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October 17, 2025
Deaf and hard-of-hearing students network with recruiters at NTID career fair
WHEC-TV highlights NTID's Deaf and hard-of-hearing career fair, which was hosted on Thursday, Oct. 16.
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October 17, 2025
Photo contest reveals hidden beauty — and mystery — in the microscopic world around us
NBC News highlights the 2025 Nikon Small World photomicrography competition. Retired professor Michael Peres was included in the competition showcase. Started in 1975, the contest celebrates the beauty of images taken through a light microscope.
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October 16, 2025
Erie Canal’s 200th anniversary: How a technological marvel for trade changed the environment forever
An essay by Christine Keiner, chair of the Department of Science, Technology, and Society, published by The Conversation.
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October 15, 2025
A Haunted Power Plant Becomes a Park. Is This the Future?
The New York Times features Manresa Wilds, a Connecticut project led by philanthropist Austin McChord ’09 (bioinformatics) that transforms a former power plant into a public park showcasing innovative environmental and community renewal. (This content will require a subscription to view.)
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October 15, 2025
RIT adds second ambulance to campus EMS agency
WHAM-TV showcases the new ambulance added to the RIT Ambulance fleet.
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October 15, 2025
RIT enhances emergency response with new campus ambulance
WROC-TV outlines how the new ambulance will help serve both RIT and the surrounding community.
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October 15, 2025
Rochester Institute of Technology awarded $272,000 for a second ambulance
WXXI speaks to John Chizmadia, production engineer for University Production Services and captain of training and clinical care for RIT Ambulance, about the new ambulance.
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October 15, 2025
RIT expands emergency medical service with second ambulance
WHEC-TV highlights the new ambulance in the RIT Ambulance fleet.
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October 14, 2025
Researchers making AEDs more accessible for deaf users
Spectrum News talks to Tiffany Panko, executive director for NTID's Deaf Health Care and Biomedical Science Hub; Elizabeth Ayers, senior lecturer in the Department of Science and Mathematics; and Christopher Knigga, director of Facilities Services and Sustainability, about making AED's more accessible.
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October 14, 2025
Aquarium of Niagara celebrates Deaf Culture Awareness Weekend with inclusive events
WGRZ-TV speaks to Mark Sommer, senior director for NTID's Regional STEM Center, about the inclusive events.
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October 14, 2025
Leave the leaves! Those piles make great homes for butterflies, moths
Democrat and Chronicle speaks to Kaitlin Stack Whitney, assistant professor in the Department of Science, Technology, and Society, about the benefits of leaves on grass.
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October 13, 2025
RIT captures Highmark Stadium in massive light-painted photo
WGRZ-TV speaks to Eric Kunsman, assistant professor in the Department of Visual Communications Studies, about how the Big Shot team painted Highmark Stadium with light.