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Caroline DeLong

Professor

Department of Psychology
College of Liberal Arts

585-475-4191
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Caroline DeLong

Professor

Department of Psychology
College of Liberal Arts

Education

BA, New College of Florida; MA, Ph.D., University of Hawaii

Bio

Dr. DeLong is a cognitive psychologist with expertise in comparative cognition and perception. She has a B.A. from New College of Florida and a M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Hawaii. Prior to coming to RIT, she was a Visiting Professor of Psychology at New College of Florida and spent four years as a postdoctoral research associate at Brown University. She joined the Psychology Department at RIT in 2008.

Dr. DeLong’s research interests are in comparative cognition, human cognition and perception, and bioacoustics. Her past research has focused on cognitive representation and auditory perception in dolphins and bats. She is currently involved in research projects on river otters, olive baboons, and goldfish. Please see Dr. DeLong’s website for more information about her Comparative Cognition and Perception Lab.

Dr. DeLong teaches classes in Cognitive Psychology; Perception; Decision Making, Judgment, and Problem Solving; Senior Capstone Proposal; Seminar in Psychology; Senior Project in Psychology; Co-op; Independent Study; Thesis Proposal/Thesis; Graduate Cognition; and Advanced Research in Psychology.

Dr. DeLong’s website: www.rit.edu/delonglab/

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Invited Keynote/Presentation
DeLong, Caroline, et al. "The RIT Cognitive Research Program with North American River Otters (Lontra canadensis) at the Seneca Park Zoo." Otter Conservation Workshop XIII. Seattle Aquarium. Seattle, WA. 18 Mar. 2023. Conference Presentation.
Becker, Katie, et al. "Do goldfish recognize conspecifics using visual cues?" The 30th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition. Comparative Cognition Society. Melbourne, FL. 13 Apr. 2023. Conference Presentation.
DeLong, Caroline, et al. "Hand preferences for match-to-sample tasks in olive baboons (Papio anubis)." The 30th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition. Comparative Cognition Society. Melbourne, NY. 13 Apr. 2023. Conference Presentation.
DeLong, Caroline and Jessica Cantlon. "Playing with primates: Teaching STEM skills to elementary school students." Meeting of the Finger Lakes STEM Hub. Finger Lakes STEM Hub. Rochester, NY. 9 Jun. 2023. Lecture.
Brownell, Logan, et al. "Hand preferences in a troop of olive baboons (Papio anubis)." RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium. Rochester Insitute of Technology. Rochester, NY. 3 Aug. 2023. Conference Presentation.
Gunther, Kaitlin, Jessica Wegman, and Caroline DeLong. "Color is a salient cue for goldfish (Carassius auratus) discriminating between 3D stimuli rotated in the picture and depth planes." Western New York Undergraduate Psychology Conference. University of Buffalo. Buffalo, New York. 9 Apr. 2022. Conference Presentation.
Wegman, Jessica, et al. "Object recognition memory in North American river otters (Lontra canadensis)." RIT Graduate Showcase. Rochester Institute of Technology. Rochester, New York. 4 Apr. 2022. Conference Presentation.
Gunther, Kaitlin, Jessica Wegman, and Caroline DeLong. "Color is a salient cue for goldfish (Carassius auratus) discriminating between 3D stimuli rotated in the picture and depth planes." The 29th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition. Comparative Cognition Society. Melbourne Beach, Florida. 9 Apr. 2022. Conference Presentation.
Wegman, Jessica, et al. "Object recognition memory in North American river otters (Lontra canadensis)." The 29th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition. Comparative Cognition Society. Melbourne, Florida. 8 Apr. 2022. Conference Presentation.
