News Stories
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June 1, 2020
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Game Design and Gaming During COVID-19
WXIR-FM’s “Evidence of Design” program interviews Owen Gottlieb, assistant professor of interactive games and media, about gaming during COVID-19.
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May 26, 2020
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Memorial Day weekend marks would-be college lacrosse championships
WHEC-TV talks to Jake Coon, head coach of the RIT men's lacrosse team, about looking ahead to the championships.
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May 23, 2020
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Want to help save the oyster industry? Eat bigger ones, some farmers and chefs say.
NBC News talks to Christine Keiner, professor and department chair, Department of Science, Technology, and Society, about the history of eating oysters in the Northeast.
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May 21, 2020
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How much plastic is in the Great Lakes? Tons and tons.
City Newspaper talks to Juliette Daily, mathematical modeling Ph.D. student, and Matthew Hoffman, assistant professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences, about their research on plastic pollution in Lake Erie.
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May 15, 2020
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Coronavirus: Your Good Questions Answered by RIT President David Munson
WHEC-TV talks to RIT President David Munson about the future of higher education.
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May 15, 2020
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Students are holding their college graduation ceremony in Minecraft
PC Gamer features the Minecraft graduation ceremony hosted by RIT's Electronic Gaming Society.
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May 14, 2020
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Who is Andrew Cuomo's sign-language interpreter? Meet Arkady Belozovsky, an RIT grad
The Democrat and Chronicle features Arkady Belozovsky '94 (applied computer technology), '97 (small business management), a sign language interpreter for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's coronavirus briefings.
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May 14, 2020
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Brick by brick: RIT students rebuild university in Minecraft
WHAM-TV reports on the virtual Minecraft graduation ceremony.
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May 14, 2020
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RIT students celebrating commencement on Minecraft
WROC-TV features the virtual campus that students from RIT's Electronic Gaming Society created in the video game Minecraft.
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May 14, 2020
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Grocery prices hitting record highs; experts say COVID-19 among factors to blame
WHAM-TV talks to Steven Carnovale, assistant professor of supply chain management, about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on grocery prices.
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May 11, 2020
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Trump's 'Obamagate' tweets timed to rally base ahead of close election
WHAM-TV affiliate Sinclair Broadcast Group talks to Donathan Brown, assistant provost and AVP for Faculty Diversity and Recruitment, about President Trump's tweets attacking former President Obama.
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May 9, 2020
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Rochester Institute of Technology estimates 381 tons of plastic in Lake Erie -- most of it on the bottom
Cleveland.com talks to mathematical modeling doctoral student Juliette Daily and Professor Matthew Hoffman about their research on plastic pollution in Lake Erie.
