News by Topic: Faculty
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April 13, 2023
Another emailed bomb threat against Hilton schools; Will they ever find the sender?
WHEC-TV talks to Ahmed Hamza, lecturer in the Department of Computing Security, about tracking emailed bomb threats.
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April 13, 2023
RIT talks e-cigarette safety as lawsuit pays out $462M settlement
WROC-TV talks to Risa Robinson, department head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, about her research on e-cigarettes.
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April 12, 2023
Banning TikTok could weaken personal cybersecurity
Essay by Robert Olson, senior lecturer of computing security, published by The Conversation.
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April 12, 2023
Mari Jaye Blanchard receives Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching
When Mari Jaye Blanchard hits the rock climbing gym, she describes the environment as a community supporting each other as they pursue their personal goals.
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April 12, 2023
O’Neil honored with Richard and Virginia Eisenhart Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
Jennifer O’Neil enjoys thermodynamic memes, powerplants, and Marvel Comic heroes, especially Iron Man, and she has found ways to connect all of them for her engineering technology classes. She makes these connections through activities that bring to life complex topics that solidify learning for her students.
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April 12, 2023
Jason Listman raises the bar in student-centered education
From an early age, Jason Listman knew that he was called to serve and help people navigate through their challenges. But it was a connection with an RIT/NTID professor that steered him into the classroom, where he would soon stand out as an instructor, mentor, and facilitator.
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April 12, 2023
Sharon Mason teaches students to succeed by embracing challenges
Sharon Mason knows that her students will encounter a few zigzags and bumps in their educational journeys. She views those challenges as a good thing.
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April 12, 2023
Business college professor a passionate advocate for students and alumni
When Clyde Eiríkur Hull interviewed for an assistant professor position in RIT’s Saunders College of Business in 2001, he remembers the impact of learning how the Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching represents RIT’s highest honor for tenured faculty.
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April 10, 2023
How does history shape our understanding of a mid-sized city like Rochester?
WXXI’s “Connections” program features Michael Brown, associate professor in the Department of History.
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April 7, 2023
RIT and Seneca Park Zoo Society to host Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup event at the Port of Rochester
RIT and the Seneca Park Zoo Society will hold a special event at the Port of Rochester from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 15, to educate members of the public on how they can address plastic pollution and showcase some of the latest technology in the field.
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April 7, 2023
Engineering technology student upgrades industrial robot to be used for future classes
Pete Van Camp played detective before he acted as a manufacturing engineer for his graduate capstone project. His project involved upgrading a Fanuc industrial robot, which had been sitting idle for a short time in the Fabrication and Robotics Lab located in RIT’s College of Engineering Technology. Limited documentation about functions, missing cables and components, and fewer technical people from the company to provide service support were just a few of the barriers Van Camp encountered as he began.
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April 6, 2023
Gift from alumnus Steve Wear will support RIT’s imaging science students and drone lab
A gift from an RIT distinguished alumnus, Steve Wear '91 (imaging science), will help RIT students and researchers reach new heights on the frontier of imaging science.