DeLong, Caroline, et al. "Bioacoustics and beyond: Investigating animal sensory systems and cognitive processes." The 182nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Acoustical Society of America. Denver, Colorado. 24 May 2022. Conference Presentation.
Becker, Katie, et al. "Do goldfish visually discriminate between goldfish and other fish species?" RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium. Rochester Institute of Technology. Rochester, New York. 28 Jul. 2022. Conference Presentation.
DeLong, Caroline, et al. "The RIT Cognitive Research Program with North American River Otters." Annual Conference of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Baltimore, Maryland. 29 Aug. 2022. Conference Presentation.
Gunther, Kaitln, et al. "Visual discrimination of rotated 3D unicolor objects in goldfish (Carassius auratus)." RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium. RIT. Rochester, NY. 29 Jul. 2021. Lecture.
Sheldon, Hannah, et al. "Three second memory in goldfish debunked." Western New York Undergraduate Psychology Conference. University at Buffalo. Buffalo, NY. 17 Apr. 2021. Lecture.
Wegman, Jessica, et al. "Can goldfish (Carassius auratus) visually discriminate between rotated 3D objects that lack color cues?" The 28th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition. Comparative Cognition Society. Melbourne, FL. 10 Apr. 2021. Lecture.
DeLong, Caroline, et al. "Long-term object recognition memory in goldfish (Carassius auratus)." The 28th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition. Comparative Cognition Society. Melbourne, FL. 10 Apr. 2021. Lecture.
DeLong, Caroline. "What We Know About Vision in Otters." World Otter Day. Seneca Park Zoo. Rochester, NY. 27 May 2020. Lecture.
Morelli, Janessa, et al. "The Effect of Color Cues on Visual Discrimination of 3D Objects in Goldfish (Carassius auratus)." Western New York Undergraduate Psychology Conference. UB/Psi Chi. Buffalo, NY. 19 Apr. 2020. Conference Presentation.
Wegman, Jessica, et al. "Can North American River Otters (Lontra canadensis) Categorize 2D Objects?" Western New York Undergraduate Psychology Conference. UB/Psi Chi. Buffalo, NY. 19 Apr. 2020. Conference Presentation.
Morelli, Janessa and Caroline DeLong. "Object Recognition Memory in Goldfish (Carassius auratus)." RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium. RIT. Rochester, NY. 30 Jul. 2020. Conference Presentation.
Wegman, Jessica and Caroline DeLong. "Can North American River Otters (Lontra canadensis) Categorize 2D Objects?" RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium. RIT. Rochester, NY. 30 Jul. 2020. Conference Presentation.
Wegman, Jessica, et al. "Visual Object Categorization in Goldfish (Carassius auratus)." RIT Graduate Showcase. RIT. Rochester, NY. 18 Nov. 2020. Conference Presentation.
Pluck, Ryan, et al. "Do North American River Otters (Lontra canadensis) Have a Global or Local Processing Strategy?" 26th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition. Comparative Cognition Society. Melbourne Beach, FL. 11 Apr. 2019. Conference Presentation.
Wegman, Jessica, et al. "A Preliminary Investigation of Categorization and Visual Object Constancy in North American River Otters (Lontra canadensis)." 26th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition. Comparative Cognition Society. Melbourne Beach, FL. 13 Apr. 2019. Conference Presentation.
Morrison, Evan and Caroline M. DeLong. "Human Auditory Discrimination of Bottlenose Dolphin Signature Whistles Masked by Noise: Investigating Perceptual Strategies for Anthropogenic Noise Pollution." 26th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition. Comparative Cognition Society. Melbourne Beach, FL. 11 Apr. 2019. Conference Presentation.
