News Stories
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November 8, 2022
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Nonprofit environmental group gets $200,000 for education initiative with RIT
WROC-TV features the Tait Preserve of RIT.
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November 7, 2022
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Voters talk political extremism ahead of midterm elections
WHAM-TV talks to Sarah Burns, associate professor of political science, about the extreme sides of political parties.
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November 7, 2022
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RIT hosts 11th annual Veterans Day Breakfast on Friday
RIT is holding its 11th annual Veterans Day Breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 11, in the Gordon Field House. It is free and open to the community.
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November 7, 2022
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Graduate electives list makes it easy to find a class and pursue a new interest
The RIT Graduate School has updated a list of graduate-level electives, first issued last fall, with more than 200 courses—from Ceramics to Applied Machine Learning to Topics in Health and Nutrition—open to graduate students during this academic year.
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November 7, 2022
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Community gathers at National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House for Big Shot 35
An early sunset didn’t deter the large crowd gathered at the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House and the surrounding neighborhood for the RIT Big Shot on Sunday. The community came together to shine a light on voting rights and equal rights as part of the annual photography project hosted by RIT.
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November 4, 2022
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NSF grant funds RIT postdoctoral fellows in STEM education research
The National Science Foundation has awarded RIT $1.2 million for a cohort of four postdoctoral fellows to conduct STEM discipline-based education research. Each fellow will work with two mentors, encouraging cutting-edge research at the interface of traditional disciplines.
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November 4, 2022
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RIT scientist develops mathematical model to evaluate potential cancer treatment protocols
Assistant Professor Nourridine Siewe from RIT’s School of Mathematical Sciences helped develop a new mathematical model that could aid doctors and patients assessing different approaches for treating metastatic cancer.
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November 3, 2022
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Computing Organization at RIT is hosting ROCGirl Hacks
Fox Rochester talks to members of RIT’s Women in Computing organization about their ROCGirl Hacks learn-to-program event.
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November 2, 2022
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Women get fewer chances to speak on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC, according to an AI-powered, large-scale analysis of interruptions
Essay by Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor of software engineering, published by The Conversation.
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November 2, 2022
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Men get MORE airtime than women: AI analysis of thousands of segments on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC shows females were given 10% less of a chance to speak - and were more frequently interrupted
Daily Mail UK reports on research from Ashique Khudabukhsh, assistant professor of software engineering.
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November 2, 2022
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Marie Golisano Graham Fund supports outreach efforts for Golisano Collection housed in RIT Archives
A gift from the Marie Golisano Graham Fund is supporting new ways for RIT to engage the public with the life and legacy of her brother, B. Thomas Golisano—Paychex founder, philanthropist, and civic leader.
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November 2, 2022
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RIT ranks among top ‘green’ colleges by Princeton Review
For the 12th consecutive year, RIT has been named one of the “greenest” universities in the United States by The Princeton Review. The rankings are featured in The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges: 2023 Edition.
