News
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September 7, 2021
The Tragedy of America’s Rural Schools
New York Times piece features photography by Joshua Rashaad McFadden, assistant professor in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences.
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September 7, 2021
New leadership roles, faculty hires highlight changes in College of Art and Design
RIT's Schools of Art, American Crafts, Film and Animation, and Photographic Arts and Sciences are all under new leadership.
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September 6, 2021
Reimagining the face-to-face encounter in the time of COVID
CBC's Ideas podcast features Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, talking about facial recognition technology. Selinger's portion starts at the 33-minute mark.
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September 3, 2021
ECE Ph.D. program welcomes new faculty and celebrates faculty achievement
The electrical and computer engineering Ph.D. program welcomes new faculty member, Dongfang Liu and celebrates the achievements of associate professor, Panos Markopoulos.
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September 1, 2021
The slippery slope of surveillance is real
Essay written by Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, published by The Boston Globe.
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September 1, 2021
RIT appoints Onondaga Nation storyteller Perry Ground 2021-2022 Minett Professor
RIT has appointed Perry Ground, an educator and storyteller from the Turtle Clan of the Onondaga Nation, as the newest Frederick H. Minett Professor. The Minett Professorship brings distinguished multicultural professionals to RIT to share their professional knowledge and experience with RIT’s students, faculty, and staff for one academic year.
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August 31, 2021
Documenting the Last Pay Phones In America
Bloomberg features Eric Kunsman, lecturer in the Department of Visual Communications Studies and adjunct professor in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences.
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August 31, 2021
RIT Press turns 20
RIT Press turns 20 this year, and the future is bright for the scholarly book publisher at RIT. Expanded partnerships and community-related projects give RIT Press new momentum as it enters its third decade.
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August 31, 2021
Microeconomics explains why people can never have enough of what they want and how that influences policies
Essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, published by The Conversation.
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August 30, 2021
Price hikes, accessibility of raw materials put a damper on food industry
The Rochester Business Journal talks to Steven Carnovale, assistant professor of supply chain management, about supply chain issues in the food industry.
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August 30, 2021
Ex-CIA says no more 9/11-style attacks, worry about cybersecurity instead
WROC-TV talks to Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer in the Department of Computing Security, about potential targets for cyber criminals.
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August 30, 2021
Engineering faculty member receives NIH grant to develop biotechnology to better detect sepsis
As one of the leading causes of death in hospitals, sepsis becomes more complicated with the rise in bacteria most resistant to some of today’s antibiotics. If physicians can detect onset earlier, treatments could begin sooner. Ke Du, a mechanical engineering faculty-researcher, will be developing a microfluidic device to improve detection of drug resistant bacteria in blood.