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June 17, 2025
RPL rolls out new library on wheels
Rochester Beacon reports on RPL GO!, a new library vehicle in the Rochester Public Library system. The design was in part created by students in RIT's College of Art and Design.
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June 17, 2025
Emirati, Arab women sharpen AI skills
Gulf Today reports on 70 Emirati and Arab women who graduated from the NOMU Al Ghurair Women in AI program, a 20-week AI certification program, at RIT Dubai.
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June 15, 2025
RIT's Munson on rising costs, lost grants and international students
WXXI News speaks with President David Munson about how RIT is navigating economic headwinds resulting from President Donald Trump's campaign to upend the finances of colleges and universities nationwide.
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June 13, 2025
Students from 70 countries attend the Genius Olympiad
WHAM-TV reports that more than 1,000 students from more than 70 countries and 30 states gathered at RIT for the Genius Olympiad.
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June 12, 2025
Check out this interactive map of the early universe, considered largest ever created
USA Today features Associate Professor Jeyhan Kartaltepe and the COSMOS-Web team. The international research group publicly released the largest look ever at the universe.
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June 12, 2025
The real reasons your appliances die young
The New York Times interviews Alex Lobos, director of the School of Design, about the product designs of appliances that consumers are looking for.
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June 11, 2025
‘The urgency of this moment is upon us’: Takeaways from the first NY Workforce Connect
Syracuse.com reports on the NY Workforce Connect conference, where workforce development leaders—including Chris Harris, assistant vice president of Government and Community Relations—discussed the challenges and opportunities ahead for the semiconductor industry.
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June 11, 2025
How Rochester Institute of Technology is powering a new generation of women leaders
Yahoo interviews Associate Professor Kathleen Lamkin-Kennard and members of the Hot Wheelz racing team for a story about women taking on leadership roles.
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June 10, 2025
RIT blends brutalist roots with modern learning design
Rochester Business Journal features Jacqueline Mozrall, dean of Saunders College of Business, speaking about the combination of brutalist architecture and modern renovations of Max Lowenthal Hall.
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June 10, 2025
Largest-ever map of the universe reveals 800,000 galaxies
Earth.com reports on the COSMOS-Web data release, co-led by Associate Professor Jeyhan Kartaltepe, which reveals the largest and most detailed map of the universe ever.
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June 9, 2025
1.5 TB of James Webb Space Telescope data just hit the internet
The Register interviews Jeyhan Kartaltepe, associate professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, about the COSMOS-Web data release.
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June 7, 2025
How air pollution affects mental health
Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and head of the Department of Sustainability, highlights new research that links short-term spikes in PM2.5 to increased antidepressant use in an essay for Basis Point Insight.