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October 2, 2020
RIT contributes $45,000 to support Henrietta Fire District
RIT recently presented a $45,000 voluntary donation to the Henrietta Fire District, an annual contribution to recognize the service coverage of the university provided by the fire department.
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October 2, 2020
RIT named a top U.S. school for international students with post-graduation employment
RIT has been ranked among the top U.S. schools for international students to engage in post-graduation employment in both STEM and non-STEM fields. The Student and Exchange Visitor Program named RIT one of the top 100 schools in two lists related to pre- and post-graduation optional practical training.
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October 1, 2020
Deepfakes: How One Reporter Fared Trying to Outthink Misinformation
A reporter from South Carolina Public Radio recounts his experience working with John Sohrawardi, a computing and information sciences Ph.D. student, on a project to help reporters detect deepfake content.
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October 1, 2020
Deepfakes: How USC is Fighting to Stay Ahead of Misinformation
South Carolina Public Radio talks to Matthew Wright, director of the Center for Cybersecurity Research, and John Sohrawardi, a computing and information sciences Ph.D. student.
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September 30, 2020
Some manufacturers feeling the squeeze during pandemic
WHAM-TV talks to Steven Carnovale, assistant professor in the Department of Management, International Business, and Entrepreneurship, about the effect of stockpiling on the supply chain system.
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September 30, 2020
Scanning for the Ages: How to Capture and Organize Your Family’s Photo History
ExtremeTech talks to Frank Cost, the James E McGhee Professor in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, about tips for scanning images to make prints and enlargements.
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September 30, 2020
RIT Professor Scott Franklin named American Physical Society Fellow
RIT Professor Scott Franklin has been elected a fellow of the American Physical Society. The fellowship is a selective and prestigious recognition by peers for outstanding contributions to physics.
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September 30, 2020
NSF award helps professors develop a data science course for non-computing majors
Professor Rajendra Raj and Associate Professor Xumin Liu have received a National Science Foundation award to develop a hands-on data science course for non-computing majors. The course will first be offered at RIT and then across the country, in an effort to promote computing for all.
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September 30, 2020
RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection preserves Hebrew wood type
RIT is preserving a rare collection of Hebrew wood types used by the Jewish-American press at the turn of the 20th century. RIT Cary Graphic Arts will print, digitize, and publish its collection of 30 different wood types of the Hebrew alphabet with a grant from the Rochester Area Community Foundation’s Historic Preservation, Restoration, and Literature Fund.
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September 29, 2020
Some items continue flying off grocery store shelves
WHAM-TV talks to Steven Carnovale, assistant professor in the Department of Management, International Business, and Entrepreneurship, about the effect of COVID-19 on the food supply chain.
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September 29, 2020
Cyber attack interrupts online learning at Greece Central School District
WROC-TV talks to Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer in the Department of Computing Security, about the denial of service attack on the Greece Central School District.
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September 28, 2020
After RBG: Potential Tyranny of the Minority
Essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, published by The Globe Post.