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April 8, 2019
'Light & Sound' to highlight Rochester's interactive media opportunities
WHAM-TV talks to Ryne Raffaelle, vice president for research and associate provost, about the upcoming 2019 Light and Sound Interactive Conference.
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April 7, 2019
RIT alumnus behind iconic baseball photo
Ron Sherman ’64 (photography) can tell you exactly what he was doing on April 8, 1974. And now so can baseball fans. Sherman was at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium with more than 100 photographers capturing the moment Hank Aaron hit his 715th career home run, breaking Babe Ruth’s 39-year-old Major League record.
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April 6, 2019
Hey Google, sorry you lost your ethics council, so we made one for you
MIT Technology Review talks to Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, about Google's AI principles.
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April 5, 2019
RIT/NTID celebrates 50 years of deaf education with Lyndon B. Johnson's granddaughter
WXXI reports on NTID's anniversary celebration.
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April 5, 2019
Volunteers needed for Baja SAE Rochester off road competition in June
Off-road racing is back at RIT as the university will host, and compete against, 100 collegiate racecar teams from around the world at the 2019 Baja SAE Rochester World Challenge June 6-9.
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April 5, 2019
How to Photograph Flowers Splashing in Milk with an Infrared Laser
Blog post by Ted Kinsman, an assistant professor of photographic technology, published in PetaPixel.
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April 5, 2019
Does where you go to college really matter? We asked 10 Chicago CEOs.
The Chicago Tribune interviews John Hartmann ’85 (criminal justice), president and CEO of True Value Co.
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April 4, 2019
Tower Rush: Toronto To Add 80 New Skyscrapers in the Next Few Years
Point2Homes talks to Nana-Yaw Andoh, assistant professor in the Master of Architecture program, about the ways in which growing cities expand.
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April 4, 2019
College of Engineering Technology’s George Zion paves a steady pathway to engineering for undergraduate students
George Zion, a professor in the Department of Computer, Electrical and Telecommunications Engineering Technology, is being honored with a 2019 Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching for his ability to build bridges for students making the significant transition from high school to college to careers.
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April 4, 2019
Saunders program encourages high school women to explore studies, careers in business
RIT student Chelsy Ray “pays it forward” each spring when she welcomes a new cohort of high school women to Saunders College of Business for a day of exploration, activity and networking. For the past three years, Ray has co-led the Women Leading Business conference, an opportunity for young women interested in pursuing degrees or careers in business to get up close and personal with professional women in industry.
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April 4, 2019
Student Spotlight: Device helps children with physical disabilities
Meet Cesar Borges, a fifth-year biomedical engineering student, and Kalie Lazarou, an industrial and systems engineering student, who are part of a team working on the Overcomer, an assistive device that helps children with physical disabilities have a more inclusive playground experience.
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April 4, 2019
RIT hosts public showing of patient-safety documentary ‘To Err is Human,’ April 5
RIT is hosting a special viewing of To Err is Human: A Patient Safety Documentary, which investigates the struggle within the U.S. health care system to prevent medical mistakes. An expert panel discussion will follow the documentary.