News by Topic: Faculty

WXXI talks to Martin Schooping, senior program manager, Golisano Institute for Sustainability, about a report that shows Rochester's carbon dioxide emissions from cars have decreased since 1990.

Letters from a Doughboy: The Wartime Experiences of Robert Doan Truesdell in World War I, reproduces a collection of more than 100 letters written from 1917 to 1919 by a young American soldier from Binghamton, N.Y.

WROC-TV talks to Brian Price, visiting assistant professor in the School of Film and Animation, about the movie Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix, and the controversy around issues of violence and mental health.

Professor Emeritus Roger Dube is the winner of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society's annual Ely S. Parker Award. The award recognizes engineers, scientists and educators who have provided exemplary service to the American Indian/Alaska Native community.

The Democrat and Chronicle features artist W. Michelle Harris, associate professor in the School of Interactive Games and Media.

Ifeoma Nwogu, an assistant professor of computer science, received an NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award and grant for her five-year project to study human behavior by using machine learning techniques to analyze and find patterns in the many signals that individuals display during social interactions.

WROC-TV talks to student Justin Gallagher and Professor Don Figer, director of the Center for Detectors, about a sensor technology that may contribute to finding other planets.

Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 24: Sports analytics is transforming the landscape of college sports. Matthew Hoffman, associate professor in RIT’s School of Mathematical Sciences, and Ryan Stimson, author of the book Tape to Space: Redefining Modern Hockey Tactics, talk about the RIT Sports Analytics Conference that they founded and how analytics is shaping the larger sports world.

Lost & Found: Order in the Court – the Party Game, which aims to promote and enhance the public understanding of religion and law, was nominated for a Spotlight Award in the Tabletop category of IndieCade, the premier event for independent games and is known as the Sundance Film Festival for video games.

Mark D. Fairchild, professor of color science, explains how humans' pupils and light-sensing cells work for the "Curious Kids" series published by The Conversation.

WXXI’s “Connections” program features Barry Strauber, professor of advertising in the School of Communication, and students Caleb Kulathum, Kiana Simons and Kevin Booker.

WXXI features Albert Paley, artist-in-residence and the Charlotte Fredericks Mowris Professor in Contemporary Crafts.