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March 9, 2023
First images released from James Webb Space Telescope’s largest general observer program
The first images from the largest program in the James Webb Space Telescope’s first year show many types of galaxies. Scientists from the COSMOS-Web program released mosaic images taken in early January by the telescope. COSMOS-Web, co-led by principal investigator Jeyhan Kartaltepe, aims to map the earliest structures of the universe.
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March 9, 2023
NASA image may show first-ever 'rogue' supermassive black hole, leaving a trail of newborn stars in its wake
Business Insider talks to Manuela Campanelli, professor and director of the Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation, about a new study on black holes.
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March 8, 2023
Launching Biomedical Careers for Students Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences blog features the Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE) project at RIT.
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March 8, 2023
Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has extended through nearly all facets of society and everyday life since March 2020. In the summer of 2022, Anthony Jimenez, assistant professor in RIT’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology and trained medical sociologist, began to explore the specific impacts faced by regional healthcare practitioners.
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March 8, 2023
RIT scientists developing machine-learning techniques to analyze body-worn camera footage
Professor Ernest Fokoue from RIT’s School of Mathematical Sciences is teaming up with the Rochester Police Department (RPD) to use statistical machine learning to analyze body-worn camera footage and help improve police training.
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March 8, 2023
Ada Lovelace and computers, music, needlepoint and weaving
ABC Radio National in Australia interviews Corinna Schlombs, associate professor of history, about Ada Lovelace, a 19th-century mathematician.
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March 8, 2023
Human genome editing offers tantalizing possibilities – but without clear guidelines, many ethical questions still remain
Essay by Andre Hudson, professor and interim dean of the College of Science, and Gary Skuse, professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, published by The Conversation.
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March 6, 2023
My Interview with Stephen Jacobs, Scholar-in-Residence at the Strong National Museum of Play
Global Toy News talks to Stephen Jacobs, professor in the School of Interactive Games and Media, about Jewish history in the toy and game industry.
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March 6, 2023
Collapse of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin spotlights the role of sports doctors
WXXI highlights Rochester Regional Health’s primary care sports medicine fellowship training program, and its affiliation with RIT Athletics.
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March 6, 2023
Ph.D. student explores fire through visual art and math modeling
From fireworks to woodburning to modeling fire behavior, Jenna Sjunneson McDanold’s love of fire has fueled her growth as an artist and a mathematician. As part of her studies as mathematical modeling Ph.D. student, Sjunneson McDanold has been working at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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March 5, 2023
Strong Museum of Play brings accessibility, inclusivity to play with Deaf Day of Play
Spectrum News features the Deaf Day of Play, held at The Strong in partnership with NTID.
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March 3, 2023
RIT’s Saunders College of Business moves up two spots in Poets&Quants national rankings
Saunders College of Business at RIT has again been recognized by Poets&Quants—a leading resource for business education coverage—as one of the top undergraduate business schools in the nation. Saunders ranked 53rd overall in the nation, moving up two spots from last year.