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July 2, 2019
Meet the 18-year-old who helped wipe out $6.7 million in medical debt
CNBC features Talia Zames, an incoming biomedical sciences student who raised $20,000 to pay off $6.7 million in medical debt around the Syracuse area.
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July 2, 2019
Primary Colors Are Red, Yellow and Blue, Right? Well, Not Exactly
How Stuff Works talks to Mark Fairchild, professor and director of the color science program and Munsell Color Science Laboratory, about additive and subtractive color systems.
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July 1, 2019
RIT alumnus to serve as futures analyst for U.S. Agency for International Development
The fellowship program provides opportunities to outstanding scientists and engineers to learn first-hand about policymaking and contribute their knowledge and analytical skills in the policy realm. Brennan Ireland ’18 Ph.D. (astrophysical sciences and technology) will use his analytical skills to quantitatively evaluate countries to get a better picture of what their futures look like.
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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 18, 2019
Milky Way Collided with Dark-Matter Dominated Galaxy Less Than Billion Years Ago
Sci-News features new research, led by RIT, that shows the collision of the recently-discovered dwarf galaxy Antlia 2 with the Milky Way Galaxy hundreds of millions of years ago is responsible for ripples in the Milky Way’s outer gas disk.
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June 7, 2019
RIT scientists recognized for solving issue with thermal instrument aboard Landsat 8 satellite
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.
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May 29, 2019
RIT researchers receive NSF award to develop new diagnostic tool for cardiac disease
Researchers at RIT are providing a better map to the human heart. They are developing a critical tool that will help clinicians identify damaged areas in the heart to more accurately diagnose cardiac disease.
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May 29, 2019
Churchville Elementary students connect with RIT pen pals
The Daily Messenger writes about a project started by Allie Zeznick, fourth-year physician assistant major.
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May 22, 2019
Handsworth grad examines inner workings of outer space with NASA project
Assistant Professor Michael Zemcov interviewed by North Shore News for his part in contributing to NASA’s new mission to explore the origins of the universe by performing the first near-infrared all-sky spectral survey.
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May 21, 2019
RIT scientists pinpoint a potential genetic variant that protects cattle from wasting disease
RIT researchers are studying the genetic switch that could make cattle resistant to the wasting disease known as “sleeping sickness.” Bolaji Thomas, professor of biomedical sciences in RIT’s College of Health Sciences and Technology, is examining different immune responses to bovine trypanosomiasis within the same species of cattle in Nigeria.
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May 16, 2019
Laser for sound promises to measure extremely tiny phenomena
Guest essay co-written by Mishkat Bhattacharya, associate professor of physics and astronomy, published by The Conversation.
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May 10, 2019
GIS Commencement honors Class of 2018-19 grads
Advanced degree candidates were honored by the Golisano Institute for Sustainability during commencement ceremonies in May.