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Dr. Steven Carnovale, assistant professor of supply chain management is part of the team that created the Logistics Managers’ Index (LMI), used to identify trends and developments in the industry over time. Their work was recently covered in DC Velocity.

Dr. Steven Carnovale, assistant professor of supply chain management, is part of the team that created the Logistics Managers’ Index (LMI), used to identify trends and developments in the industry over time. Their work was recently covered in Supply Chain Dive.

Dr. Steven Carnovale, assistant professor of supply chain management is part of the team that created the Logistics Managers’ Index (LMI), used to identify trends and developments in the industry over time. Their work was recently covered in FreightWaves.

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.

Madeline Rile Smith '20 MFA (Glass) engaged in a creative partnership with TikTok to produce dozens of videos that educate users about the science and art of different methods of glassworking. Some of the posts have gone viral.

Hinda Mandell, associate professor in the School of Communication, contributes to a piece published in Politico.

The Guardian features a book co-written by Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy.

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.

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.

Toilet seats with high-tech sensors might be the non-invasive technology of the future that could help reduce hospital return rates of individuals with heart disease. A joint project by researchers at RIT and the University of Rochester Medical Center will determine if in-home monitoring can successfully record vital signs and reduce risk and costly re-hospitalization rates for people with heart failure. The five-year, $2.9 million venture is funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Mona Harrington ’08 MS (professional studies) was appointed executive director of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) in June 2020. As leader of the EAC, Harrington has revamped the agency and spearheaded a series of initiatives to ensure COVID-19 and cybersecurity challenges don’t harm the election process.

Matt Huenerfauth, professor and expert in computing accessibility research, is part of a team that has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to use artificial intelligence to better understand the role of facial expressions in signed and spoken languages.