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March 11, 2026
RIT Sets Course for the Future with 2035 Strategic Framework
National Today reports on comments from Bill Sanders, president of RIT, and Susan Puglia, chair of RIT’s Board of Trustees, about the university’s new 2035 Strategic Framework outlining priorities such as student success, research growth, and global impact.
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March 10, 2026
Sitting Down With... James Perkins
The Pathologist interviews James Perkins, professor in RIT’s medical illustration program, about his career creating illustrations for major medical textbooks and teaching in the program where he earned his master’s degree.
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March 10, 2026
Officials spark backlash with concerning plans for US dams: 'Increases the risk of harm'
The Cool Down speaks to Callie Babbitt, professor in the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, about the environmental tradeoffs of hydroelectric dams as a federal court case in Oregon examines how dam operations impact endangered salmon populations.
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March 10, 2026
Rochester’s next industrial chapter is the circular economy
Democrat and Chronicle speaks to Nabil Nasr, associate provost and director of Golisano Institute for Sustainability, about positioning Rochester as a leader in circular manufacturing and material reuse. (This content may require a subscription to view.)
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March 6, 2026
Bright Spot: 1,100 sandwiches for a cause
13WHAM spotlights RIT's annual PBJam, an event where students, staff, and administrators, including RIT President Bill Sanders, made more than 1,100 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to kick off the university's United Way Campaign.
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March 5, 2026
Researchers are combining drones and AI to make removing land mines faster and safer
In an article for The Conversation, imaging science Ph.D. student Sagar Lekhak explains how using drones, sensor data, and AI can make detecting land mines safer and more efficient.
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March 5, 2026
AI Fatigue and Vocational Awe in Academic Libraries
In a guest post for The Scholarly Kitchen, Greyson Pasiak, GCCIS and student success librarian, explores how an expanded workload created by the implementation of generative AI can lead those in higher education to burnout.
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March 5, 2026
ISC2 debuts code of conduct for cybersecurity profession
IT Brew interviews Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer of cybersecurity, about the new ISC2 Code of Professional Conduct for cybersecurity professionals.
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March 4, 2026
Clean water’s true price in rural India
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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March 4, 2026
Congress once fought to limit a president’s war powers
The Washington Post features an essay by Sarah Burns, associate professor in RIT's Department of Political Science. The essay was originally published by The Conversation.
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March 4, 2026
Congress once fought to limit a president’s war powers − more than 50 years later, its successors are less willing to assert their authority
In an article for The Conversation, Sarah Burns, associate professor of political science, compares past and current reactions from Congress when a U.S. president unilaterally declares war.
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March 1, 2026
designboom radar: exhibitions to see around the world this march
designboom spotlights an upcoming exhibition, "Lella and Massimo Vignelli: a language of Clarity," at Triennale Milano. The Milan-based exhibition was organized in collaboration with RIT's Vignelli Center for Design Studies.