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February 24, 2021
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RIT faculty using smartphones and artificial intelligence to help assess crop roots
An RIT faculty member is creating new artificial intelligence systems that could empower agricultural researchers, breeders, nurseries, and other users to analyze the roots of their crops with the power of their smartphones. Assistant Professor Guoyu Lu is receiving a $450,000 New Investigator grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to conduct the research.
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February 23, 2021
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RIT/NTID Dyer Arts Center launches virtual exhibit of Modernism by Deaf artists
A virtual opening reception for the Dyer Arts Center’s newest exhibit will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, via Zoom. The exhibition “This is Not Normal: Deaf Modernist Sensibilities,” will showcase Surrealism and other works within the broader genre of Modernism by Deaf artists.
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February 22, 2021
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RIT retools its wastewater testing approach for the spring semester
RIT is continuing to refine the way it monitors wastewater to assess the prevalence of coronavirus on campus.
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February 19, 2021
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Meet College of Health Sciences and Technology Dean Yong ‘Tai’ Wang
RIT’s College of Health Sciences and Technology began the year under new leadership with Dean Yong “Tai” Wang. Wang joined RIT in January from the University of Texas at Tyler. His research focuses on rehabilitative biomechanics related to wheelchair locomotion and Tai Chi exercise.
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February 19, 2021
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RIT’s Sentinel Society aims to build a community of leadership annual donors
University Advancement has formally launched RIT’s new leadership annual giving program, Sentinel Society. The program aims to build a community of donors who make meaningful annual investments of $1,000 or more to the university.
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February 19, 2021
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New acoustic rooms at RIT enhance student experience in performing arts
New state-of-the-art sound isolation rehearsal rooms which can simulate being in a small room, large arena, or even a cathedral are available to RIT students involved in performing arts.
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February 17, 2021
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Film grad, now VFX editor, finds work on ‘The Prom’ personally and professionally rewarding
As a visual effects (VFX) editor, Harlan Doolittle ’14 (film production) oversees virtually every visual-effects shot in each film or episode they work on by working with editors and producers on what they need creatively to help shape each individual shot with VFX artists and vendors.
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February 16, 2021
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Garth Fagan Dance “NY PopsUp” Performance at RIT
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced an expansive statewide arts festival consisting of pop-up events, “NY PopsUp,” which will feature more than 300 performances that will take place across the state to help revitalize the struggling live entertainment sector. RIT was contacted and asked to host a “NY PopsUp” performance by Garth Fagan Dance to say thank you to some of our frontline workers.
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![Photo by A. Sue Weisler <br> <p>Garth Fagan Dance and RIT were asked to partner with New York state on this initiative to support performing arts across the state and to say thank you to some of RIT's essential workers and students.</p>]()
![Photo by Elizabeth Lamark <br> <p>RIT and MAGIC Spell Studios hosted three performances on Feb. 21, limited to 50 people each.</p>]()
![Photo by Elizabeth Lamark <br> <p>RIT and MAGIC Spell Studios hosted three performances on Feb. 21, limited to 50 people each.</p>]()
![Photo by Elizabeth Lamark <br> <p>RIT and MAGIC Spell Studios hosted three performances on Feb. 21, limited to 50 people each.</p>]()
![Photo by A. Sue Weisler <br> <p>A monument of Frederick Douglass, created by Olivia Kim, adjunct faculty in RIT’s College of Art and Design, was an integral part of one performance.</p>]()
![Photo by A. Sue Weisler <br> <p>RIT and MAGIC Spell Studios hosted three performances on Feb. 21, limited to 50 people each.</p>]()
![Photo by A. Sue Weisler <br> <p>Garth Fagan, right, founder and choreographer of Garth Fagan Dance, and RIT President David Munson, left, address the crowd during the last performance.</p>]()
![Photo by A. Sue Weisler <br> <p>“NY PopsUp” kicked off with dance performances by Garth Fagan Dance at RIT.</p>]()
February 23, 2021
Photo by Elizabeth Lamark
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced more than 300 statewide performances to revitalize the entertainment industry. “NY PopsUp” kicked off with dance performances by Garth Fagan Dance at RIT.
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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February 24, 2021
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Keep Your Group Chats Small — or It Could Ruin You
Debugger talks to David Neumann, professor in the School of Communication, about the problems with having too many participants in a group chat.
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February 24, 2021
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Toilet Seat Offers Relief for Heart Patients
ASME.org features David Borkholder, the Bausch and Lomb Professor of Microsystems Engineering, and Nicholas Conn '11, '13 MS (electrical engineering).
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February 24, 2021
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A Rochester perspective on the Texas disaster and how New York can learn from a failed electric grid
WROC-TV talks to Eric Hittinger, associate professor of public policy, about how the weather and other factors effect the electric grid.
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February 22, 2021
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State audits show NY school districts at risk for cyberattacks
WHAM-TV talks to Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer in the Department of Computing Security, about cybersecurity concerns in New York school districts.
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