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December 21, 2023
Is It the End of the Password?
Discover magazine talks with Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about how passkeys are making passwords obsolete.
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December 21, 2023
Man whose bank refunded stolen $12k: ‘I don’t believe I would have gotten it back’ without abc27 News
WHTM-TV interviews Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about multi-factor authentication and theft protection.
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December 20, 2023
The catastrophe of the Insomniac hack goes way beyond leaked games
Polygon talks to Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about the types of information released from a cyberattack against video game developer Insomniac Games.
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December 20, 2023
RIT researchers develop new technique to study how cancer cells move
In tumors, cells follow microscopic fibers, comparable to following roads through a city. Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology developed a new technique to study different features of these “fiber highways” to provide new insights into how cells move efficiently through the tumor environment.
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December 19, 2023
RIT holds SHED open house Jan. 18
Come explore inside the SHED (Student Hall for Exploration and Development) during an open house for the RIT community.
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December 19, 2023
New resource helps teachers map lessons on area's racist history
WXXI talks to Whitney Sperrazza, assistant professor in the Department of English, about the Resistance Mapping project.
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December 15, 2023
How to slash emissions across the U.S. economy, according to experts
PBS Newshour talks to Nabil Nasr, associate provost and founding director of Golisano Institute for Sustainability, about how the industry sector can reduce emissions.
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December 15, 2023
RIT secures top spot in North America, third globally in Bloomberg 2023 Global Trading Challenge
An interdisciplinary team of RIT students finished No. 1 in North America and third globally in the Bloomberg 2023 Global Trading Challenge, marking the first time the university has participated in the international competition.
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December 15, 2023
‘That Damn Goat’ now available for purchase on Steam
That Damn Goat, a game created by nearly 60 students and faculty at RIT, is now available for purchase on Steam. The students and faculty who have worked on the game come from across RIT’s nine colleges, making it a truly multidisciplinary effort.
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December 13, 2023
Resistance Mapping project provides a digital home for antiracist educational resources for K-12 educators
Resistance Mapping is a local, collaborative digital humanities project focused on how Monroe County, N.Y., has been shaped by histories of institutional racism and collective community resistance. Scholars and students affiliated with RIT’s humanities, computing, and design program and the University of Rochester’s Digital Scholarship at River Campus Libraries helped create a website to host the educational content.
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December 8, 2023
Security expert on $12k stolen from Pennsylvania man’s account: ‘A human should have called and verified’
WHTM-TV talks to Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about multi-factor authentication and human intervention to protect against fraudulent banking withdrawals.
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December 8, 2023
RIT to partner with Synapse VP for exclusive virtual production immersion in LA next month
RIT is partnering with Synapse Virtual Production on an in-person immersion in Los Angeles next month that will provide creatives, technologists, and classically trained filmmakers with the latest training in experiential elements for virtual production.