News
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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.
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December 8, 2023
RIT leading STEM co-mentoring network
Betsy Dell, professor in the College of Engineering Technology, and Makini Beck, assistant professor in the College of Liberal Arts and the School of Individualized Study, are leading a National Science Foundation-funded project to support minoritized women students in STEM through a co-mentoring network.
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December 6, 2023
Generative AI is changing education
Like many fields, the world of academia is wrestling with the challenges and opportunities presented by generative AI tools. While a few K-12 school districts, international universities, and businesses have attempted to ban the use of AI tools, RIT is acknowledging that it’s here to stay and can be used as a force for good.
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December 6, 2023
The RIT zine scene
Zines—which are loosely defined as small-circulation, self-published mini-magazines—have long existed in alternative subcultures. In recent years, a growing number of RIT students, staff, and faculty across campus are using this unique medium to express themselves and communicate ideas.
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December 5, 2023
Scientists have been researching superconductors for over a century, but they have yet to find one that works at room temperature − 3 essential reads
The Conversation highlights an essay by Mishkat Bhattacharya, professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy.
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December 4, 2023
Clyde Eiríkur Hull Takes Circular Economy Global, Kickstarting New Center in Sustainability
Clyde Eiríkur Hull, Ph.D., professor of management at Saunders College of Business at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), is an internationally recognized expert in and proponent of circular economy (CE). CE is non-wasteful: nothing goes into a landfill because everything left over is reused by the business or sold to someone else.