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TechXplore discusses eco-friendly insulation panels made from wheat straw, a farming byproduct. Zipeng Guo, assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, is part of the research team.

RIT scientists were involved in a published paper about new evidence of intermediate-mass black holes, or black holes with masses between 100 and 100,000 times the mass of the sun.

A research team at Golisano Institute for Sustainability is developing a fully automated system to identify, sort, and disassemble garments at high speed and in high volume to address a critical global waste problem.

University Business reports that James J. Winebrake has been named president of Coastal Carolina University. He previously served as dean of RIT's College of Liberal Arts.

A collaboration between RIT's Machine Learning and Data Intensive Computing (Mining) Lab and the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) was featured in LLE in Focus Issue 6. Qi Yu, professor in RIT's School of Information, and computing and information sciences Ph.D. students are bringing artificial intelligence expertise to research in high-energy density (HED) physics.

Eryk Salvaggio, visiting lecturer in the College of Liberal Arts, is featured in an article about the artificial intelligence industry published by Tech Policy Press.

Changes to the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education introduce new criteria for categorizing colleges and universities and link student access and return on investment to institutional excellence.

WXXI News speaks with President David Munson about how RIT is navigating economic headwinds resulting from President Donald Trump's campaign to upend the finances of colleges and universities nationwide.

USA Today features Associate Professor Jeyhan Kartaltepe and the COSMOS-Web team. The international research group publicly released the largest look ever at the universe.

The New York Times interviews Alex Lobos, director of the School of Design, about the product designs of appliances that consumers are looking for.

Yahoo interviews Associate Professor Kathleen Lamkin-Kennard and members of the Hot Wheelz racing team for a story about women taking on leadership roles.

RIT’s physician assistant program celebrated its 30th graduating class this year, and now its biggest champion, former director and founder Heidi Miller, is preparing to retire at the end of June after nearly 32 years.