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Guest essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, published by The Conversation.

The newly-discovered dark dwarf galaxy Antlia 2’s collision with the Milky Way may be responsible for our galaxy’s characteristic ripples in its outer disc, according to a study led by Assistant Professor Sukanya Chakrabarti. The Antlia 2 dwarf galaxy was discovered from the second data release of the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission, which aims to chart a three-dimensional map of our galaxy.

RIT is hosting workshops this summer to help high school students from the Rochester area learn about the science behind clean energy and fuel cells. The “Clean Energy: Electricity Generation Using Fuel Cells” workshops feature hands-on experiments and tours of RIT’s facilities.

The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor took first place overall at the 2019 Baja SAE Rochester challenge, an international student-design competition that challenges students to apply classroom knowledge with real-world applications. RIT placed 10th overall among 100 collegiate race teams that took on a daunting motor cross field and four challenging days of competition.

Inside Higher Ed features RIT's Spectrum Support Program.

Michael Mandina, president of Optimax, and Richard Plympton, CEO of Optimax, have been named the 2019 recipients of the Herbert W. Vanden Brul Entrepreneurial Award, presented by Saunders College of Business. The award is given to entrepreneurial leaders in the greater Rochester region who have developed a business that has improved the local or regional economy or whose innovative management skills have changed the course of an existing business.

Denis Cormier, the Earl W. Brinkman Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, discusses how wire feedstock can help transform metal additive manufacturing in The Engineer.

RIT senior scientists Aaron Gerace and Matthew Montanaro were presented with the USGIF Academic Achievement Award at the GEOINT 2019 Symposium for their work on the Landsat 8 satellite.

Prishtina Insight features an urban interactive installation created by Lauren Peace ’17 (journalism).

Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 16: While the term sustainability has many definitions, its goal is singularly critical – the world needs to achieve ecological balance. In this episode of Intersections, Nabil Nasr, associate provost, and Enid Cardinal, senior sustainability adviser, discuss what’s happening on campus, across the nation and around the world to safeguard our environment.

RIT Racing and teams from Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico, Canada, India and the United States will field race cars, built by student-engineers, and test them on a track that will challenge not only the durability of the cars but the problem-solving capabilities of the teams during the 2019 Baja SAE Rochester World Challenge June 6-9.

WROC-TV reports on the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute's daylong program on managing food waste.