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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.
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February 26, 2026
RIT photographers lend their skills to the Special Olympics
Nearly 60 RIT students and 20 alumni and faculty members helped document the 2026 Winter Games as part of an ongoing collaboration with Special Olympics New York.
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February 24, 2026
What It REALLY Takes to Become an Olympian
Jason Rich, lecturer in the Wegmans School of Health and Nutrition, is featured on the Skin in the Game podcast, speaking about the development of the young athlete and pressures to perform.
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February 23, 2026
RIT researcher studies how exercise could reduce the risk of aneurysm rupture
RIT Professor Zhongwang Dou recently received a prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award for a five-year project to detail how blood flow within an aneurysm is affected by movement, and how physical exercise might affect the risk of aneurysm rupture.
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February 23, 2026
Student-athletes combine their passions for sports and design
Three student-athletes majoring in industrial design used their collaborative mindsets to help bring their vision of an 8-foot-tall National Collegiate Athletic Association championship trophy to life.
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February 23, 2026
Algorithms that customize marketing to your phone could also influence your views on warfare
Justin Pelletier, a Professor of Practice and director of the GCI Cyber Range and Training Center, discussed how AI systems are becoming tools for strategic influence in an article for The Conversation.
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February 21, 2026
Town of Brighton hosts Black History Month event
WHAM-TV interviews Katrina Overby, assistant professor in the School of Communication, about a celebration for Black History Month hosted by Brighton, N.Y.
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February 20, 2026
Artificial Intelligence: Why the Biggest Revolution May Be Surprisingly Ordinary
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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February 20, 2026
RIT researchers find that AI chatbots have a truth problem
WXXI speaks to Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering, about stress testing large language models to see how susceptible they are to caving to faulty information.
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February 20, 2026
Rochester colleges confront 2026 challenges, growth
Rochester Business Journal speaks to RIT President Bill Sanders about his perspective on the issues shaping higher education in the year ahead.
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February 19, 2026
Pioneering type design duo to receive RIT's 2026 Goudy Award
Georg Seifert (from Germany) and Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer (Austria), cited for their innovative work with game-changing font editing software Glyphs, will accept RIT's prestigious Goudy Award in April. The honor has long celebrated outstanding practitioners in type design and related fields.