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February 24, 2021

Saunders College renovation, expansion to begin soon

A transformational gift from serial entrepreneur and philanthropist E. Philip Saunders will help fund a major renovation and expansion to Max Lowenthal Hall, home of RIT’s Saunders College of Business. Read more >

RIT faculty using smartphones and artificial intelligence to help assess crop roots >

Ask a question: President Munson on WITR today >

RIT retools its wastewater testing approach for the spring semester >

Event: Black Mental Health Matters >

RIT/NTID Dyer Arts Center launches virtual exhibit of Modernism by Deaf artists >

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Newsmakers

Silvia Benso, professor of philosophy, published Open Borders: Encounters between Italian Philosophy and Continental Thought (SUNY Press). The co-edited volume, based on the idea that borders are not barriers but thresholds of communication, features the thought of late 20th-century Italian thinkers as they redefine traditional philosophical concepts in conversation with important philosophers in the Continental tradition.

Rehman Eon ’20 Ph.D. (imaging science) and Charles Bachmann, the Frederick and Anna B. Wiedman Chair in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, published “Mapping barrier island soil moisture using a radiative transfer model of hyperspectral imagery from an unmanned aerial system” in the journal Scientific Reports.

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Media Coverage

State audits show NY school districts at risk for cyberattacks >
WHAM-TV talks to Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer in the Department of Computing Security, about cybersecurity concerns in New York school districts.

Dubai student's game-changing innovation for the deaf >
The Khaleej Times features JayShaud Potter '19 (applied arts and sciences), a professional studies and MBA student, and his Smart Pillow invention.

RIT hosts 'NY PopsUp' event to revive the arts >
WHEC-TV talks to David Long, director of RIT's MAGIC Center, about hosting New York state's first "NY PopsUp" event.

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Photo Spotlight

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced more than 300 statewide performances to revitalize the entertainment industry. “NY PopsUp” kicked off with dance performances by Garth Fagan Dance at RIT.

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Photo Gallery Available >

Upcoming Events

Wed

Imaging Science Seminar: Geospatial data science applications to address air quality challenges >
3:30-4:30 p.m. Feb. 24

RIT-RISE Scientists-in-Training Series: Navigating the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Getting a PhD >
4-5 p.m. Feb. 24

Ethics and a Meaningful Career >
5:30-6:30 p.m. Feb. 24

The Timeless Cultural Iconography of Graphic Medicine >
6:30-7:30 p.m. Feb. 24

ASL Lecture Series presents: A Journey of Diverse Communication by Korian "Koko" Thomas >
7-8:15 p.m. Feb. 24

The Eiffel Tower Wears Prada - Studying Abroad in France >
7-7:45 p.m. Feb. 24

Thu

Quiet Journalists, Shy Reporters and Their Role in a Free Press >
11 a.m.-noon Feb. 25

CLA Women's and Gender Studies Speaker Series: To(o) Queer the Artist: An Aesthetics of Self-Making >
11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Feb. 25

COS Co-op Student Panel >
noon-1 p.m. Feb. 25

Virtual Drop-in Connections: Being a Student-Athlete in the COVID Era >
1-2 p.m. Feb. 25

CLA Gosnell Lecture Series >
3-4 p.m. Feb. 25

Saunders MBA and MS Graduate Information Session | Online >
5:30-6:30 p.m. Feb. 25

Working Remotely in a Creative Team >
5:30-6:30 p.m. Feb. 25

Black Heritage Month Comedy Night: Ian Lara >
6-7 p.m. Feb. 25

Craft Night with WE@RIT >
6-7 p.m. Feb. 25

Inside the Game Industry >
6:30-7:30 p.m. Feb. 25

Lecture: Photojournalist Brian Palmer >
6:30-7:30 p.m. Feb. 25

Virtual Audiology and Speech/Language Services Information Session >
7-8 p.m. Feb. 25

CAB Cinema Presents: Harriet >
8-11 p.m. Feb. 25

Fri

CAB General Presents: CAB x BACC Block Party >
11 a.m.-2 p.m. Feb. 26

Food Trucks >
11 a.m.-2 p.m. Feb. 26

Tibetan Typeforms: the Historical Development of Tibetan Typefaces >
noon-1 p.m. Feb. 26

"Fly on the Wall" Interview >
noon-12:30 p.m. Feb. 26

Physics Colloquium: Physics Doesn't Just Sell Itself >
1:25-2:15 p.m. Feb. 26

Black Mental Health Matters >
5-6 p.m. Feb. 26

Food Trucks >
5:30-9:30 p.m. Feb. 26

This is Not Normal: Deaf Modernist Sensibilities Webinar Reception >
7-8:30 p.m. Feb. 26

Sat

WiCHacks >
12:01 a.m.-11:59 p.m. Feb. 27

Into the ROC: Ice Skating at MLK Park >
11:15 a.m.-1:15 p.m. Feb. 27

CAB Virtual Presents: Vine Trivia >
7-8 p.m. Feb. 27

Sun

Broadway comes to RIT >
3-4:30 p.m. Feb. 28

Mon

Virtual Drop-in Connections: Being an Out-of-State, Remote, or Quarantined Student in the COVID Era >
4-5 p.m. March 1

Tue

Virtual Drop-in Connections: Being an International Student in the COVID Era >
noon-1 p.m. March 2

Math Modeling Seminar: Computational Fluid Dynamics Model of Wildfire Behavior >
2-2:50 p.m. March 2

Thinking of changing your major? >
4-5 p.m. March 2

Virtual Drop-in Connections: Greek Life in the COVID Era >
4-5 p.m. March 2

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