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March 6, 2019
Student Spotlight: Showing the artistic side of science
Meet Deirdre Cannon, a first-year biotechnology and molecular bioscience student who loves drawing.
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March 6, 2019
RIT faculty-researcher creates 3D-printed platforms to produce bone and tissue replacements
Iris Rivero, an engineering professor at RIT, has found that compatible combinations of polymers and biomaterials can be successfully used to fabricate “scaffolds,” 3D-printed structures that signal the body to begin its own tissue regrowth. This research moves a step closer to the possibility of “smart,” 3D-printed bone, skin and cartilage tissue replacement.
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March 6, 2019
Rochester Red Wings baseball partners with RIT/NTID, Rochester School for the Deaf for Deaf Culture Day at Frontier Field April 28
Rochester Red Wings baseball, in partnership with RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf and Rochester School for the Deaf, will host the first Deaf Culture Day at Frontier Field on Sunday, April 28.
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March 6, 2019
Toilet seat that detects congestive heart failure getting ready to begin commercialization
With 1 million new cases of congestive heart failure diagnosed each year, a revolutionary product is making it easier for hospitals to monitor patients with the condition in the comfort of their own homes.
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March 6, 2019
RIT researchers developing ways to use hyperspectral data for vehicle and pedestrian tracking
A classic scenario plays out in action films ranging from Baby Driver to The Italian Job: criminals evade aerial pursuit from the authorities by seamlessly blending in with other vehicles and their surroundings. The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) has RIT researchers utilizing hyperspectral video imaging systems that make sure it does not happen in real life.
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March 6, 2019
User behavior is key in RIT’s e-cigarette research that is meant to inform FDA regulations
Risa Robinson has taken a different approach to assessing e-cigarette usage, and it’s turned up some attention-getting results. Robinson studies users in their own environments, puffing on their own e-cigarettes, rather than on test machines in lab settings. And what she’s found is that they are puffing as much, if not more, than traditional cigarette users, resulting in potentially higher exposure to harmful substances.
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March 4, 2019
Social media expert debunks 'Momo' challenge
WHAM-TV talks to Mike Johansson, senior lecturer in communication, about the so-called Momo challenge.
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March 4, 2019
RIT and Autodesk sign agreement that expands collaboration across university
Rochester Institute of Technology and Autodesk, the international software company whose name is synonymous with computer-aided design (CAD) software, have signed a partnership agreement that will expand RIT’s multidisciplinary educational initiatives with Autodesk across the university.
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March 4, 2019
Closer look at colon cancer screening options
FOX Rochester talks to Bill Brewer, director of the exercise science program and a colon cancer survivor.
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March 4, 2019
IBM interns find 19 vulnerabilities in corporate check-in systems
CyberScoop features Scott Brink, a fourth-year computing security student, for his work at IBM finding undisclosed vulnerabilities in the automated systems that companies use to check visitors into their facilities.
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March 4, 2019
Use of technology becomes more prominent in hospitality industry
Guest essay by Jacqueline Mozrall, dean of Saunders College of Business, published in the Rochester Business Journal.
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March 1, 2019
Native American communities are fighting to preserve endangered languages
WXXI talks to Robbie Jimerson, a computer science doctoral student about the effort to document the Seneca language with the aid of artificial intelligence.