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December 5, 2022
RIT readies campus master plan that will guide future growth and development
A comprehensive master planning process for the RIT campus that began in 2020 has resulted in a long-term, conceptual layout that will guide future growth and development across the university’s 1,300 acres over the next 25 to 50 years. The steering committee is now inviting final comments to the campus master plan during a review period that runs through Dec. 23, 2022.
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December 3, 2022
RIT students work with local students at community arts event
WHEC-TV features a community art event hosted by students in RIT's visual arts–all grades (art education) master's program.
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December 2, 2022
How Hackers Take Down Websites
Discover magazine features Rob Olson, senior lecturer in the Department of Computing Security.
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December 2, 2022
Dallas sushi chef learns how to sign menu for Deaf couple: ‘Nearly brought me to tears’
The Today Show features Melissa Keomoungkhoun ’15 (advertising and public relations), ’16 MS (hospitality tourism management) and Victor Montiel ’17 (packaging science) and their experience at the restaurant Tatsu Dallas.
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December 2, 2022
Exploring art history and experimenting with clay in an interdisciplinary classroom
Developed and taught by Assistant Professor Peter Pincus, the course Josiah Wedgewood’s Legacy is a unique meld of art history, philosophy, and ceramics education and encourages students of all majors to explore and learn freely through experimentation and trial and error.
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December 2, 2022
Study by RIT scientists indicates SARS-CoV-2 variants are still transmissible between species
Scientists believe bats first transmitted SARS-CoV-2 to humans in December 2019, and while the virus has since evolved into several variants such as delta and omicron, a new study by scientists at RIT indicates the virus is still highly transmissible between mammals.
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December 2, 2022
Saunders College celebrates expansion and renovation with beam signing event Dec. 5
The RIT and Saunders College of Business communities are invited early next week to sign the steel beam that will support the 36,000-square-foot expansion and renovation of Lowenthal Hall.
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November 30, 2022
‘Real or fake?’: RIT marketing researchers study fraudulent Amazon reviews
WROC-TV talks to Gijs Overgoor, assistant professor in the Department of MIS, Marketing, and Analytics, about research on fake five-star reviews on Amazon.
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November 30, 2022
RIT researchers explore how to improve emergency management for the Deaf community
Essential emergency services play a key role in saving lives when snowstorms blanket the Northeast or a wildfire erupts out West. However, many communities are still being left out and face communication barriers during emergencies. At NTID, a team of researchers is studying how to identify and bridge gaps in emergency management resources and services for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing community.
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November 29, 2022
President Munson, trustees tour the SHED
Members of the RIT Board of Trustees and President Munson recently took a walking tour of the Student Hall for Exploration and Development (SHED). The $120 million complex stretches from Wallace Library to Monroe Hall and will include the Brooks H. Bower Maker Showcase, the Sklarsky Glass Box Theater, and music and dance studios. The SHED’s focus on hands-on learning extends to the 27 new classrooms—five extra-large learning spaces designed for active learning and 22 regular-sized flexible classrooms in the renovated Wallace Library.
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November 29, 2022
How can Americans show solidarity with Iranian protestors?
WXXI’s “Connections” program features Hanif Rahbari, assistant professor in the Department of Computing Security.
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November 29, 2022
Researchers at RIT release study to help spot fake reviews on Amazon
WHEC-TV highlights research by Ali Tosyali and Gijs Overgoor, assistant professors in the Department of MIS, Marketing, and Analytics.