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As a teenager growing up, Edwin N. Torres remembers traveling and becoming “fascinated by the possibility of hoteliers transforming a place into an experience.” That curiosity later developed into a passion, which Torres brought to RIT in July when he became chair and associate professor for the Department of International Hospitality and Service Innovation at Saunders College of Business.

Becoming the Silicon Valley of the Northeast may have as much power as the computer chips that will soon be designed and developed in the upstate New York region. The recent Chips 101 event, hosted by RIT on Nov. 16, kept to that premise. More than 50 regional government and corporate representatives learned how computer chips are designed and manufactured—and how universities, government, and workforce development initiatives will contribute to this area.

Jie Qiao, an associate professor in RIT’s Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, was elected to the 2023 Fellow Class of the Optica Society (formerly OSA) by the society’s board of directors.

Fifth-year mechanical engineering technology student Graham Cullen has incorporated his love of cars and anything motorsports into his education and his career.

Space.com talks to Jeyhan Kartaltepe, associate professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, about images from the James Webb Space Telescope.

The Verge talks to Jeyhan Kartaltepe, associate professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, about images from the James Webb Space Telescope.

Nature talks to Jeyhan Kartaltepe, associate professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, about images from the James Webb Space Telescope.

WROC-TV talks to Michael Pierce, associate professor of physics, about the best conditions for sledding.

The Washington Post talks to Jeyhan Kartaltepe, associate professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, about images from the James Webb Space Telescope.

NPR talks to Jeyhan Kartaltepe, associate professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, about images from the James Webb Space Telescope.

WROC-TV talks to Doreen Edwards, dean of the Kate Gleason College of Engineering, about RIT's microelectronic engineering programs.

WHAM-TV features RIT's Chips 101 event.