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Unearth The Voyage includes RIT's packaging science program in its list of unusual degrees, citing competitive salaries and strong job placement rates.

Scientific American interviewed Meridith Joyce, assistant professor of physics, about NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and its role in dating stars in the Milky Way galaxy. 

MSN includes RIT's packaging science program in its list of unusual degrees, citing competitive salaries and strong job placement rates.

WHEC-TV speaks with Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering, about privacy and security concerns surrounding automated license plate readers, and the need for greater oversight as surveillance technologies become more widely used.

An essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and head of the Department of Sustainability, published by Basis Point Insight.

PBS News published an article by RIT's Don Figer, professor in the College of Science and director of the Center for Detectors, about NASA's newly launched Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Figer's column, which explains that images captured by the telescope will help researchers trace how the universe evolved over time, was originally published in The Conversation.

The Evening Tribune features work by Corinn Marriott, visiting lecturer of illustration, who spent roughly 400 hours creating a 750-square-foot mural celebrating the history of Wayland, N.Y., with funding from grants, local businesses, and community members. (This content will require a subscription to view.)

The Hindu highlights RIT’s inaugural Global Scholar Quest in India, a student innovation program that challenged high school students to develop solutions to real-world problems in areas including AI, climate, and healthcare, culminating in a competition in Mumbai with scholarships and seed funding for the winning team.

3D Printing Industry reports on RIT research combining bioprinting, hybrid materials, smart sensors, and mechanical design to create more customizable finger and hand prosthetics. The collaboration among researchers at RIT’s Rochester and Dubai campuses could lead to more affordable devices with improved movement and a functional sense of touch.

WHEC-TV reports that more than 100 people gathered at RIT’s observatory to watch Thursday night’s partial lunar eclipse, using the observatory’s telescope to get a closer look as Earth’s shadow gave the moon a reddish tint.

The Conversation features an essay by Don Figer, professor in the College of Science and director of RIT's Center for Detectors, explaining how NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope combines repurposed spy technology with sophisticated infrared detectors to study dark matter, distant galaxies, supernovas and planets.

GCN highlights RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf as a member of Google DeepMind’s AI Sign Language Advisory Committee, which helped guide the development and evaluation of a new AI model that translates American Sign Language into English text in real time on the Pixel 11.