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March 6, 2026
Bright Spot: 1,100 sandwiches for a cause
13WHAM spotlights RIT's annual PBJam, an event where students, staff, and administrators, including RIT President Bill Sanders, made more than 1,100 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to kick off the university's United Way Campaign.
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March 5, 2026
Researchers are combining drones and AI to make removing land mines faster and safer
In an article for The Conversation, imaging science Ph.D. student Sagar Lekhak explains how using drones, sensor data, and AI can make detecting land mines safer and more efficient.
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March 5, 2026
AI Fatigue and Vocational Awe in Academic Libraries
In a guest post for The Scholarly Kitchen, Greyson Pasiak, GCCIS and student success librarian, explores how an expanded workload created by the implementation of generative AI can lead those in higher education to burnout.
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March 5, 2026
ISC2 debuts code of conduct for cybersecurity profession
IT Brew interviews Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer of cybersecurity, about the new ISC2 Code of Professional Conduct for cybersecurity professionals.
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March 4, 2026
Clean water’s true price in rural India
An essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and head of the Department of Sustainability, published by Basis Point Insight.
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March 4, 2026
Congress once fought to limit a president’s war powers
The Washington Post features an essay by Sarah Burns, associate professor in RIT's Department of Political Science. The essay was originally published by The Conversation.
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March 4, 2026
Congress once fought to limit a president’s war powers − more than 50 years later, its successors are less willing to assert their authority
In an article for The Conversation, Sarah Burns, associate professor of political science, compares past and current reactions from Congress when a U.S. president unilaterally declares war.
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March 1, 2026
designboom radar: exhibitions to see around the world this march
designboom spotlights an upcoming exhibition, "Lella and Massimo Vignelli: a language of Clarity," at Triennale Milano. The Milan-based exhibition was organized in collaboration with RIT's Vignelli Center for Design Studies.
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March 1, 2026
In Age of Disruption, a Defense of Incrementalism
The Tech Policy Press podcast interviews Evan Selinger, professor in the Department of Philosophy, and Albert Fox Cahn about their new book, Move Slow and Upgrade: The Power of Incremental Innovation.
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February 27, 2026
Rochester instructor creates AI learning tool for Deaf students
Government Technology highlights Grammar Laboratory, a tool developed by Erin Finton, lecturer for RIT's National Technical Institute for the Deaf. The tool makes English grammar practice more accessible for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
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February 27, 2026
China and the United States: What can we learn from each other?
An essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and head of the Department of Sustainability, published by Rochester Business Journal. (This content may require a subscription to view.)
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February 27, 2026
Supply and demand: Why your gas & electric bill may be higher than previous months
WROC-TV speaks to Eric Hittinger, chair of the Department of Public Policy, about the rising costs of household energy use.