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October 21, 2020
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Ph.D. student uses computing to help solve 90-year-old math problem
David Narváez, a computing and information sciences Ph.D. student, used his expertise in symmetry-breaking to help a cluster of computers solve a 90-year-old math problem called Keller’s conjecture in just 30 minutes. He also brought in techniques that make the proof verifiable, meaning that mathematical computer programs can confirm the answer is correct.
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October 21, 2020
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Professor Emeritus Linda Barton honored for laboratory instruction by American Physical Society
Professor Emeritus Linda Barton is the 2021 recipient of the Jonathan F. Reichert and Barbara Wolff-Reichert Award for Excellence in Advanced Laboratory Instruction.
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October 21, 2020
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RIT scientist receives NSF funding to explore cellular compartmentalization in bacteria
Moumita Das, an associate professor in RIT’s School of Physics and Astronomy, received funding from the National Science Foundation to better understand the fundamental rules that allow bacteria to compartmentalize the functions within their cells.
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October 21, 2020
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College of Science receives RIT’s 2020 Changing Hearts and Minds Award
RIT’s College of Science is being recognized for its success diversifying the university’s faculty ranks and helping to advance RIT’s overall commitment to diversity. The college earned RIT’s 2020 Changing Hearts and Minds Award, sponsored annually by RIT’s Office of the Provost and the Office of Faculty Diversity and Recruitment. It marks the third time the college has received the award.
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October 19, 2020
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Wastewater surveillance provides RIT another tool in the COVID-19 prevention toolbox
RIT turned some heads over the summer when it announced it would begin testing wastewater on campus for traces of COVID-19, but the method has proven to be an important piece of intelligence for the university to combat the spread of coronavirus.
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October 19, 2020
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Faculty-researcher sees COVID-19 unfold from global perspective while on sabbatical at UNICEF
While the pandemic touched RIT locally, Ruben Proano, associate professor of industrial engineering, saw it from a global perspective, as part of a year-long sabbatical at UNICEF in Copenhagen, Denmark. His work extended ongoing research on making the vaccine market more affordable and profitable.
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October 16, 2020
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LenelS2 donates BlueDiamond readers and mobile credentials to Global Cybersecurity Institute
RIT’s new Global Cybersecurity Institute is on its way to becoming one of the most secure buildings in the Rochester area, due to the addition of the BlueDiamond readers and mobile credentials from LenelS2.
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October 16, 2020
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RIT behavioral health researchers expand opioid addiction treatment to rural N.Y., N.H.
RIT’s Behavioral Health program is expanding in new directions with a clinic on campus and federal funding to deliver addiction treatment in rural communities in upstate New York and rural New Hampshire.
Campus Spotlight
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October 14, 2020
Photo by Gabrielle Plucknette-DeVito
Senior Lecturer Thomas Warfield, center, takes advantage of a warm fall day and hosts his Dance II: Modern Dance and Ballet class outdoors by Lyndon Baines Johnson Hall.
Spring 2020 University Magazine
Students combine technology and design to help others. Also inside: Longest-serving faculty member leaves legacy of design.
Media Coverage
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October 21, 2020
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The Souls of Black Professors
Inside Higher Ed talks to Donathan Brown, assistant provost for diversity and inclusion, about barriers facing Black faculty members.
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October 21, 2020
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China makes it incredibly hard for foreign businesses to operate - but they stay because the money is just too good
Essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, published by The Conversation.
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October 21, 2020
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Tobyhanna Army Depot announces equal employment opportunity initiatives
DVIDS (Defense Visual Information Distribution Service) features the partnership between Tobyhanna Army Depot and NTID.
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October 20, 2020
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Watch: RIT Design Conversations – A Life of Firsts: Noel Mayo
Design Milk highlights the Vignelli Center’s Design Conversations Lecture Series.
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The killing of George Floyd and protests around the world against systemic injustice and inequality have prompted the RIT community to more closely examine its role in working to end racism. We’re launching a conversation to reinforce that Black Lives Matter. University leadership has pledged that the conversation, no matter how uncomfortable, must continue.