DeLong, Caroline M., et al. "Visual Perception of Rotated 2D Color Representations of Familiar 3D Objects in Goldfish (Carassius auratus)." 26th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition. Comparative Cognition Society. Melbourne Beach, FL. 10 Apr. 2019. Conference Presentation.
Morrison, Evan and Caroline M. DeLong. "Human Auditory Discrimination of Bottlenose Dolphin Signature Whistles Masked by Noise: Investigating Perceptual Strategies for Anthropogenic Noise Pollution." 177th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Acoustical Society of America. Louisville, KY. 16 May 2019. Conference Presentation.
DeLong, Caroline M. "Cognitive Research with North American River Otters (Lontra canadensis) at the Seneca Park Zoo: A Presentation for International Otter Day." International Otter Day. Seneca Park Zoo. Rochester, NY. 26 May 2019. Guest Lecture.
Morelli, Janessa, et al. "Categorization of 3D Objects in Goldfish (Carassius auratus)." RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium. Rochester Institute of Technology. Rochester, NY. 1 Aug. 2019. Conference Presentation.
Wegman, Jessica, et al. "Can North American River Otters (Lontra canadensis) Categorize 2D Objects?" RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium. Rochester Institute of Technology. Rochester, NY. 1 Aug. 2019. Conference Presentation.
Pluck, Ryan, et al. "Local and Global Processing in North American River Otters (Lontra Canadensis)." RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium. Rochester Institute of Technology. Rochester, NY. 3 Aug. 2018. Conference Presentation.
Morrison, Evan, et al. "Recognition of 2D Photo Representations of 3D Stimuli in Goldfish (Carassius auratus)." RIT Graduate Showcase. Rochester Institute of Technology. Rochester, NY. 16 Nov. 2018. Conference Presentation.
Morrison, Evan, et al. "North American River Otters (Lontra canadensis) use Shape and Color to Discriminate Between 2D Objects." 25th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition. Comparative Cognition Society. Melbourne Beach, FL. 5 Apr. 2018. Conference Presentation.
DeLong, Caroline, et al. "Visual Discrimination of Rotated 3D Objects in Goldfish (Carassius auratus)." 25th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition. Comparative Cognition Society. Melbourne Beach, FL. 6 Apr. 2018. Conference Presentation.
DeLong, Caroline, Catina Wright, and Ryan Pluck. "Three Research Studies on Visual Cognition in North American River Otters at the Seneca Park Zoo (Lontra canadensis)." Animal Trainer Meeting. Seneca Park Zoo. Rochester, NY. 25 Jun. 2018. Lecture.
Fobe, Irene, Caroline M. DeLong, and Kenneth Tyler Wilcox. "An Exploration of Rhythm Perception in African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus)." 174th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Acoustical Society of America. New Orleans, LA. 4 Dec. 2017. Conference Presentation.
DeLong, Caroline M., et al. "Visual Discrimination of Rotated 2D Objects in a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and Goldfish (Carassius auratus)." Fall Meeting of the Comparative Cognition Society. Comparative Cognition Society. Vancouver, Canada. 9 Nov. 2017. Conference Presentation.
DeLong, Caroline M., et al. "Visual Discrimination of Rotated 2D Objects in Goldfish (Carassius auratus)." 24th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition. Comparative Cognition Society. Melbourne, FL. 22 Apr. 2017. Conference Presentation.
Fobe, Irene, et al. "Visual Object Recognition in North American River Otters (Lontra canadensis)." 24th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition. Comparative Cognition Society. Melbourne, FL. 22 Apr. 2017. Conference Presentation.
Burnett, Christina and Caroline M. DeLong. "Captive Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus) Use Water as a Tool in a Problem-Solving Task." 24th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition. Comparative Cognition Society. Melbourne, FL. 22 Apr. 2017. Conference Presentation.
