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April 6, 2020
Masks and our face-recognition future: How coronavirus (slightly) clouds the picture painted by tech firms
Guest essay co-written by Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, published by the New York Daily News.
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April 3, 2020
New viral trend disrupts online work and classes
WHAM-TV talks to Jonathan S. Weissman, senior lecturer of computing security, about “Zoombombing.”
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April 2, 2020
What Coronavirus Teaches U.S. About Putting All Its Eggs in One Basket
Essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, published by The Globe Post.
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April 1, 2020
Heart Health Intelligence Raises Funds for a Revolutionary In-Home Cardiovascular Monitoring Device
Yahoo! Finance features The Heart Seat, a smart toilet seat developed by Nicholas Conn '11, '13 MS (electrical engineering), research scientist and founder and CEO of Heart Health Intelligence.
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April 1, 2020
Seeing the COVID-19 Crisis Is Like Watching a Time Lapse of Climate Change. Will the Right Lessons Be Learned?
Essay co-written by Lawrence Torcello, associate professor of philosophy, published by Newsweek.
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April 1, 2020
Century Mold drops everything to make face shields for local hospitals
The Democrat and Chronicle talks to RIT trustee and alumnus Ron Ricotta '79 (accounting), CEO of Century Mold, a Rochester-based manufacturing company.
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March 31, 2020
RIT, Webster clinic team up to 3D print face shields
WHAM-TV reports on RIT's AMPrint Center helping to make face shields for Acute Kids Urgent Care, founded by Chrysa Charno '03 (physician assistant), '09 (MBA).
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March 27, 2020
Interview with syndicated cartoonist Leigh Rubin
CBS Sacramento talks to syndicated cartoonist Leigh Rubin, creator of Rubes and RIT’s first cartoonist-in-residence, about how to produce cartoons in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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March 20, 2020
Masks, Gowns, Vents: Where To Get Them
Forbes talks to Nabil Nasr, associate provost and founding director of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, about manufacturers shifting production to medical supplies.
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March 16, 2020
How Deaf Advocates Won the Battle for Closed Captioning and Changed the Way Americans Watch TV
Time magazine features RIT/NTID professor emeritus Harry Lang.
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March 12, 2020
How does the coronavirus test work? 5 questions answered
The Conversation asks Maureen Ferran, associate professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, about what the test for coronavirus does and who should get it.
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March 8, 2020
Datto founder reflects on company's growth
WHEC-TV talks to RIT trustee and 2009 alumnus Austin McChord, founder and CEO of Datto.