Artificial intelligence and deep learning have many research applications. In this episode Ray Ptucha, assistant professor of computer engineering in RIT’s College of Engineering, talks with computing doctoral student Robert Jimerson from the College of Computing and Information Sciences about a National Science Foundation project that their team is pursuing. It uses deep learning systems to develop a speech-recognition system to help preserve the Native American Seneca language.

Read a transcript of the podcast here: https://www.rit.edu/ritnews/pdfs/Seneca_language_AI_podcast_transcript.pdf

Entrepreneurs have lots of ideas. But what does it really take to turn one of those ideas into a viable business? In the new episode of Intersections, Rich Notargiacomo, director of RIT’s Venture Creations Technology Business Incubator, talks with Brandon Hudson, an applied arts and science major in the School of Individualized Studies and the first student selected for RIT’s Gap Year Entrepreneurship Fellows program, about the path taken by his award-winning energy services company, Connexus.

Read a transcript of this podcast here: https://www.rit.edu/ritnews/pdfs/RIT-Entrepreneurship-Podcast-Transcript.pdf

In the digital age, how can you be so sure that the photo, video or audio being shared on social media hasn’t somehow been altered or manipulated? In this edition of Intersections: The RIT Podcast, associate professor of photography Christye Sisson and motion picture science undergraduate student Owen Thompson, discuss media forensics and its role in protecting us all from fake news.

Read a transcript of the podcast here:https://www.rit.edu/news/pdfs/Media_Forensics_Podcast_Transcript.pdf

Massive rocket ships aren’t the only way to explore space. In this episode, imaging science professor Grover A. Swartzlander, Jr. and Amber Dubill, a mechanical engineering student, discuss the latest developments in space travel, including toaster-sized boats in the sky. Students are working solar sails, and developing RIT's first satellite.

Read a transcript of this podcast here: https://www.rit.edu/news/pdfs/Podcast-RIT-Space-Exploration.pdf

What becomes of unharvested crops, apples that grocery stores don’t sell, leftovers from a banquet? Food waste is a global issue with social, economic and environmental implications. On this episode of “Intersections: The RIT Podcast,” associate professors of sustainability Callie Babbitt and Tom Trabold discuss the problem and offer some practical and personal solutions that are helping influence public policy.

Read a transcript of this podcast: https://www.rit.edu/news/pdfs/Food-Waste-Podcast-Transcript.pdf

In this episode Jeyhan Kartaltepe, assistant professor of physics and astronomy and Brittany Vanderhoof, 3rd-year Ph.D. student in astrophysical sciences and technology discuss their career paths, the opportunities and challenges for women in the sciences and their own efforts to be role models for future generations of scientists.

Read a transcript of this podcast: https://www.rit.edu/news/pdfs/Women_in_Physics_Podcast_Transcript.pdf

This 1968 radio commercial invites the public to come visit RIT's brand new campus in Henrietta, describing it as an "impossible dream" that the community made a reality.

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Narrator: An Impossible Dream!

The new RIT campus was an impossible dream that has been given substance through the generosity of thousands of Rochestarians, individual and corporate. Now that impossible dream is nearly complete. Seven and a half million bricks have been laid, thousands of tons of equipment and supplies are in place, and finishing operations move forward at a frenzy pace. Amidst it all, nearly 15,000 students, faculty, and staff are hard at work in the learning process. You can see this impossible dream which the Rochester community made a reality. You and your family are invited to visit the new Rochester Institute of Technology campus on Jefferson road near Balentine bridge from 1-5 on Sunday, October 20th.

Robin Cass, interim dean of the College of Art and Design, and John Aäsp , gallery director, discuss how RIT City Art Space in downtown Rochester will invite the public to engage with the university through culture and creativity. Read a transcript of this episode: https://www.rit.edu/news/pdfs/City_Art_Space_Podcast_Transcript.pdf

Associate Professor of Comic Studies Dan Worden talks with RIT visiting cartoonist in residence, Leigh Rubin, the creator of Rubes, about his path from advertising arts major to internationally syndicated cartoonist. Read a transcript of this podcast: https://www.rit.edu/news/pdfs/Cartoonist_In_Residence_Podcast_Transcript.pdf

In this episode Trevor Barrett, assistant director of RIT’s Veterans and Military Enrollment Services Office talks with fellow former U.S. Marine now RIT computing student Brennan Jackson about adjusting to life after military service and what RIT is doing – and still needs to do – to help veterans succeed in their educational pursuits.

You can read a transcript of the podcast too: https://www.rit.edu/news/pdfs/intersections_veterans.pdf