Fobe, Irene, Caroline M. DeLong, and Catina Wright. "Visual Object Recognition in North American River Otters (Lontra Canadensis)." International Marine Animal Trainer’s Association Northwest Regional Workshop. International Marine Animal Trainer’s Association. Rochester, NY. 1 May 2017. Conference Presentation.
DeLong, C.M., et al. "Hidden Spaces, Mobile Places: Changing an Institutional Environment Through Appreciative Inquiry." Seneca Falls Dialogues. Seneca Falls Dialogues. Seneca Falls, NY. 18 Oct. 2014. Conference Presentation.
DeLong, C.M. and A.M. Keller. "Numerical Discrimination in Goldfish (Carassius Auratus)." 21th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition. 21th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition. Melbourne, FL. 27 Mar. 2014. Conference Presentation.
DeLong, C.M. and K.T. Wilcox. "Mindfulness Meditation and Relaxation Differentially Improve Mindfulness and Affect, not Emotional Memory." 26th American Psychological Society Convention. American Psychological Society. San Francisco, CA. 22 May 2014. Conference Presentation.
DeLong, Caroline, et al. "Discrimination of Fish Prey at Different Aspect Angles by Human Listeners Using Dolphin Echoes." Fall Meeting of the Comparative Cognition Society. Comparative Cognition Society. Toronto, Ontario. 14 Nov. 2013. Conference Presentation.
DeLong, Caroline and Amanda Heberle. "Recognizing Objects from Multiple Orientations Using Dolphin Echoes." 21st International Congress on Acoustics and the 165th Meeting of The Acoustical Society of America. International Congress on Acoustics. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 2 Dec. 2013. Conference Presentation.
DeLong, Caroline, et al. "Visual Features Used by Goldfish (Carassius Auratus) on a 2D Object Discrimination Task." 20th Annual International Conference on Comparative Cognition. Comparative Cognition Society. Melbourne, FL. 9 Mar. 2013. Conference Presentation.
DeLong, Caroline and Ashlynn Keller. "A Comparison of Problem Solving and Tool Use in Orangutans (Pongo Pygmaeus Pygmaeus), Raccoons (Procyon Lotor), and Children (Homo Sapiens)." 20th Annual International Conference on Comparative. Comparative Cognition Society. Melbourne, FL. 9 Mar. 2013. Conference Presentation.
DeLong, Caroline, et al. "Exploring the Capacity of Neural Networks to Recognize Objects from Dolphin Echoes Across Multiple Orientations." 21st International Congress on Acoustics and the 165th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. International Congress on Acoustics. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 2-7 Jun. 2013. Conference Presentation.
Journal Paper
Wegman, Jessica and Caroline DeLong. "Investigating Object Recognition Memory Using Sensory Enrichment With a North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis)." Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens 4. (2023): 335-363. Web.
Wegman, Jessica, et al. "Visual perception of photographs of rotated 3D objects in goldfish (Carassius auratus)." Animals 12. 14 (2022): 1797. Web.
DeLong, Caroline, et al. "Visual Perception in a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): Successful Recognition of 2-D Objects Rotated in the Picture and Depth Planes." Journal of Comparative Psychology 134. 2 (2020): 180-196. Print.
Morrison, Evan, Caroline DeLong, and Kenneth Tyler Wilcox. "How Humans Discriminate Acoustically Among Bottlenose Dolphin Signature Whistles With and Without Masking by Boat Noise." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 147. 6 (2020): 4162-4174. Print.
DeLong, Caroline and Christina Burnett. "Bornean Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus) Use Water as a Tool in the Floating Object Task." Animal Behavior and Cognition 7. 3 (2020): 327-342. Web.
