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  • November 13, 2024

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    Ph.D. student finds joy in carbon composite 3D printing

    Sai Sri Nidhi Munaganuru, from Hyderabad, India, anticipates completing her Ph.D. this summer from RIT’s mechanical and industrial engineering program. Her work extends the capability of carbon fiber technology through a new manufacturing approach that could eliminate high production costs, waste, and dependence on skilled labor.

  • November 13, 2024

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    RIT Incident

    The Henrietta Fire Department quickly extinguished a fire this morning at Tiger Stadium. One construction worker was transported to the hospital with minor injuries. The incident did not impact classes. All campus operations are operating normally. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

  • November 13, 2024

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    Grad brings together Black women in the film industry

    When walking into the workplace, one might assume that the staff would be as diverse as the local community it’s in. Chris Wairegi, a cinematographer based in Brooklyn, N.Y., found that this isn’t the case in the film industry.

  • November 12, 2024

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    New minor bridges gaps between property development and management

    RIT’s new real estate in hospitality minor gives students the opportunity to connect real estate knowledge with hospitality management practices. Launched in fall 2023, this minor is designed to equip students with specialized skills for careers in both industries.

  • November 12, 2024

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    EchoMentor creates a new wave of sonographers

    Hayley Bartkus and Christina Werth created EchoMentor as an educational platform for healthcare professionals working in sonography or ultrasound, a medical imaging method that uses sound waves to peer inside the body.

  • November 11, 2024

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    New Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation captures the startup spirit on campus

    The Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, in partnership with students, faculty, staff, alumni, industrial partners, and investors, will catalyze the development of successful ventures, and will strategically consolidate several existing departments and centers supporting the university entrepreneurial community, and beyond.

  • November 8, 2024

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    RIT professor proposes new way to make artificial intelligence smarter and greener

    The brain is a great source of inspiration for Alexander Ororbia, an assistant professor of computer science and cognitive science at RIT. By mimicking how neurons in the brain learn, Ororbia is working to make artificial intelligence more powerful and energy efficient. His research was recently published in the journal Science Advances.

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  • November 8, 2024

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    More than 300 veterans, family members, students, and community members attended RIT’s 13th annual Veteran’s Day Breakfast Nov. 8 in the Gordon Field House and Activities Center. The keynote speaker was Laura Heltz, executive director of the Veterans Outreach Center.

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