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RIT has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to help make artificial intelligence smarter and more inclusive. The grant creates the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site in Computational Sensing for Human-centered AI and will allow a total of 30 undergraduate students from across the country to spend 10 weeks at RIT.

Yahoo! News quotes Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy.

RIT environmental science students turned some heads when they stopped to pick white clover plants near a gas station along New York State Route 33A in October. But little did onlookers know that they were helping to conduct the largest evolution study outside of human genomics.

Growing up in Youngstown, N.Y., near Niagara Falls, Alessandra Santarosa always had the urge to explore. As she readies to graduate this month from RIT with a bachelor’s degree in political science and minors in German, and sociology and anthropology, Santarosa is ready for more adventures: joining the Peace Corps and teaching English in Kosovo for two years.

WROC-TV reports on project by RIT and Seneca Park Zoo to develop a virtual reality gaming environment that will let zoogoers experience a Madagascar rainforest ecosystem.

A new book outlining research methods for the social and behavioral sciences has been published to help advanced undergraduate and graduate students perform research in the laboratory, in the field or online.

Politico talks to Josephine Wolff, assistant professor of public policy.

WXXI interviews Leigh Rubin ahead of his discussion during Imagine RIT.

The Rochester Beacon writes about a presentation titled “An Antidote to Today’s Partisanship: How to Agree to Disagree,” organized by RIT’s Center for Statesmanship, Law and Liberty.

Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 13: What role do the performing arts play in the life of students at a university noted for its science and technology? An enormous and welcoming role, say David Munnell, director of theater arts, and Thomas Warfield, director of dance at RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf.

Guest essay co-written by Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, published in The New York Times.

Cleveland.com cites research by Matthew Hoffman, associate professor of applied and computational mathematics, and Eric Hittinger, associate professor of public policy.