DeLong, Caroline M., et al. "North American River Otters (Lontra canadensis) Discriminate Between 2D Objects Varying in Shape and Color." Learning and Behavior 47. 1 (2019): 91-104. Print.
DeLong, Caroline M., et al. "Visual Perception in a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): Successful Recognition of 2D Objects Rotated in the Picture and Depth Planes." Journal of Comparative Psychology Advance online publication. (2019): 1-17. Web.
Fobe, Irene and Caroline DeLong. "An Exploration of Auditory Rhythm Perception in African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus)." Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics 31. 10001 (2018): 1-13. Web.
DeLong, Caroline, et al. "Visual Discrimination of Geometric and Complex 2D Shapes in Goldfish (Carassius auratus)." Animal Behavior and Cognition 5. 3 (2018): 300-319. Web.
DeLong, Caroline, et al. "North American River Otters (Lontra canadensis) Discriminate Between 2D Objects Varying in Shape and Color." Learning and Behavior. (2018): 1-14. Web.
DeLong, Caroline, et al. "Visual Perception of Planar-Rotated 2D Objects in Goldfish (Carassius auratus)." Behavioural Processes 157. (2018): 263-278. Web.
DeLong, Caroline M., et al. "Small and Large Number Discrimination in Goldfish (Carassius auratus) with Extensive Training." Behavioural Processes 141. (2017): 172-183. Print.
DeLong, Caroline M. "Human Listening Experiments Provide Insight Into Cetacean Auditory Perception." Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics 29. (2017): 1-14. Web.
Branstetter, Brian, et al. "Recognition of Frequency-Modulated Whistle-Like Sounds by a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and Humans with Transformations in Amplitude, Duration, and Frequency." PLoS ONE 11. 2 (2016): e0147512. Web.
Keller, Ashlynn M. and Caroline M. DeLong. "Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus) and Children (Homo sapiens) use Stick Tools in a Puzzle Box Task Involving Semantic Prospection." International Journal of Comparative Psychology 29. (2016): 1-25. Web.
DeLong, C. M., et al. "The Ability to Recognize Objects From Dolphin Echoes Generalizes Across Multiple Orientations in Humans and Neural Networks." Animal Cognition 17. 3 (2014): 543-557. Print.
DeLong, Caroline. "The Ability to Recognize Objects from Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops Truncatus) Echoes Generalizes Across Multiple Orientations in Humans and Neural Networks." Animal Cognition. (2013): N/A. Web.
DeLong, Caroline, et al. "Recognizing Objects from Multiple Orientations Using Dolphin Echoes." Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics 19. 1 (2013): N/A. Web.
DeLong, Caroline, et al. "Exploring the Capacity of Neural Networks to Recognize Objects from Dolphin Echoes Across Multiple Orientations." Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics 19. 1 (2013): N/A. Web.
DeLong, Caroline and Amanda L. Heberle. "Auditory Change Detection with Common and Uncommon Sounds." Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics 132. 3 (2013): 1-9. Print.
Kannyo, Irene and Caroline DeLong. "The Effect of Musical Training on Auditory Perception." Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics 14. 25002 (2012): 1-10. Web.
DeLong, C.M. "The Effect of Musical Training on Auditory Perception." Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics 14. (2012): 1-10. Print.
Published Conference Proceedings
DeLong, C. M., et al. "Towards Automatic Annotation of Clinical Decision-making Style." Proceedings of the 8th Linguistic Annotation Workshop at the 25th International Conference on Computational Linguistics. Ed. Unknown. Dublin, Ireland: International Committee on Computational Linguistics, 2014. Print.
DeLong, C. M., et al. "Decision Style in a Clinical Reasoning Corpus." Proceedings of the BioNLP Workshop. Ed. Unknown. Baltimore, MD: Association for Computational Linguistics, 2014. Print.

