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October 23, 2020
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‘Iron Jawed Angels’ film discussion Oct. 30
An HBO film about Alice Paul and the suffrage movement, Iron Jawed Angels, will be the focus of a campus discussion and part of RIT's centennial celebration of the 19th amendment and women’s voting rights, Moving Forward: Suffrage Past, Present and Future on Oct. 30.
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October 23, 2020
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RIT/NTID inventors receive patent for hearing test
A new method for evaluating hearing has received a second patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Work leading to the patent, “Method for Determining Hearing Thresholds in the Absence of Pure-Tone Testing,” was conducted at Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
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October 23, 2020
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Applications for Dr. Munson’s Performing Arts Challenge being accepted
Video applications are being accepted for the fourth annual Dr. Munson’s Performing Arts Challenge, to be held virtually during Feb. 5 at FreezeFest. RIT President David Munson created the challenge to spotlight and encourage RIT students involved in performing arts to show their diverse talents.
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October 23, 2020
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Research team wins Catalyst Award in first year of international challenge
David Borkholder, Linwei Wang, Caroline Easton, and Adam Smith, part of RIT's Personalized Healthcare Technology signature research initiative, recently won a Catalyst Award from the National Academy of Medicine for their project, “Improving Health for the Aging through Daily Vital Signs Monitoring.”
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October 23, 2020
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New scholarship available for students referred by alumni
The RIT Alumni Referral Award allows alumni to nominate one undergraduate student applying for admission to RIT for a $1,000/year scholarship, renewable for four years, totaling $4,000.
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October 23, 2020
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RIT offers Data Analysis for Decision-Making Professional Certificate program on edX
People looking to become data literate in their professional and personal lives can now do it online with RIT's Data Analysis for Decision-Making Professional Certificate Program on edX. Registration is now open for the online data analysis program.
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October 23, 2020
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Student Life Center opens for RIT community
RIT’s Student Life Center opens Monday for students, faculty, and staff hoping to keep fit now that colder weather is settling in. It will be open from 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. weekdays, and noon to 4 p.m. on weekends.
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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.
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.