Today’s Top Stories
NTID displays work by black deaf artistsIn celebration of Black History Month, the Dyer Arts Center hosts “Unfolding the Soul of Black Deaf Expressions” through Feb. 27.
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Data privacy expert to speak ThursdayJacob Silverman presents “What Machines Know: Surveillance Anxiety and Digitizing the World” as part of the MAGIC Center Speaker Series.
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Research at RIT
Food Cluster Initiative boosts regionSince the Obama administration announced more than $1.5 million for RIT as a result of the U.S. Department of Labor and Innovation Accelerator Challenge, the program targeting businesses in food production has helped to further spur the Finger Lakes region into the breadbasket of New York.
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Newsmakers
Deirdre Schlehofer, assistant professor, NTID, and her research team won the faculty poster award at the Clinical and Translational Science Institute on Dec. 3 for their poster “Health Perceptions of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Female College Students.” Co-authors include Amy Lapham, Jessica Cuculick, Kristina Owens, Deborah Blizzard and Susan Foster.
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PetaPixel These Are Likely the World's First Wet Plate Collodion Photos of SnowflakesWillie Osterman, professor, fine art photography, and Michael Peres, associate chair, School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, featured
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Science News Early exposure to signing helps deaf kids on mental taskPeter Hauser, associate professor, NTID, quoted
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Journal Sentinel Violence Interrupted: Rochester, N.Y., police keep one step ahead of street disputesJohn Klofas, professor of criminal justice, quoted
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It's About Money Shop One2 - Rochester Institute of TechnologyWendy Marks, managing director, Shop One2, featured
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Upcoming Events
Film screening: Celebrating Kosovo Independence Day, Who Am I, 5 p.m. today, Global Village, building 400, room 2055A
Agnès Varda film series: Shorts by Agnès Varda, presented by Carl Atkins, Department of Performing Arts & Visual Culture, 8 p.m. today, Dryden Theatre, 900 East Ave., Rochester
Staff open forum: Meet Jeffrey Stanton, finalist for dean of B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, 9:30 a.m. tomorrow, Gleason Hall, room 1139
Information session: WOCHA: Women of Color, Honor and Ambition, noon tomorrow, MOSAIC Center, SAU
MAGIC Speaker Series: “What Machines Know: Surveillance Anxiety and Digitizing the World,” author Jacob Silverman, 1 p.m. tomorrow, Student innovation Hall, room 1600
CoDRoi Lecture Series: “Rigor Across Disciplines: Sustainability and the Paradox of Growth,” Evelyn Brister, 2 p.m. tomorrow, University Gallery
Bow Wow Wellness: Visit with therapy dogs, 4–5:30 p.m. tomorrow, SAU Fireside Lounge
Open forum: Meet Ann DeMarle, finalist for dean of B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, 9:30 a.m. Friday, Golisano Hall, room 1400