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June 24, 2019
Infrared imaging technology being developed to better detect breast cancer
Faculty and student researchers at RIT, and physicians from the Rochester Regional Health System (RRHS), developed a non-invasive process using infrared imaging to better detect cancerous tumors.
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June 21, 2019
RIT researchers among finalists for National Science Foundation Big Ideas Competition
A team RIT computing professors are finalists in the National Science Foundation 2026 Idea Machine competition for their proposal on Integrated Human-Machine Intelligence, beating out more than 800 other ideas.
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June 20, 2019
Podcast: Discovering New Bacterial Properties and Growing New Scientists
Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 17: Science professor André Hudson mentored three area high school students, and their collaboration led to the discovery that a rare bacterium kills E. coli and B. subtilis. The group published their findings in an academic journal. Hudson talks with Kit Mayberry, RIT vice president for strategic planning and special initiatives, about what he learned about himself as a teacher and a scientist on the project.
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June 20, 2019
Alumna recognized on ‘Forbes’ Top Women Wealth Advisors List
For the third consecutive year, wealth management adviser Fern (Grossman) Schwartz '77 (business administration) has been featured on the Forbes list of "America's Top Women Wealth Advisors" for 2019.
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June 20, 2019
Artificial intelligence and Google Street View could hold the key to stopping invasive plants
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will award two RIT faculty members a grant to map roadside infestations of five key invasive plant species in the Finger Lakes and Adirondack Park over the next two years.
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June 20, 2019
Joey Zeledón's coat hanger chair reworks Marcel Breuer's iconic design
Designboom features industrial designer Joey Zeledón ’06 (industrial design) and his take on Marcel Breuer’s Cesca chair, combining a continuous steel rod with a coat hangers to create a fully supportive chair.
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June 19, 2019
Did a Dwarf Galaxy Crash into the Milky Way?
Sky & Telescope reports that a recent study by RIT suggests the dwarf galaxy Antlia 2 had a long-ago run-in with our galaxy, rippling and warping its disk. But not everyone agrees with that scenario.
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June 19, 2019
The Milky Way Has Battle Scars from Colliding With a Ghostly Galaxy
Discover magazine features Sukanya Chakrabarti, associate professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, and her research on the recently-discovered dwarf galaxy Antlia 2.
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June 18, 2019
As many high school seniors focus on graduation, one WNY teen runs thriving business
WIVB-TV (Channel 4 Buffalo) features Jordan O'Brien, an incoming Saunders freshman, and his startup company Real Estate Studio.
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June 18, 2019
Students combine hardware and attacking skills at cybersecurity competition
A team of RIT students from different computing disciplines came together last semester to place third in the 2019 MITRE Collegiate eCTF (embedded capture-the-flag) cybersecurity competition.
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June 18, 2019
How instructional design staff help faculty create better academic videos
University Business interviews Marty Golia, an instructional design researcher and consultant with RIT's Innovative Learning Institute, and experts from other colleges about best practices for instructional video content development and production.
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June 18, 2019
‘Yarn Bombers’ use craft to make a statement
The Washington Post features Hinda Mandell, associate professor of communications, who said that yarn bombing is part of a long tradition in which women use textile arts to agitate, excite or inspire.