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July 31, 2025
Bright Spot: Surprise Chromebook giveaway empowers young game developers at RIT camp
WHAM-TV showcases the RIT-sponsored AT&T ROC Jr Game Dev Camp where campers learned coding and animation.
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July 30, 2025
Deepfake voice scams are more sophisticated than ever: How to keep your family safe
Mashable speaks to Matthew Wright, endowed professor and chair of RIT's Department of Cybersecurity, about the technology that creates cloned voices.
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July 30, 2025
Lifelong learning drives careers, innovation, ROI
Rochester Business Journal highlights RIT's Osher program, which promotes active senior learning and engagement, and speaks with Mary Tsikalakis, director of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. (This content may require a subscription to view.)
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July 29, 2025
The Economy Can’t Handle the Heat—or the Swings
An essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and head of the Department of Sustainability, published by Basis Point Insight.
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July 29, 2025
IoT students develop AI-powered device to protect crops from birds
Rwanda's The New Times discusses the Audio Moth, a solar-powered and AI-integrated smart device designed to scare pest birds off farmlands. Research for the device was supervised by RIT.
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July 29, 2025
ASL interpreter goes viral during a performance of 'Hamilton'
ABC News speaks to ASL Interpreter Shiann Cook '21 (university studies) about her performance of Hamilton at an Ohio theater.
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July 28, 2025
Drug pricing: What can the U.S. learn from other nations?
An essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and head of the Department of Sustainability, published by Rochester Business Journal.
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July 23, 2025
Former Va. Secretary of Homeland Security named DEA under Trump administration
WAVY.com reports that RIT alumnus Terrance Cole ’92 (criminal justice) was recently named as the new U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator.
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July 23, 2025
Top 10 universities in Dubai 2025–2026
Shiksha Study Abroad named RIT Dubai among the top 10 universities in Dubai.
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July 22, 2025
NASA is watching an exoplanet shrink under a tremendous force
Mashable spotlights research from astrophysical sciences and technology Ph.D. student Attila Varga. The discoveries, published in the Astrophysical Journal, offer a rare window into what planets look like in their infancy.
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July 22, 2025
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory spots young exoplanet rapidly shrinking in rare cosmic meltdown 330 light-years away
The Times of India highlights a discovery led by astrophysical sciences and technology Ph.D. student Attila Varga. The astronomers observed a dramatic event on exoplanet TOI 1227 b.
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July 18, 2025
RIT community mourns the loss of fan favorite Zamboni driver Stuart Hughes
WHEC-TV speaks to Jackie Nicholson, executive director of Intercollegiate Athletics, about the loss of Stuart Hughes, 47-year RIT employee and ice operations manager.