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December 18, 2020
Dubrovnik Beer Company teams up with RIT to produce pre-prohibition lager
The Dubrovnik Times features a project between RIT Croatia students and a local brewery.
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December 17, 2020
"When you're limited, it sometimes pushes you to be more creative"
Today.com features how the indie pop band MisterWives hosted a livestreamed concert at RIT's MAGIC Spell Studios.
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December 17, 2020
The stardust of RIT’s ‘Spoon River Anthology’
WXXI talks to Luane Haggerty, curator and adapter-director of RIT/NTID's production of Spoon River Anthology.
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December 16, 2020
A Water Bell System for High-Speed Photography
Blog post by Ted Kinsman, associate professor of photographic technology, published in PetaPixel.
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December 16, 2020
World’s best cybersecurity colleges face-off in offensive-based competition Jan. 7-10
The world’s best white hat cybersecurity students will be crowned at the Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition (CPTC) global finals Jan. 7–10. The event is the culmination of the world’s largest offensive-based collegiate cybersecurity competition and will be run virtually through RIT.
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December 16, 2020
Visualizations help make COVID-19 spread models more accessible
Computer science researchers at RIT want to make it easier for people to understand how COVID-19 can spread. The researchers have turned complicated predictive COVID models into interactive visualizations for the general public.
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December 16, 2020
MAGIC Community Incubator program helps Rochester indie developers publish video games
Two Rochester independent game developers are bringing their video game ideas to life, with help from an incubator program at RIT’s MAGIC Center. As part of the program, the indie developers received funding, mentorship and publishing support to finish their game ideas and push them to market.
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December 16, 2020
Scientists complete yearlong pulsar timing study after reviving long-dormant radio telescopes
While the scientific community grapples with the loss of the Arecibo radio telescope, astronomers who recently revived a long-dormant radio telescope array in Argentina hope it can help modestly compensate for the work Arecibo did in pulsar timing.
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December 16, 2020
Saunders College students rank in top 1 percent of global business simulation tournament
This past semester, undergraduate management students continued a tradition of excellence, ranking in the top 1 percent of the prestigious Capsim Capstone Business Simulation, a worldwide triannual global tournament that crowns the best student teams to “run” a multimillion-dollar corporation.
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December 15, 2020
Connections: Discussing the gaming industry during the pandemic and its potential for the future
WXXI’s “Connections” program features Rob Mostyn, digital games hub coordinator in MAGIC, and Jenn Hinton, associate director of the MAGIC Center.
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December 15, 2020
Game Makers Interview with John Tassone, University Arenas at RIT
Visit Rochester talks to John Tassone, senior associate director of University Arenas, about the Gordon Field House.
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December 14, 2020
Faculty from four RIT campuses collaborate to teach global business class
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted education at all levels across the globe, but Professor Zhi Tang said that one silver lining is that it has made people more comfortable with remote teaching and learning tools, opening the doors for new virtual intercultural experiences.