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March 21, 2024
RIT game design and development programs ranked among top 10
RIT is one of the top 10 universities for students looking to land their dream job as a game designer, according to new international rankings from The Princeton Review.
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March 21, 2024
Rochester TikTok creator faces uncertainty as house bill threatens nationwide ban
WHAM-TV talks with Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about the possible ban.
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March 21, 2024
Genomics lab allows scientists and students to help protect the local ecosystem
Within Brown Hall on RIT’s campus, newly renovated lab spaces house state-of-the-art equipment allowing for essential research. One such space is the genomics lab, where Elle Barnes, assistant professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, is working to help protect one of the key members of the local ecosystem: salamanders.
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March 20, 2024
RIT to confer four honorary degrees at May 10 commencement ceremony
RIT will confer honorary degrees to four outstanding individuals at its 2024 commencement ceremony on Friday, May 10. The honorees will be recognized alongside more than 4,000 graduates.
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March 19, 2024
Amy Engelbrecht-Wiggans recognized with 2024 National Science Foundation CAREER Award
By exploring the point at which fiber composite materials begin to deteriorate and how the environment affects material, Amy Engelbrecht-Wiggans, an RIT assistant professor of mechanical engineering, believes there is a way to ensure longer-term reliability. To answer these questions, Engelbrecht-Wiggans received a National Science Foundation Faculty Career Development Award (CAREER).
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March 18, 2024
Finally, a way to tell how clean grid batteries actually are
Canary Media speaks to Eric Hittinger, associate professor in the Department of Public Policy, about carbon emissions from batteries.
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March 18, 2024
How many children should couples have given ongoing climate change?
The Rochester Beacon features an essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and interim head of the Department of Sustainability, about the theory of fertility.
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March 18, 2024
Light and refreshing, low-intervention wines let grapes take the lead
The Washington Post talks to Phil Plummer '09 (applied science and technology) about winemaking. (This content requires a subscription to view.)
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March 18, 2024
Dancing through the cosmos
Rochester's City Magazine talks to Thomas Warfield, senior lecturer and director of dance, about the overlap of dance and astronomy.
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March 18, 2024
Does the warm winter mean we will see mosquitoes earlier in NY?
The Democrat and Chronicle talks to Kaitlin Stack Whitney, assistant professor in the Department of Science, Technology, and Society.
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March 18, 2024
From Dungeons and Dragons to dancing in the SHED—RIT Camp Tiger registration is open
RIT’s summer day camp—Camp Tiger—offers four weeks of hands-on-learning in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. New this year is a partnership with Rochester City Ballet that brings dance programs to RIT’s new creative center, the SHED.
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March 18, 2024
Rochester experts weigh in on U.S. House of Representatives passing a bill that could ban TikTok
WROC-TV talks with Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about the implications.