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November 18, 2021
Brown Hall begins its evolution to research lab facilities
Brown Hall will get a face-lift as it becomes a new location for several science and engineering research laboratories. Work is expected to begin on the redesign of the building, on the west side of campus, which previously housed offices of RIT’s Division of Marketing and Communications and several classrooms.
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November 17, 2021
Medical photography is failing patients with darker skin
The Verge talks to Christye Sisson, professor and school director, School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, about how light interacts with different skin tones.
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November 17, 2021
Live theater returns to RIT with ‘Angels in America: Millennium Approaches’
Productions at RIT and NTID have been accessible for decades to deaf and hard-of-hearing audience members. But this weekend’s production of Angels in America: Millennium Approaches in Lyndon Baines Johnson Hall will provide even more accessibility for blind and low-vision audience members.
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November 17, 2021
RIT’s Hunger Project provides 20,000 meals to those in need
Some 200 RIT students, faculty, and staff spent part of their Giving Tuesday preparing 20,000 healthy meals for the community during the Hunger Project in the Gordon Field House.
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November 16, 2021
Engineering alumna wins New York Emmy as host of youth program ‘I Can Be What?’
Jennifer Indovina—RIT alumna, entrepreneur, international TED Fellow and adjunct faculty member—was part of the WXXI team that won a 2021 New York Emmy for its educational and career focused programming, “I Can be What?”
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November 16, 2021
RIT astrophysics graduate students conduct experiment at White Sands Missile Range
Serena Tramm and Mike Ortiz are pursuing their studies in astrophysics and have been working alongside Michael Zemcov, assistant professor in RIT’s School of Physics and Astronomy. Together, the team conducted an experiment that resulted in traveling to New Mexico’s White Sands Missile Range for the first CIBER-2 launch earlier this year.
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November 16, 2021
Governments pay millions for 0days: more harm than good?
CyberNews talks to Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer in the Department of Computing Security, about exploit acquisition platforms.
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November 16, 2021
Hydrosat closes another $10M in funding for ground temperature analytics product
TechCrunch features a partnership between RIT and geospatial data startup Hydrosat in which RIT will help with data calibration.
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November 15, 2021
Annual Day of Thanks honors generosity and impact of RIT donors
Alumni Brandy ’08 and Luiz ’07 Freitas, founding members of RIT’s Sentinel Society, are proud that they are able to give back to the university community that means so much to them. Each year, the generosity and impact of donors are honored during RIT’s Day of Thanks. Today, all RIT donors will be sent a “thank you” video message, and faculty and staff donors are encouraged to visit the Student Alumni Union until 1:30 p.m. to pick up a special chocolate bar.
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November 15, 2021
RIT’s Denishea Ortiz honored with Rochester Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 award
Denishea Ortiz, executive director of Strategic Marketing for RIT’s Auxiliary Services, has been named a recipient of Rochester Business Journal’s 27th annual Forty Under 40 award. The award recognizes young professionals and future leaders for giving back to the Rochester community.
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November 15, 2021
Engineering faculty awarded NSF funding to improve computing system memory
Dorin Patru and Linlin Chen, faculty-researchers at RIT, received a grant from the National Science Foundation to upgrade functions of programmable memory. They, along with colleagues from University of Rochester, will develop new algorithms to improve the internal computing memory system to enable scalable and more robust performance.
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November 12, 2021
RIT taking part in nationwide study to reduce food waste
Spectrum News talks to Callie Babbitt, professor of sustainability, and Diana Rodriguez Alberto, a sustainability Ph.D. student, about their research on reducing food waste.