News by Topic: Faculty
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December 4, 2020
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Joshua Rashaad McFadden to deliver keynote address at RIT’s Let Freedom Ring celebration
RIT’s 2021 Let Freedom Ring event commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day will feature a keynote address by a faculty member whose work photographing protests against racial injustice has gained national attention.
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December 3, 2020
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RIT supply chain expert looks at vaccine distribution challenges
WXXI talks to Steven Carnovale, assistant professor in the Department of Management, International Business, and Entrepreneurship, about distributing the COVID-19 vaccine.
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December 3, 2020
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RIT logistics expert on getting the vaccine to us: 'It's going to be like 78-dimensional chess'
WHEC-TV talks to Steven Carnovale, assistant professor in the Department of Management, International Business, and Entrepreneurship, about distributing the COVID-19 vaccine.
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December 2, 2020
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What to do and what to avoid for cord-cutting success this holiday season
CNY Central talks to Raj Murthy, associate professor of marketing, about alternatives to cable TV.
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December 1, 2020
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RIT receives NIST grant to develop standards modules for Environmental Management and Safety curricula
RIT recently received a grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop course modules that will provide students with guidelines and best practices in standards information toward helping organizations manage crisis situations.
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December 1, 2020
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Leaders outline challenges for distributing a COVID-19 vaccine
WHAM-TV talks to Steven Carnovale, assistant professor in the Department of Management, International Business, and Entrepreneurship, about shipping and storing the COVID-19 vaccine.
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November 30, 2020
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Hands-on engineering senior design program flourishes this fall
RIT’s Multidisciplinary Senior Design program began last fall with more projects for engineering student teams than expected, despite the pandemic. From collaborations with other universities and NASA to an anthropologist needing a robotic model of a dinosaur tail, all the projects represent innovative technologies built with sustainable, user-friendly designs.
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November 30, 2020
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A new front in the battle against breast cancer
The Rochester Beacon features research by Satish Kandlikar, the Gleason Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
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November 30, 2020
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RIT designer creates solution to protect chemical respirator users during the pandemic
Dan Gabber, digital fabrication specialist in RIT’s College of Art and Design, has developed a creative solution for users of chemical respirators who also must protect against the spread of COVID-19: valve covers.
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November 29, 2020
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Estates & Agency: Daniel Worden's Neoliberal Nonfictions
The Quietus reviews Neoliberal Nonfictions: The Documentary Aesthetic from Joan Didion to Jay-Z, written by Daniel Worden, associate professor in the School of Individualized Study.
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November 25, 2020
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The giant Arecibo Telescope has been severely damaged; an interview with RIT professor about the major loss
WROC-TV talks to Michael Lam, assistant professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, about his work with the second largest radio telescope in the world.
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November 24, 2020
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The odds of contracting COVID-19 at Thanksgiving
WHEC-TV talks to Nathan Cahill, associate professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences and director of the mathematical modeling Ph.D. program, about potential exposure to COVID-19.
