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February 20, 2020
Visual Studies Workshop presents ‘Evidence’
The Rochester Business Journal previews Evidence, a new exhibit by Assistant Professor Joshua Rashaad McFadden at the Visual Studies Workshop.
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February 18, 2020
We've Just Seen the First Use of Deepfakes in an Indian Election Campaign
Vice talks to Saniat Sohrawardi, a computing and information sciences Ph.D. student, and Matthew Wright, director of the Center for Cybersecurity Research, about the technology used to create and detect deepfake videos.
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February 17, 2020
Female drivers at risk due to crash test bias
WROC-TV talks to Marty Gordon, professor in the Department of Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology, about federal crash test standards.
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February 17, 2020
RIT students join Dove Block project
The Finger Lakes Times talks to Kelly Jahn, lecturer in the College of Art and Design, about a project her students are working on to help restore a 19th-century building in Geneva, N.Y.
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February 13, 2020
Orleans/Niagara BOCES and RIT teaming up to make music more inclusive
WKBW-TV in Buffalo features a team of RIT students who are collaborating with a school in Niagara Falls, N.Y., to design musical instruments that are easier for students with disabilities to play.
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February 13, 2020
New ‘baby giant planet’ discovered is the closest ever found to Earth
MSN features a video about a newborn massive planet discovered by RIT researchers.
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February 13, 2020
New 'Jeopardy!' champion is from Rochester
The Democrat and Chronicle features Josh Gruenberg '09 (software engineering).
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February 12, 2020
How the T-Mobile-Sprint merger will increase inequality
Essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, published by The Conversation.
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February 11, 2020
Comedy’s Toughest Gig: The World of Stand-up Sign-Language Interpreters
Vulture talks to Denise Herrera, associate interpreter, about the challenges involved with interpreting for comedians. (Note: this story contains explicit language.)
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February 11, 2020
‘Stolen’ elections open wounds that may never heal
Essay by Sarah Burns, associate professor of political science, published by The Conversation.
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February 10, 2020
Rochester area's first esports venue opens soon
WHEC-TV talks to game design and development students Herman McElveen and Durrell Bedassie about esports.
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February 10, 2020
This Artist and Super Bowl Performer Wants to Make Her Work—And Her Wardrobe—Accessible
Vogue features Christine Sun Kim ’02 (applied arts and sciences), who performed the National Anthem and “America the Beautiful” in American Sign Language before this year's Super Bowl.