Acronyms - QR

QCC

Quarter Century Club

QEM Project

(Carnegie) Quality Education for Minorities Project

RA

Research Administrator (first use in the fall '06 Sponsored Programs Reference Manual)

RA

Research Assistant

RAC

Religious Activities Center

RAC

Rooming Assignment Chair

RACP

Research Administration Compliance Program

RADL

(Division of Comparative Medicine) Research and Diagnostic Lab

RADLAB

Radiation Laboratory (old)

RAII

Research Administration Improvement Initiative

Rambax MIT

An ensemble dedicated to the Senegalese art of sabar drumming

RA/TA

Research Assistant/Teaching Assistant

R&R

Rewards and Recognition (program)

RBA

Residential-Based Advising (program)

RCC

Residential Computing Consultant

RCRA

Resource Conservational and Recovery Act

REL

Resource Extraction Laboratory

REX

Residence Exploration and Selection

RFID

Radio-Frequency Identification

RIKEN

Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (in Japan)

RIKEN-MIT

Neuroscience Research Center

RLE

Research Laboratory of Electronics

RLSLP

Residential Life and Student Life Programs (In July 2002, RLSLP was divided into the Department of Student Life Programs and the Department of Housing.)

RMNRC

RIKEN-MIT Neuroscience Research Center

RNAi

RNA interference

R/O

Residence/Orientation (week). Now known as Freshman Orientation

ROI

(old) Title of the Sloan School's alumni magazine

ROSES

Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences

ROTC

Reserve Officers Training Corps

ROV

Remotely operated vehicle

RPE

Retirement Plan for Employees

RPSM

Retirement Plan for Staff Members

RSC

RetroSpective Collection (Libraries)

RSIT

Residence System Implementation Team

RSJP

Radiological Sciences Joint Program

RSI

Repetitive strain injury

RSI

Research Science Institute