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March 3, 2021
Essay: Should we give up exercise because COVID is still with us?
Essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, published by the Democrat and Chronicle.
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March 3, 2021
Comparing The COVID-19 Vaccines
NPR's 1A program talks to Maureen Ferran, associate professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, about how the different COVID-19 vaccines work.
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March 3, 2021
RIT’s stunning new Cybersecurity Range gets $3.3M boost
University Business features IBM's donation to RIT's Global Cybersecurity Institute.
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March 3, 2021
RIT Electronic Gaming Society reinvents itself to connect students during COVID
RIT’s Electronic Gaming Society is always reinventing itself to provide its members with the best gaming experience possible. During the COVID-19 pandemic, that has been no different. In addition to offering students access to more popular consoles and hosting game servers, the club is experimenting with virtual reality that has made their weekly game nights increasingly popular.
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March 3, 2021
IBM gift to help RIT’s Global Cybersecurity Institute enhance workforce development
IBM is making a more than $3.3 million in-kind donation to RIT to help enhance cybersecurity capabilities in the university’s new Global Cybersecurity Institute, as well as support security training and competitions for students.
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March 2, 2021
Black American Sign Language gains new interest thanks to TikTok app
WGRZ-TV interviews Joseph Hill, associate professor in NTID’s Department of American Sign Language and Interpreting Education, about Black American Sign Language.
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March 1, 2021
This is how the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is different from Pfizer and Moderna’s shots
Fast Company talks to Maureen Ferran, associate professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, about why the efficacy of the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine appears to be less than the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines..
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March 1, 2021
The Work of Rochester Stained Glass Makers Can be Found Throughout Upstate
Spectrum News features Valerie O’Hara ’76 (fine and applied art), president and designer of Pike Stained Glass Studios Inc.
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March 1, 2021
RIT holds student contest to name the Innovative Maker and Learning Complex
The Innovative Maker and Learning Complex will be a building like no other on the RIT campus, and an alumnus who is helping make it possible wants RIT students to give it a name to remember. A contest to name the building is for current RIT undergraduate and graduate students in good standing. Deadline for submission is March 13. Voting will begin March 18.
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March 1, 2021
Weekly testing for COVID-19 continues with promising results
While COVID-19 remains a global concern, RIT is doing “far better than other colleges and universities” across the nation, RIT President David Munson said last week in a live radio interview. Weekly testing is yielding one positive case out of every 1,000 RIT students tested, and there has not been a single case of viral transmission inside campus classrooms dating back to August.
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February 26, 2021
A plague of homicides
The Rochester Beacon talks to Irshad Altheimer, director of the Center for Public Safety Initiatives, about the rise in the homicide rate in Rochester.
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February 26, 2021
The COVID Zoom Boom Is Reshaping Sign Language
Scientific American interviews Michael Skyer, senior lecturer at NTID, about the challenges with using sign language during video conferences.