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November 2, 2020
Pandemic creates opportunities for students to take unique classes at RIT
With the COVID-19 pandemic in full swing, Dartmouth College student Clara Pakman decided to take a “gap year” and focus on experiential learning. This fall, her COVID gap year led her to RIT, for a unique course that she had always wanted to take.
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October 30, 2020
COVID Update: On the Edge of Orange
Due to the trends we are seeing in the community and on our campus, including more and increasing signals of the virus in our wastewater surveillance samples, several restrictions will be in effect as of Saturday, October 31.
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October 30, 2020
Remote learning — Our continued evolution
Essay by Jacqueline Mozrall, dean, Saunders College of Business, published by Rochester Business Journal.
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October 30, 2020
Artist readies 12-foot dragon for socially distanced trick-or-treating
The Democrat and Chronicle features Ward Hartenstein ’83 MFA (ceramics), who is repurposing a homemade musical instrument shaped like a dragon to dispense candy from his porch on Halloween.
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October 30, 2020
New IEEE standard will significantly improve performance in switched data center networks
Computing researchers at RIT have developed a new loop-avoidance protocol that solves a key challenge faced in switched networks, including many of the data center networks that run our internet and cloud services.
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October 30, 2020
Gun violence, fatalities reach 10-year high in Rochester
WHAM-TV talks to Irshad Altheimer, associate professor and director of RIT's Center for Public Safety Initiatives, about the increase in gun violence this year in Rochester.
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October 30, 2020
RIT/NTID Randleman Program announces new protégés
Addressing the need for diverse representation in the sign language interpreting profession is the goal of a highly successful program at NTID. The Randleman Program aims to equip interpreters of color who are newer to the field for the demands of interpreting in a postsecondary environment, while simultaneously increasing diversity representation.
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October 30, 2020
RIT/NTID announces personnel changes to support antiracism programs
NTID has announced personnel changes in support of the college’s Antiracism and Social Justice Plan, which is scheduled for release this fall. Alesia Allen has been named assistant vice president for diversity and inclusion; Joseph Hill will serve as assistant dean for ALANA faculty recruitment and retention; Thomastine “Tommie” Sarchet-Maher is assistant dean of ALANA Outreach, Access, and Success; and Peter Hauser has been named assistant dean of research mentoring.
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October 29, 2020
Hands-On Lab Skills Key for Quantum Jobs
Physics talks to Ben Zwickl, associate professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, about quantum physics
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October 29, 2020
Trailer: Stephen Chiodo’s ‘Alien Xmas’ Invades Netflix Nov. 20
Animation Magazine features a new Netflix holiday special by The Chiodo Brothers, including Stephen Chiodo ’76 (professional photographic illustration).
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October 29, 2020
LIGO and Virgo announce 39 new gravitational wave discoveries during first half of third observing run
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration released a catalog of results from the first half of its third observing run (O3a), and scientists have detected more than three times as many gravitational waves than the first two runs combined. Several researchers from RIT’s Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation were heavily involved in analyzing the gravitational waves and understanding their significance.
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October 29, 2020
Podcast: Voting Rights: Past, Present, and Future
Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 38: In 1920, women in the U.S. won the right to vote. But the 19th Amendment did not flip the switch for women equally, and the struggle against voter suppression continues. RIT Associate Professor Tamar Carroll and fourth-year student Anika Griffiths speak with Johns Hopkins University professor Martha S. Jones about the past, present, and future of voting rights and social justice in America.