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July 28, 2021
Rochester-based Royal Car Wash eyes major expansion in New York
The Democrat and Chronicle interviewed Kenan Guler, assistant professor of management, about competitive business strategy.
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July 27, 2021
RIT cybersecurity student researchers put voting machine security to the test
A team of RIT students was granted the opportunity to conduct an independent security test of the ExpressVote XL voting machine for Election Systems & Software (ES&S), the largest voting device manufacturer in the United States.
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July 27, 2021
Undergraduate research project focuses on future of restaurant dining post COVID-19
Third-year hospitality and tourism management major Maddie Reim worked with Saunders College of Business Associate Professor Jerrie Hsieh on research pertaining to the return of consumers to restaurant dining. Reim will present her findings during RIT’s Undergraduate Research Symposium.
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July 27, 2021
Student team designs imaging system for CIBER-2 launches
Two electrical engineering students are refining an attitude control system and are seeking ways to reduce the impact of atmospheric heat that changes a spacecraft’s orientation during launch. Both students will share information about their work for CSTARS-2 during the 2021 Undergraduate Research Symposium.
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July 27, 2021
First-year students create imaging system that uses lasers to paint caricatures
A team of first-year RIT students developed a system that uses imaging technology and lasers to produce artistic caricatures. Three of the students will showcase the system at the Undergraduate Research Symposium.
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July 27, 2021
Student researcher focuses on bacteria in Lake Ontario
Marissa Schroeter’s summer undergraduate research explores a global health issue with a local twist. Her work prospects for new antibiotic compounds produced by two bacterial strains collected from Lake Ontario. She will present her findings at the RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium.
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July 27, 2021
Student aims to reduce bias in automated surveillance
Saranya Dadi, a second-year computer science student, is conducting research to make machine learning for automated surveillance systems fairer. Dadi is presenting the preliminary state of her work at RIT’s Undergraduate Research Symposium.
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July 27, 2021
RIT/NTID student focuses research on fighting breast tumors
Gigi Zheng, a third-year laboratory science technology major from New York City, will share her research at this year’s RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium during a pre-recorded presentation.
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July 27, 2021
Mentoring Young Native Professionals
Winds of Change talks to Professor Emeritus Roger Dube about the importance of young Native professionals to have a mentor.
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July 27, 2021
RIT study explores whether goldfish can identify a 3D object viewed from different orientations
Kaitlin Gunther, a fourth-year psychology and computer science double major from Webster, N.Y., is trying to better understand how fish view the world. Gunther will present her research, Visual Discrimination of Rotated 3D Unicolor Objects in Goldfish, at RIT’s virtual Undergraduate Research Symposium.
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July 26, 2021
Two RIT games win awards at 2021 Game Developers Conference
Two video games affiliated with RIT won awards at the 2021 Game Developers Conference virtual event in July.
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July 26, 2021
War between America, China over Taiwan’s future: Economic impacts, deterrents
In an op-ed for Rochester Business Journal, Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics at RIT, discusses the implications for both the U.S. and China if war breaks out between them over the future of Taiwan.