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September 11, 2019
City Council considering plan for composting food waste
WHAM-TV talks to Tom Trabold, head of the Department of Sustainability in the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, about food waste.
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September 11, 2019
Could a toilet seat help prevent hospital readmissions?
Guest essay by Nicholas Conn '11, '13 MS (electrical engineering), research scientist and founder and CEO of Heart Health Intelligence, published by The Conversation.
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September 10, 2019
Posthumous Wendell Castle exhibition showcases his legendary career
Woodworking Network talks to Josh Owen, professor and chair, industrial design program, about the late Wendell Castle, father of the art furniture movement and former RIT artist-in-residence.
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September 10, 2019
‘Global Women of Light’ to gather for international symposium at 2019 Frontiers in Optics
Women from academia, industry and government will meet this week to collaboratively establish strategies to advance women’s leadership across science, technology, engineering and entrepreneurship career ranks. WiSTEE Connect is collaborating with the Optical Society Foundation to organize the fourth international symposium “Global Women of Light” at the 2019 Frontiers in Optics on Sept. 15.
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September 10, 2019
Neil Montanus, a Kodak Colorama Photographer, Dies at 92
The New York Times features Neil Montanus '53 (imaging science), who produced many of the huge Kodak Colorama photos seen in Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan from 1950 to 1990, and interviews Wendy Marks, director of RIT's University Gallery.
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September 10, 2019
Connections: Discussing communication etiquette
WXXI’s “Connections” program features Elise Miklich, communications specialist, Kate Gleason College of Engineering.
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September 10, 2019
Medical Partnership provide accommodations for deaf patients
WROC-TV reports on the services available to deaf and hard-of-hearing patients at Rochester Regional Health Family Medicine at RIT.
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September 10, 2019
RIT Distinguished Alumnus Clayton Turner named director of NASA’s Langley Research Center
Clayton Turner ’90 (electrical engineering) has been named the new director of NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. He will assume the director’s position on Monday, Sept. 30, when current center Director David Bowles retires after 39 years with the agency.
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September 9, 2019
RIT hosts national speaker on engineering education
Doug Melton, program director of the Entrepreneurial Engineering Program at The Kern Family Foundation, will be the keynote speaker at Rochester Institute of Technology, presenting “Powerful Stuff: An Entrepreneurial Mindset Built on Critical Thinking” as part of the 2019 Eugene H. Fram Signature Lecture in Critical Thinking. The event takes place 3:30-4:45 p.m. Sept. 17 in Ingle Auditorium, located in RIT’s Student Alumni Union.
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September 9, 2019
Mary Lynn Reed appointed head of RIT’s School of Mathematical Sciences
Reed joins RIT following a 19-year career at the National Security Agency, where she most recently served as the chief of the Mathematics Research Group from 2016 to 2019. An accomplished mathematician, Reed has been recognized with the Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Senior Professional and the NSA Director’s Distinguished Service Medal.
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September 9, 2019
RIT offers film and photography, music, belly dancing and ukuleles at this year’s Fringe Festival
RIT students, faculty, staff and Osher members are part of the 12-day lineup of more than 570 eclectic performances during the KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival. The festival is a celebration of the performing and visual arts in more than 30 venues in downtown Rochester, featuring world-renowned performers as well as up-and-comers.
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September 9, 2019
How to protect your emotional wellbeing
Chemistry World talks to Paul Craig, professor and department head in the School of Chemistry and Materials Science, about maintaining good emotional health while working in the science field.