Currently Teaching

PSYC-223
3 Credits
This course examines how people perceive, learn, represent, remember and use information. Contemporary theory and research are surveyed in such areas as attention, pattern and object recognition, memory, knowledge representation, language acquisition and use, reasoning, decision making, problem solving, creativity, and intelligence. Applications in artificial intelligence and human/technology interaction may also be considered.
PSYC-430
3 Credits
This course is intended for students in the cognitive track. This course reviews current research in the areas of memory and attention. This course will consider such memory topics as: classic theories of memory, Baddeley’s model of working memory, in-formation processing, implicit and explicit memory, principles of forgetting, developmental changes in memory, skill memory, autobiographical memory, eyewitness memory, and the neural bases of memory. Attention topics covered in this course will include: Selective and divided attention, search and vigilance, signal detection theory, and neural correlates of attention.
PSYC-432
3 Credits
This course is intended for students in the cognitive track. This course explores judgment, decision-making and problem-solving processes and focuses on the social and cognitive aspects of complex information processing. Major topics include normative, descriptive (heuristics and biases), and naturalistic approaches to decision-making, as well as selective perception, memory and hindsight biases, framing effects, social influences, group processes and human error. Models of decision-making considered include the prospect theory, expected utility theory, and Bayes’ Theorem. Problem solving will be examined from perspectives of formal, computational methods as well as intuition and creativity. Experimental methods and applications in design of systems and decision aids will receive special attention.
PSYC-501
3 Credits
This course is intended for students in the psychology major to develop experimental research expertise and put into practice some of what is learned in Research Methods I and II. Students will explore topics of interest for further research in psychology. They will develop one research idea that could either form the basis for a senior project in psychology or is a valid test of a research idea. Students will be supervised by the course instructor as they develop a research question, conduct a literature review, write the introduction, and examine questions about control, validity and reliability. This course will culminate in a research proposal. Students going on to Senior Project in Psychology can use this as a proposal course and must find their faculty adviser for senior project before they finish this course. Students who are not planning for Senior Project will practice writing a proposal and the related skills required to critically examine an advanced topic in Psychology.
PSYC-510
3 Credits
This course is intended for students in the psychology major to demonstrate experimental research expertise, while being guided by faculty advisors. The topic to be studied is up to the student, who must find a faculty advisor before signing up for the course. Students will be supervised by the advisor as they conduct their literature review, develop the research question or hypothesis, develop the study methodology and materials, construct all necessary IRB materials, run subjects, and analyze the results of their study. This course will culminate in an APA style paper and poster presentation reporting the results of the research. Because Senior Project is the culmination of a student’s scientific research learning experience in the psychology major, it is expected that the project will be somewhat novel, will extend the theoretical understanding of their previous work (or of the previous work of another researcher), and go well beyond any similar projects that they might have done in any of their previous courses.
PSYC-550
0 Credits
Practicum open to psychology students. Gives the student first-hand experience in the field of psychology working on research that matches the student's career objectives. Students are closely supervised by a faculty member, developing relevant skills and learning how to do research first-hand. May count for the equivalent of the psychology co-op experience with prior approval and sufficient time commitment. (3rd or 4th year status). Prerequisites PSYC-101, -250, -251. Credit 0 (F, S, Su)
PSYC-752
3 Credits
The Thesis courses will vary widely but will fulfill the work plan agreed by the student and the adviser. The guiding principles of the Thesis Proposal course are to initiate thesis research including selecting a thesis advisor, choosing and defining a topic, surveying relevant research literature, and planning the research. To complete the course, the student will successfully submit and defend a thesis proposal, which is a detailed and complete plan of the thesis research. The thesis proposal should include exhaustive review of relevant literature, statement of the student's thesis, formulation of hypotheses, operational definitions of independent and dependent variables, and a detailed procedure for carrying out the research. The proposal may also include a section on anticipated results with a detailed plan for analysis of data.
PSYC-753
3 Credits
The Thesis courses will vary widely but will fulfill the work plan agreed by the student and the thesis adviser. The guiding principle of the Thesis course is to complete the thesis research proposed in Thesis Proposal. The Thesis course consists of carrying out the thesis research, including collection and analysis of data, and completion and public defense of the thesis document for partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree.
PSYC-798
3 Credits
Practicum open to MSc Experimental Psychology students. This course gives the student first-hand experience in the field of Psychology. The experience may involve a specific research project or other relevant professional development projects independent of the student’s thesis research. Students are closely supervised by a faculty member and will develop skills and gain experience in relevant advanced research and professional development in Experimental Psychology.

In the News

  • January 9, 2023

    a baboon sitting.

    Teaching STEM by playing with primates

    Caroline DeLong, professor and undergraduate program director of psychology, and a team of researchers at RIT and Carnegie Mellon University are exploring the idea of engaging children with STEM skills through the lens of interacting with animals. They are working with a group of olive baboons at Rochester’s Seneca Park Zoo.

  • March 31, 2022

    student posing with research poster.

    RIT’s Graduate Showcase celebrates scholarship April 7

    From robot waiters to river otters, RIT’s Graduate Showcase will cover a wide variety of topics representing graduate scholarship from the university’s Henrietta and global campuses. The symposium, held April 7, will feature oral presentations in the morning and poster presentations, demonstrations, and visual exhibitions in the afternoon.