saturday, April 9, for our annual Out of the Darkness Color Walk/Run for suicide prevention. Interested participants can register now at afsp.org/RMU. After the walk, stick around for free food (from Revival Chili, Hot Bunz, and Dad’s Pub & Grub food trucks) and our Dance Party for Prevention on the Nicholson Patio/Lawn. Runners and walkers should also plan to swing by the Moxie Selfie Station & Photo Booth to capture a few colorful memories! Please visit the afsp.org/RMU website for more information on the day’s agenda and FAQs. We hope you’ll join us as we work to raise money and awareness for this important cause! Interested in volunteering? Please email Sarah Walters at walterss@rmu.edu. 

• Graduate Admissions will be holding a series of Virtual Open Houses to talk about the master's degree programs available at RMU. Hear from Admissions experts and program directors about program requirements, typical degree progression, and our alumni outcomes. There will also be time to ask any questions you may have. If you or anybody you know is interested in attending, we will be offering the following events:

  Wednesday, April 6 at 5:30 p.m. - Nursing Virtual Open House
  Thursday, April 7 at 5:30 p.m. - Organizational Leadership Virtual Open House
  Monday, April 11 at 5:30 p.m. - Cyber Investigations and Intelligence

• The student editors of RMU’s literary magazine, Rune, would like to invite you to the release reading for the 2022 edition of Rune on April 12 at 5 p.m. in the Wheatley café. The reading will feature special guest reader, Michael Simms, author of American Ash and founder of Autumn House Press. 

• The Center for Innovation and Outreach would like to extend a special invitation to attend our limited in person Innovation Speaker Series with lunch provided by the CIO.  Please respond to this short google form to RSVP as spaces are limited. The talk by Matthew Naeger, executive vice president and chief strategy officer, Americas, at Merkle is titled "Innovation In Marketing: What's Now & What's Next?" It takes place Friday, April 22, with lunch at noon and the lecture starting at 1 p.m. The lecture will focus on the current landscape for marketing, including how brands are built today, what they are focused on in the new world of data-driven marketing, and how companies are thinking of their transformation from traditional forms of marketing in to the evolution of marketing based on putting the customer experience at the epicenter of how they plan, buy, and execute media and marketing programs.

Upcoming Sports

NCAA Division I

• Softball vs. Green Bay, Saturday, 4/2 @ 2 p.m. at the North Athletic Complex 
• Softball vs. Green Bay, Sunday, 4/3 @ noon at the North Athletic Complex 

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

Club Sports

• Men's Club Volleyball vs. CMU and W & J, Saturday, 4/2 @ 11 a.m. at the Student Recreation and Fitness Center
• Women's Club Volleyball vs Slippery Rock, Sunday, 4/3 @ 11 a.m. at the Student Recreation and Fitness Center

Go to rmuclubsports.com for more information about club sports at RMU.

Upcoming Concerts 

• Trinity of Terror, April 7
• Lil Durk, April 26
• Whiskey Myers, May 1
• CHEER Live, July 12
• Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesia, October 14 and 15. (Please note the new dates. All tickets will be honored.)

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