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WXXI talks to Ali Tosyali and Gijs Overgoor, assistant professors in the Department of MIS, Marketing, and Analytics, about their research into fake product reviews on Amazon.

The Today Show features Melissa Keomoungkhoun ’15 (advertising and public relations), ’16 MS (hospitality tourism management) and Victor Montiel ’17 (packaging science) and their experience at the restaurant Tatsu Dallas.

The RIT and Saunders College of Business communities are invited early next week to sign the steel beam that will support the 36,000-square-foot expansion and renovation of Lowenthal Hall.

WROC-TV talks to Gijs Overgoor, assistant professor in the Department of MIS, Marketing, and Analytics, about research on fake five-star reviews on Amazon.

WHEC-TV highlights research by Ali Tosyali and Gijs Overgoor, assistant professors in the Department of MIS, Marketing, and Analytics.

WXXI’s “Connections” program features Rajendran Murthy, associate professor in the Department of MIS, Marketing, and Analytics.

On this Cyber Monday, new research co-authored by Ali Tosyali and Gijs Overgoor, assistant professors in the Department of MIS, Marketing, and Analytics at RIT’s Saunders College of Business, provides one method for searching out five-star fakes on Amazon.

As a teenager growing up, Edwin N. Torres remembers traveling and becoming “fascinated by the possibility of hoteliers transforming a place into an experience.” That curiosity later developed into a passion, which Torres brought to RIT in July when he became chair and associate professor for the Department of International Hospitality and Service Innovation at Saunders College of Business.

Christine Jones, a third-year management information systems student from Inkster, Mich., was awarded the Doug Peacock Scholarship. The scholarship helps underrepresented students at RIT.

Essay by Jacqueline Mozrall, dean of Saunders College of Business, published in the Rochester Business Journal. (This content requires a subscription to view.)

WalletHub talks to Sandra Rothenberg, professor of management, about mistakes people make when donating to charities.

A $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of State will fund a two-year project led by RIT professors Clyde Hull and Eric Williams to help the Southeast Asian region establish entrepreneurships based on the circular economy.