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July 19, 2022
Meet the summer fellows who are helping our newsroom change how we cover Rochester
The Democrat and Chronicle features its 2022 Revising the Rochester Narrative summer fellows: Genae Shields '22 (photojournalism); Madeline Lathrop, fourth-year journalism student; and Justice Marbury '22 (photojournalism).
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July 12, 2022
RIT economics professor discusses inflation, possibility of recession
Spectrum News talks to Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, about inflation and when to expect to see prices dropping.
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July 9, 2022
With Sign Language and Sound, an Artist Upends Audience Perceptions
The New York Times features Christine Sun Kim ’02 (applied arts and sciences).
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June 27, 2022
Museums and libraries nationwide leveraging low-cost spectral imaging systems built by RIT
Libraries and museums across the country have begun recapturing lost and obscured text on historically significant documents thanks to low-cost spectral imaging systems developed by faculty and students at RIT.
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June 24, 2022
Wealth of nations: Why some are rich, others are poor – and what it means for future prosperity
Essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, published by The Conversation.
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June 22, 2022
My advice to graduates is just one show: ‘The Wire’
Essay written by Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, published by The Boston Globe. (This content may require a subscription to view.)
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June 22, 2022
Some economists are skeptical of proposed federal gas tax holiday
WHAM-TV talks to Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, about problems with suspending the federal gas tax.
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June 2, 2022
Printmaking workshop showcases innovative processes of visiting artists
Twelve renowned printmakers took up residency at RIT for the one-week Artist Print! event, which culminated in an exhibition and auction of monoprints created by the artists.
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May 24, 2022
‘Clarissa Uprooted’ exhibit coming to City Art Space
Starting on June 3, the exhibit “Clarissa Uprooted: Unearthing Stories of Our Village (1940s-early 1970s)” will open in the RIT City Art Space. This show, created through a partnership between the Center for Teen Empowerment in Rochester and the Clarissa Street Reunion Committee, has involved a number of collaborators including RIT faculty and students from the College of Art and Design and the College of Liberal Arts.
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May 24, 2022
Parents of deaf children can more easily learn sign language thanks to powerful tech collaboration
The Center on Access Technology at NTID, in partnership with Google and Georgia Institute of Technology, is creating PopSign, a mobile app that will enable parents of deaf children to more easily learn American Sign Language.
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May 16, 2022
Some chocolate has a dark side to it - child labor
Essay by Robert Ulin, professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, published by The Conversation.
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May 16, 2022
Alumna Sydney VanWinkle heads to Madagascar to study impact of conservation efforts
Environmental science alumna Sydney VanWinkle ’19, ’21 MS will head to Madagascar this fall to study the impact that conservation initiatives have on local communities and the environment as part of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.