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March 22, 2024
RIT plays American International for Atlantic Hockey championship: What to know
The Democrat and Chronicle features the RIT men's hockey team's road to the Championship.
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March 22, 2024
Signed: How ASL Became A Language Of Resistance
The Embodied Podcast speaks to Joseph Hill, assistant dean of NTID Faculty Recruitment and Retention, about the research he and two other colleagues have conducted about BASL.
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March 21, 2024
What's our e-waste worth?
Marketplace talks to Callie Babbitt, professor in the Department of Sustainability, about how to recycle electronics.
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March 21, 2024
Graduate students selected as finalists in the 2024 Coca-Cola Refreshing Films program
The CCRF program is a platform that provides students the opportunity to create content for the big screen. Each year, the program creates a student scripting challenge which invites students from partnered schools to submit their ideas. Four scripts were selected as finalists this year to receive funding for production.
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March 21, 2024
RIT announces start of summer semester registration, March 25
RIT has announced that registration is open for its summer semester that will be offered in in-person and online formats. Undergraduate and graduate students can take advantage of a 12-week session and two six-week sessions, graduate students can also enroll in a targeted seven-week session.
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March 21, 2024
REMADE Institute to lead 2024 circular economy tech summit in D.C. next month
A national institute, led in part by RIT, next month is hosting the 2024 REMADE Circular Economy Technology Summit & Conference in Washington, D.C., highlighting emerging strategies and technologies to accelerate the adoption of a circular economy.
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March 21, 2024
RIT game design and development programs ranked among top 10
RIT is one of the top 10 universities for students looking to land their dream job as a game designer, according to new international rankings from The Princeton Review.
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March 21, 2024
Rochester TikTok creator faces uncertainty as house bill threatens nationwide ban
WHAM-TV talks with Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about the possible ban.
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March 21, 2024
Genomics lab allows scientists and students to help protect the local ecosystem
Within Brown Hall on RIT’s campus, newly renovated lab spaces house state-of-the-art equipment allowing for essential research. One such space is the genomics lab, where Elle Barnes, assistant professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, is working to help protect one of the key members of the local ecosystem: salamanders.
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March 20, 2024
RIT to confer four honorary degrees at May 10 commencement ceremony
RIT will confer honorary degrees to four outstanding individuals at its 2024 commencement ceremony on Friday, May 10. The honorees will be recognized alongside more than 4,000 graduates.
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March 19, 2024
Amy Engelbrecht-Wiggans recognized with 2024 National Science Foundation CAREER Award
By exploring the point at which fiber composite materials begin to deteriorate and how the environment affects material, Amy Engelbrecht-Wiggans, an RIT assistant professor of mechanical engineering, believes there is a way to ensure longer-term reliability. To answer these questions, Engelbrecht-Wiggans received a National Science Foundation Faculty Career Development Award (CAREER).
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March 18, 2024
Finally, a way to tell how clean grid batteries actually are
Canary Media speaks to Eric Hittinger, associate professor in the Department of Public Policy, about carbon emissions from batteries.