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January 6, 2021
RIT’s Michael Zemcov helping to push new NASA space telescope toward launch
Michael Zemcov, assistant professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, is part of the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) mission, which will let scientists learn about the formation of galaxies and search for life-sustaining molecules in the clouds of material where stars and planets form.
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January 6, 2021
Making co-ops count: Work experiences continue during pandemic
Students on co-op are picking up more than occupational and professional skills. As the pandemic unfolded last spring and summer, they saw firsthand how companies manage even in the midst of a crisis.
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January 6, 2021
Connections: Is Rochester becoming a hub for the field of textual science?
WXXI’s “Connections” program features Roger Easton, professor in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science; Lisa Enochs, second-year student double majoring in motion picture science and imaging science; and Zoë LaLena, second-year imaging science student.
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January 5, 2021
BSSP's Sinan Dagli on LeBron, the Warriors, and Reintroducing the ESPN App to the Masses
Muse by Clio talks to Sinan Dagli '09 (new media design), a group creative director/partner at BSSP.
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January 5, 2021
Can a future ban on gas-powered cars work? An economist explains
Essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, published by The Conversation.
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January 5, 2021
Inside the C.I.A., She Became a Spy for Planet Earth
The New York Times talks to Jeff Harris ’75 (photographic science and instrumentation), chair-elect, RIT Board of Trustees, about Linda Zall and her career with the CIA.
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January 4, 2021
MAGIC video game incubator at RIT provides opportunity, community for local video game developers
WROC-TV talks to members of RIT’s MAGIC Incubator program, including Rob Mostyn, digital games hub coordinator for MAGIC Spell Studios.
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January 4, 2021
Congressional stimulus bill provides needed higher ed funding
Congress has come to a bi-partisan agreement on another round of coronavirus relief funding that will benefit higher education institutions and RIT students, as well as many other individuals and businesses that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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January 1, 2021
BOCES and RIT collaboration gives students new musical experience
The Niagara Gazette talks to Sofía Quiñones, an electrical engineering BS/MS student, about a senior design project to make an adaptive drum kit.
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December 28, 2020
Coronavirus has been with us for a year. Here's what we still don't know
CNN talks to Maureen Ferran, associate professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, about the information that scientists still don't know about COVID-19.
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December 24, 2020
Hospitality and tourism: Innovating to serve us better
Essay by Jacqueline Mozrall, dean, Saunders College of Business, published by Rochester Business Journal.
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December 23, 2020
New study finds electronic waste on the decline
Waste Today reports on a study co-authored by Callie Babbitt, associate professor in Golisano Institute for Sustainability.