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July 28, 2020
Viral sewage: RIT, Monroe County sampling wastewater for coronavirus
The Democrat and Chronicle talks to Enid Cardinal, senior advisor to the president for strategic planning and sustainability, about RIT's wastewater sampling program to detect coronavirus.
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July 27, 2020
Where are the graham crackers? Grocery stores still feeling pandemic impact
WHAM-TV talks to Steven Carnovale, assistant professor, Department of Management, International Business, and Entrepreneurship, about why supply shortages continue.
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July 27, 2020
Performing Arts to continue this fall at RIT
The show must go on – even if it means virtually. While performing arts offerings at RIT may look and feel differently from how they normally operate, RIT is committed to making sure they are available in a healthy and safe manner.
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July 24, 2020
Dream Design Jobs: Josh Owen Named Director of RIT’s Vignelli Center
Design Milk features Josh Owen, Distinguished Professor and director of the Vignelli Center for Design Studies.
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July 24, 2020
RIT launches daily health screen for monitoring COVID-19 symptoms
RIT is requiring all students, faculty, and staff to monitor their health for COVID-19 symptoms. The new policy will help protect the health and safety of the community at RIT and in the Greater Rochester area during the ongoing pandemic. Starting July 27, the university will launch the RIT Daily Health Screen website and call-in option.
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July 24, 2020
Brick City Weekend events to look different this year
In a typical year, RIT normally sees more than 17,000 students, alumni, and parents gather on campus to experience Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend. But due to the COVID-19 pandemic, events are being designed to allow alumni to participate virtually.
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July 24, 2020
The ADA isn’t just about ramps – over 30 years, it has profoundly changed the deaf community
Essay by Gerard Buckley, president of NTID and RIT vice president and dean, published by The Conversation.
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July 23, 2020
‘Respeck Our Black Deaf Arts’ webinar sponsored by RIT/NTID Dyer Arts Center July 25
The roles of some of the country’s leading Black Deaf artists will be discussed in a Zoom webinar on Saturday, July 25, sponsored by the Dyer Arts Center at NTID. The virtual panel discussion, “Respeck Our Black Deaf Arts,” will explore Black Deaf artists’ roles in the arts, what inspires them to create in response to the #BlackLivesMatter movement, and the national conversation about race, the future of the Black Deaf arts, and more.
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July 23, 2020
Working together, but safely distant, in RIT’s research labs
Several RIT research labs are ramping up work after several months of down time due to COVID-19. With the approval to reopen and prepare for fall classes, faculty-researchers have put in place some of the recommended guidelines for lab usage—from occupancy to cleaning protocols.
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July 23, 2020
COVID-19, Online Learning, and Beijing Jiaotong University, Weihai: Outbreak Narrative or Paradigm Shift?
Essay by RIT China faculty member Jude Okpala published by Educause.
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July 22, 2020
RIT’s MAGIC Center and Vicarious Visions sign agreement to expand collaborations
RIT’s MAGIC Center and Vicarious Visions (VV), a game studio well-known for some of the industry’s most iconic franchises, have signed a partnership agreement that will include new collaborations and scholarship opportunities for students in RIT's Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences and College of Art and Design.
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July 22, 2020
Groundbreaking study of binary star evolution is focus of new NSF grant
A new grant will help researchers at NTID learn more about “one of the most challenging phases in stellar astrophysics,” according to the National Science Foundation.