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June 10, 2025
Heidi Miller retires after nearly 32 years with the physician assistant program
RIT’s physician assistant program celebrated its 30th graduating class this year, and now its biggest champion, former director and founder Heidi Miller, is preparing to retire at the end of June after nearly 32 years.
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June 10, 2025
Professor Emeritus Denis Defibaugh named 2025 Guggenheim Fellow
Photographer and Professor Emeritus Denis Defibaugh was named a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow and will return to Greenland in July to document native culture.
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June 10, 2025
RIT blends brutalist roots with modern learning design
Rochester Business Journal features Jacqueline Mozrall, dean of Saunders College of Business, speaking about the combination of brutalist architecture and modern renovations of Max Lowenthal Hall.
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June 10, 2025
Researchers develop cybersecurity test for AI being used by Google
A team of RIT experts has created CTIBench, a new tool that evaluates how much a large language model really knows about cybersecurity. CTIBench is the first and most comprehensive benchmark in the Cyber Threat Intelligence space. The tool is already being used by Google, Cisco, and Trend Micro.
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June 10, 2025
Largest-ever map of the universe reveals 800,000 galaxies
Earth.com reports on the COSMOS-Web data release, co-led by Associate Professor Jeyhan Kartaltepe, which reveals the largest and most detailed map of the universe ever.
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June 9, 2025
1.5 TB of James Webb Space Telescope data just hit the internet
The Register interviews Jeyhan Kartaltepe, associate professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, about the COSMOS-Web data release.
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June 7, 2025
How air pollution affects mental health
Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and head of the Department of Sustainability, highlights new research that links short-term spikes in PM2.5 to increased antidepressant use in an essay for Basis Point Insight.
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June 6, 2025
Interpreter Richard “Smitty” Smith to retire after 46 years at NTID
Interpreter Richard “Smitty” Smith will retire after 46 years at RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
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June 6, 2025
AI brain-computer interface expert and former Oxford University professor joins RIT
Former Oxford University professor Newton Howard is fueled by his fascination with quantum biology and neuroscience. This fall, Howard will bring his enthusiasm and expertise to RIT’s School of Individualized Study as a professor of practice.
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June 6, 2025
NASA to release most detailed images of the universe ever captured
ABC News interviews Jeyhan Kartaltepe, associate professor in RIT's School of Physics and Astronomy, about COSMOS-Web. Kartaltepe served as the lead researcher for COSMOS-Web, the largest General Observer program selected for Cycle 1 of the James Webb Space Telescope.
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June 5, 2025
James Webb Space Telescope reveals largest-ever panorama of the early universe
Space.com interviews Associate Professor Jeyhan Kartaltepe about COSMOS-Web, the largest General Observer program selected for Cycle 1 of the James Webb Space Telescope. Kartaltepe served as the lead researcher for COSMOS-Web.
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June 5, 2025
RIT’s Rachel Conidaris on Leveraging New Workflows to Produce Division I Ice Hockey, Preparing Students for Careers After Graduation
Sports Video Group News interviews Rachel Conidaris, producer/director/editor in RIT's University Production Services, at the 2025 SVG College Summit. She shares how her team supports sports programming on campus.