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October 27, 2025
Study Cautions That Heavier Electric Trucks May Overload New York City’s Infrastructure
Bioengineer cites a study about the effects of increased electric truck weights on the road co-authored by Zilin Bian, assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering Technology, Environmental Management and Safety.
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October 23, 2025
The dangers of overbidding on a house
Soon Hyeok Choi, assistant professor in the Saunders College of Business, appeared on Connections with Evan Dawson to speak about rising home costs and the danger of bidding wars.
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October 21, 2025
RIT faculty and students win Best Original Design at international charity competition
A multidisciplinary team of students and faculty continued an RIT tradition of participating in Canstruction Rochester by making EVE from WALL-E out of more than 2,400 canned goods.
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October 17, 2025
Photo contest reveals hidden beauty — and mystery — in the microscopic world around us
NBC News highlights the 2025 Nikon Small World photomicrography competition. Retired professor Michael Peres was included in the competition showcase. Started in 1975, the contest celebrates the beauty of images taken through a light microscope.
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October 16, 2025
Erie Canal’s 200th anniversary: How a technological marvel for trade changed the environment forever
An essay by Christine Keiner, chair of the Department of Science, Technology, and Society, published by The Conversation.
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October 15, 2025
Researchers develop self-healing materials to improve 3D-printing processes
Self-healing materials are being developed by RIT researchers to further improve additive manufacturing, specifically 3D-printed products, to make them stronger and more resilient.
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October 15, 2025
Ph.D. candidate encourages her class to judge a book by its cover
The Secret Lives of Books, a special topics elective offered by the museum studies program in the College of Liberal Arts, gives hands-on experience with paper, ink, pigments, and all the material components of a book.
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October 14, 2025
Leave the leaves! Those piles make great homes for butterflies, moths
Democrat and Chronicle speaks to Kaitlin Stack Whitney, assistant professor in the Department of Science, Technology, and Society, about the benefits of leaves on grass.
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October 13, 2025
RIT captures Highmark Stadium in massive light-painted photo
WGRZ-TV speaks to Eric Kunsman, assistant professor in the Department of Visual Communications Studies, about how the Big Shot team painted Highmark Stadium with light.
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October 13, 2025
RIT’s 37th ‘Big Shot’ memorializes Highmark Stadium, painting with light
WROC-TV speaks to Eric Kunsman, assistant professor in the Department of Visual Communications Studies, and Dan Hughes, lecturer in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, about the Big Shot event.
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October 13, 2025
GALLERY: RIT pays homage to Buffalo Bills stadium in 2025 Big Shot project
WHAM-TV features the RIT Big Shot at Highmark Stadium and speaks to Eric Kunsman, assistant professor in the Department of Visual Communications Studies, and first-year photographic sciences student Emerson Pearlberg about the event.
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October 13, 2025
RIT Big Shot team blitzes Highmark Stadium
RIT commemorated the Buffalo Bills’ final season at Highmark Stadium on Oct. 11 with nighttime photos, including a 360-degree panoramic image that will be displayed in the new stadium when it opens next year.