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January 24, 2025
The Ugliest Thing San Francisco Ever Built: Lessons for AI Infrastructure
An essay by Eryk Salvaggio, visiting lecturer in the College of Liberal Arts, published by Tech Policy Press.
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January 23, 2025
How engineers are working to solve the renewable energy storage problem
Yale Climate Connections speaks with Eric Hittinger, department chair in the Department of Public Policy, about renewable energy storage.
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January 23, 2025
FreezeFest planner encourages students to embrace winter
Since its inception in 2010, FreezeFest has brought students and the RIT community together for an assortment of winter-themed programs and events. Most of the events are not dependent upon snow and, unless mentioned, are free and open to all RIT students.
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January 23, 2025
Alm and Fitch awarded NSF grant to study visual prosody in ASL in collaboration with Gallaudet University
Linguists face a resource gap for studying visual prosody and its grammatical and emotional functions in sign languages, and for creating AI systems capable of processing visual prosody. Faculty members affiliated with RIT’s Ph.D. program in Cognitive Science aim to fill that gap through Deaf scientist-centered research.
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January 23, 2025
Celebrating creativity: MFA students capture international design honors
Five RIT visual communication design MFA students and recent alumni had design projects — from typographic works to event branding and advertising — recognized in the global Design Masterprize showcase.
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January 22, 2025
New architecture faculty member challenges students to see beyond a building’s walls
An architect and educator, Amanda Reis wants to inspire students in RIT’s master of architecture (M.Arch.) program to practice architecture in a way that is interdisciplinary and community-oriented.
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January 22, 2025
New research shows AI systems are getting closer to processing information like humans
RIT engineering professor Cory Merkel was one of more than a dozen researchers in neuromorphic computing contributing findings published on Jan. 22 in Nature.
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January 22, 2025
Design alumna makes smooth transition to industry
The experience Julia Tenney '24 had in RIT's new media design program set her up for success in her current role as a UI designer at Procter & Gamble.
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January 21, 2025
A practical way to modernize midcentury academic spaces for today’s learners
University Business Magazine highlights the stunning transformation of Max Lowenthal Hall – home to RIT's Saunders College of Business.
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January 21, 2025
How to improve policing with evidence-based training
Rochester Beacon features an essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and head of the Department of Sustainability.
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January 21, 2025
Historic theater pipe organ destined for RIT
The first pieces of a massive, historic theater pipe organ built more than 90 years ago have been installed at RIT’s music performance theater, which is currently under construction.
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January 21, 2025
Student filmmakers showcase their work on WXXI in the next edition of ‘RIT Shorts’
WXXI continues to spotlight the work of students and alumni from RIT’s School of Film and Animation through RIT Shorts, a biannual short film series.