News Stories
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January 18, 2022
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What Microsoft’s record acquisition of Activision, Blizzard means for developers big and small
WROC-TV talks to Robert Mostyn, Digital Games Hub coordinator for MAGIC Spell Studios, about Microsoft's purchase of the video game holding company Activision Blizzard.
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January 17, 2022
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Rochester Institute of Technology Dubai offers emerging tech training as CertNexus authorized academic partner
The Gulf News features RIT Dubai and its partnership with CertNexus.
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January 17, 2022
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. to give keynote at RIT’s ‘Expressions of King’s Legacy’ celebration
Yahoo News features a story by the Democrat and Chronicle on RIT’s Expressions of King’s Legacy celebration.
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January 15, 2022
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ROCtheChange, students in Rochester challenged to use tech for social change
WROC-TV features the AT&T & RIT ROCtheChange Game Jam and talks to Elouise Oyzon, associate professor in the School of Interactive Games and Media.
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January 11, 2022
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Millions of women have quit their jobs during the pandemic, childcare partly to blame
WROC-TV talks to Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, about “disproportionate homework.”
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January 11, 2022
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Promoting colleagues’ ideas can boost one’s influence at work, study finds
The Rochester Business Journal features a study co-authored by Kristin Bain, assistant professor of management.
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January 10, 2022
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Unsure of Which College to Pick? How About RIT in Croatia?
Inside Higher Ed features the RIT European Post-High School Semester program.
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January 10, 2022
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How Mid-Century Album Art Revolutionized American Pop Culture
Blind Magazine features Jonathan Schroeder, the William A. Kern Professor in Communications, and his new book, Designed for Dancing: How Midcentury Records Taught America to Dance.
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January 6, 2022
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The ‘China shock’ of trade in the 2000s reverberates in US politics and economics – and warns of the dangers for fossil fuel workers
Essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, published by The Conversation. This article was republished by the UK magazine Futures of Work, among others.
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January 5, 2022
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Pa. admits ‘sophisticated’ unemployment hack. Cyber expert: scheme not ‘sophisticated at all.’
ABC27 News talks to Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer of computing security, about Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor and Industry's recent cyberattack.
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January 4, 2022
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Ultra Rare PC Demo of 'Super Mario Bros. 3' Discovered by Cataloguer at The Strong
Tech Times features Kirsten Feigel ’15 (museum studies), a cataloguer for Strong National Museum of Play.
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January 3, 2022
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Discussing the themes in the film 'Don't Look Up'
WXXI’s “Connections” program features Professor Emeritus Roger Dube.
