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April 8, 2020
RIT Senior Reflects on the 'New Normal' as Pandemic Changes Way of Life
Spectrum News talks to Miles Hood, fourth-year communication major, about how he's making the best of the situation.
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April 8, 2020
Seed funding to boost health startup
Rochester Beacon features Nicholas Conn '11, '13 MS (electrical engineering), research scientist and founder and CEO of Heart Health Intelligence.
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April 8, 2020
COLA Dean James Winebrake accepts UNCW provost post
Dean James Winebrake will be leaving RIT’s College of Liberal Arts to become provost and vice chancellor of Academic Affairs at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Winebrake, who came to RIT in 2002 as chair of the Department of Public Policy and became dean in 2011, will leave RIT effective June 30.
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April 7, 2020
RIT/NTID announces winners of Next Big Idea entrepreneurship competition
Six teams of deaf and hard-of-hearing students from NTID adapted to a virtual presentation format for the annual Next Big Idea business competition. Student presenters from as far away as Dubai shared their ideas for new businesses that positively impact deaf and hard-of-hearing communities.
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April 7, 2020
RIT Rallies: Research project moves from prototype to support for coronavirus care
A heart monitoring solution developed in a Rochester Institute of Technology engineering lab is helping to provide individuals with early signs of COVID-19 symptoms during the 2020 crisis.
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April 7, 2020
RIT Rallies: Professor reroutes sabbatical travel to help local hospital system protect its workforce
The coronavirus canceled Professor John Oliphant’s international travel plans and led to an unexpected opportunity to help a local health system manage the impact of COVID-19 on its hospital workforce.
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April 7, 2020
RIT student decorates her neighborhood with chalk rainbows and hope during pandemic
Hannah Sarakin’s artistic flair and sunny personality is going a long way to cheer up her neighborhood in Woodcliff Lake, N.J., with sidewalk art and public service messages written in chalk.
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April 6, 2020
RIT leads regional response to ventilator shortage, creating prototype to aid coronavirus fight
RIT is leading an effort involving local companies and healthcare experts to produce a prototype ventilator designed to help meet the continuing surge of respiratory cases as a result of the coronavirus.
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April 6, 2020
Masks and our face-recognition future: How coronavirus (slightly) clouds the picture painted by tech firms
Guest essay co-written by Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, published by the New York Daily News.
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April 6, 2020
RIT Rallies: Venture Creations companies focus on COVID-19 response
Two companies associated with RIT’s Venture Creations business incubator are playing significant roles in the COVID-19 response. Potsdam Sensors Corp. has ramped up production of its technology that helps keep the air cleaner and safer in hospitals. And Turbett Surgical is donating bacterial filtration material ideal for facemasks for second-line workers.
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April 6, 2020
RIT researchers create serious games to teach disaster management and resilience skills
Situations such as the coronavirus pandemic have heightened interest in the importance of disaster management and mitigation. At RIT, researchers have created two new serious games that could be used as important learning tools for solving these world problems.
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April 6, 2020
RIT’s music education doesn’t miss a beat with social distancing
RIT students and faculty have found a way to still connect for private music lessons, with video conferencing offering a unique, and some say helpful, way to teach.