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July 24, 2020
Dream Design Jobs: Josh Owen Named Director of RIT’s Vignelli Center
Design Milk features Josh Owen, Distinguished Professor and director of the Vignelli Center for Design Studies.
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July 24, 2020
The ADA isn’t just about ramps – over 30 years, it has profoundly changed the deaf community
Essay by Gerard Buckley, president of NTID and RIT vice president and dean, published by The Conversation.
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July 23, 2020
COVID-19, Online Learning, and Beijing Jiaotong University, Weihai: Outbreak Narrative or Paradigm Shift?
Essay by RIT China faculty member Jude Okpala published by Educause.
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July 21, 2020
9 New York Attractions That Offer Programs for Visitors Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
The I Love NY site highlights NTID's Dyer Arts Center.
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July 17, 2020
How one environmentalist set out to detect microplastics in his own body
CTV News talks to Nathan Eddingsaas, associate professor in the School of Chemistry and Materials Science, about the presence of microplastics in the human body.
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July 16, 2020
Searching for microplastics within the human body
The Globe and Mail features work by Christy Tyler, associate professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, and Nathan Eddingsaas, associate professor in the School of Chemistry and Materials Science.
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July 16, 2020
Statue of Frederick Douglass replaced in Maplewood Park
WHEC-TV interviews Olivia Kim, sculptor and adjunct faculty member in the College of Art and Design.
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July 15, 2020
RIT "beyond pleased" after immigration policy on international students repealed
WHAM-TV reports on RIT President David Munson's reaction to the federal government rescinding a policy that would affect international college students.
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July 7, 2020
Photojournalist Lacey Ann Johnson is using the downtime of the pandemic wisely
The Los Angeles Post-Examiner features Lacey Ann Johnson '07 (photojournalism).
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July 1, 2020
How Students Built a 16th-Century Engineer’s Book-Reading Machine
Atlas Obscura features Ian Kurtz '18 BS/ME (mechanical engineering); Matt Nygren '19 BS/ME (mechanical engineering); Steven Galbraith, curator, Cary Graphics Arts Collection; and Juilee Decker, associate professor, Department of History.
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June 30, 2020
Local "ThermApparel" inventors hope to keep people cool amid COVID-19
FOX Rochester talks to Kurtis Kracke ’15 (industrial design), co-founder of ThermApparel, which created a cooling vest to help those who are sensitive to the heat.
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June 30, 2020
Astronomy Picture of the Day
NASA features an image of planetary nebula NGC 7027, captured by RIT professor Joel Kastner and his team, as its Astronomy Picture of the Day.