ITWS Goes to NYC 2012

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Every year the ITWS program takes its students to New York City to network with alumni and visit their companies. This year, we went to Capital IQ, Knewton, the 9-11 Memorial, and the trip ended with a reception at Red's (right under the RPI designed Brooklyn Bridge.)







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