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Professor turns bus into business

Peruta

All aboard — Adam Peruta, assistant professor of strategic communication, hopped on the StartupBus on March 6 in Washington, D.C. Seventy-two hours and 1,500 miles later, before getting off the bus in Austin, Tex., at the South by Southwest interactive festival, Peruta and about 25 colleagues, including designers, developers and business people, were tasked with collaborating on making a startup company.

Author recycles reality

Armantrout

Rae Armantrout thinks of her poetry as a recycling process — she reuses the material the world provides to try to understand the big questions she’s had since she was young.

Body found in Cayuga Inlet

A body has been found in the Cayuga Inlet this morning at Allan H. Treman Marina State Park, according to several media reports.

Country musician incorporates folk tunes into latest album

Robert Ellis

Using the musical styles he developed while growing up in Texas, Robert Ellis has gained international recognition for his old-time country sound.

Alumnus launches nanocoating business to fight bacteria

There are 1,500 bacteria living on each square centimeter of a hand. Every material and surface a hand touches holds the same amount of bacteria, if not more.

Michael Holbert ’05 said this fact inspired him to apply antimicrobial properties to several materials. He has become the first person licensed in the U.S. by XTIO2 Inc., a company that develops nanotechnology and globally distributes advanced photocatalyst coatings, to use the XTI – 360 Active Shield. This is an opaque, surface coating using nanotechnology called a nanocoating applied to surfaces to reduce the amount of bacteria.The product, which has a 99 percent anti-germ efficacy rate, can be applied to all surfaces such as ceramics, fabrics, and plastics, except for leather and silk. Holbert is the president of Cleancoating, a company based in Philadelphia that offers the nanocoating service.

Public Safety reports two Lyon Hall laptop burglaries

The Office of Public Safety has reported two burglaries in Lyon Hall.

Tracking sex

Ithaca Condoms

A new website allows anyone in the world to digitally register where they’re having sex.


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