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The New York Times speaks to Joel Kastner, professor of imaging science at RIT, about new images from the MOTHRA telescope that reveal previously unseen stellar debris surrounding the Helix Nebula.

WHEC-TV showcases ROC the Pitch, a competition by RIT’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship that gives local business owners the chance to pitch their business for a shot at winning $20,000.

Rochester Business Journal features commentary from Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and head of the Department of Sustainability, examining research on how remote work has permanently reshaped the economic geography of many large U.S. cities and reduced the economic benefits of central business districts.

WXXI speaks to Chelsea Petree, director of Parent and Family Programs, about how students and families can navigate the transition to college and the start of a new academic year.

Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering, speaks with WROC-TV to explain the AI-assisted technology behind automated license plate readers.

Finger Lakes Times speaks to Ebony Miller, director of RIT's Center for Urban Entrepreneurship, about how ROC the Pitch helps entrepreneurs across the Finger Lakes build sustainable businesses.

Finger Lakes Daily News reports that RIT is among the institutions participating in Empire AI, New York's expanded artificial intelligence consortium, which is providing researchers access to one of the nation's most powerful academic AI supercomputers.

PetaPixel highlights an RIT-built camera mount that enabled NASA astronaut Don Pettit to capture a striking long-exposure image of the Milky Way from the International Space Station by compensating for the station's orbital motion.

The New Indian Express highlights a study co-authored by Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering, that used a machine comprehension model to compare and evaluate the academic quality of YouTube Kids channels.

State of Politics speaks to Ke Xu, assistant professor of physics, about the growing demand for AI data centers and the role they play in supporting next-generation computing amid New York's debate over new facilities.

Rochester Business Journal reports on how RIT is reshaping executive education with hybrid learning, applied leadership training, and AI-focused curriculum enhancements, speaking to Molly McGowan, co-director of RIT Executive Education.

The Boston Globe published an article from Evan Selinger, professor in the Department of Philosophy, on simple sensory pleasures. (This content will require a subscription to view.)