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December 20, 2019
Podcast: The Benefits of Telehealth
Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 29: Caroline Easton, professor in RIT’s School of Behavioral Health, talks with Jacob Wadsworth, a doctoral intern in the university’s priority psychology internship program, about a project that uses telemedicine, the process of using telecommunications to evaluate, diagnosis and treat patients, to help homeless people access mental health and drug addiction counseling.
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December 19, 2019
Impeachment overkill, the USMCA’s impact on jobs and the power of imagery: 3 quotes from the Democratic debate
Sarah Burns, associate professor of political science, analyzes a statement from the final Democratic presidential debate of 2019 for The Conversation.
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December 18, 2019
Impeachment comes to the Senate – 5 questions answered
The Conversation asks Sarah Burns, associate professor of political science, about Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's role in the impeachment process.
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December 18, 2019
RIT announces strategic financial planning for several campus projects
RIT has financed $346.2 million in bonds, allowing the university to save money by refinancing two prior bond issues at lower interest rates, as well as fund work on several campus priority projects.
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December 17, 2019
RIT’s Saunders College of Business welcomes hundreds of high school students for DECA regional business competition Dec. 19
Saunders College of Business will welcome more than 600 local high school students to the RIT campus for the New York State Region 10 DECA competition on Dec. 19. Students will present business plans to local business leaders who will serve as the competition’s judges.
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December 17, 2019
Simone Center Investor Demo Night prepares budding student entrepreneurs for encounters with potential investors
Four multidisciplinary student teams got the opportunity to pitch their business ideas to potential investors at the RIT Student Accelerator Investor Demo Night earlier this month, each one hoping to jumpstart its ventures and transform its commercial concepts into real companies.
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December 16, 2019
RIT Esports wins Hearthstone Collegiate Championship
Students from RIT Esports bested more than 300 teams from across North America to win the 2019 Hearthstone Collegiate Championship Fall Finals on Dec. 14. The RIT student team took home the top trophy and $6,000 in scholarships for playing the digital card game Hearthstone.
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December 15, 2019
Students address challenges in RIT Grand Challenges Scholars Program
Ridding waterways of microplastics, delivering water to remote villages experiencing drought, and better ways to remove salt from water were just a few of the clean-water research projects recently presented by undergraduate students as part of RIT’s Grand Challenge Scholars program.
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December 13, 2019
In impeachment spotlight, dueling views of professionalism appear
Essay by Michael Brown, assistant professor of history, published by The Conversation.
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December 13, 2019
Margaret Morse Nice thought like a song sparrow and changed how scientists understand animal behavior
Essay by Kristoffer Whitney, assistant professor in the Department of Science, Technology, and Society, published by The Conversation.
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December 12, 2019
‘Momentum’ program expands, offering more RIT students leadership skills
A program called “momentum” designed for students at RIT to develop their leadership skills while actively working to address community challenges has gained momentum, in part, due to a $250,000 donation to expand the program next semester.
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December 12, 2019
RIT and IAR observe pulsars for the first time from South America
A team from RIT and the Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía (IAR) upgraded two radio telescopes in Argentina that lay dormant for 15 years in order to study pulsars, rapidly rotating neutron stars with intense magnetic fields that emit notably in radio wavelengths. The project is outlined in a new paper published in Astronomy and Astrophysics.