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June 18, 2019
‘Yarn Bombers’ use craft to make a statement
The Washington Post features Hinda Mandell, associate professor of communications, who said that yarn bombing is part of a long tradition in which women use textile arts to agitate, excite or inspire.
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June 18, 2019
A 'Ghost Galaxy' May Have Given the Milky Way Its Signature Swirl
Though direct observational evidence of Antlia 2 was not obtained until last year, one scientist has had a decade-long hunch that it was there. Sukanya Chakrabarti, an astrophysicist at RIT predicted in 2009 that an object packed with dark matter was causing tidal effects at the edge of the Milky Way.
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June 18, 2019
Milky Way Collided with Dark-Matter Dominated Galaxy Less Than Billion Years Ago
Sci-News features new research, led by RIT, that shows the collision of the recently-discovered dwarf galaxy Antlia 2 with the Milky Way Galaxy hundreds of millions of years ago is responsible for ripples in the Milky Way’s outer gas disk.
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June 17, 2019
Accelerate the transition of developing countries to circular economy
Chinese Social Sciences Net talked to Clyde Hull, professor of management, about the circular economy and economic growth.
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June 14, 2019
Scientists detected signs of our Milky Way colliding with another 'ghost' galaxy
Antlia 2, the "ghost of a galaxy" orbiting the Milky Way, is a dark horse in more ways than one. Not only is it so faint it was only just discovered last year, it may now be responsible for curious ripples in the hydrogen gas that makes up the Milky Way's outer disc.
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June 14, 2019
Learning about my heritage while pursuing my American MS Degree in Croatia
Jure Ljubičić wanted to continue his education and was happy to see that RIT Croatia offered a US graduate program, Master of Science Service Leadership and Innovation.
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June 12, 2019
Could a weakening US economy imperil Trump’s trade war against China?
Guest essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, published by The Conversation.
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June 11, 2019
Success for Students With Autism
Inside Higher Ed features RIT's Spectrum Support Program.
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June 10, 2019
How metal droplet jetting could make metal printing viable
Denis Cormier, the Earl W. Brinkman Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, discusses how wire feedstock can help transform metal additive manufacturing in The Engineer.
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June 7, 2019
'Newborn' gets 99 new faces
Prishtina Insight features an urban interactive installation created by Lauren Peace ’17 (journalism).
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June 5, 2019
New York State and RIT addressing problem of food waste in the U.S.
WROC-TV reports on the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute's daylong program on managing food waste.
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June 3, 2019
Explainer: U.S. dependence on China's rare earth: Trade war vulnerability
Reuters cites Eric Williams, professor of sustainability, on extracting rare earths from coal ash.