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May 29, 2025
RIT student video game creations take top prizes at GameFest 2025
A team of students won the Grand Prize at GameFest 2025 for developing Pelican Post.
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May 28, 2025
Separating the art from the artist
Thomas Warfield, director of dance and professor of practice at NTID's Department for Performing Arts, appeared on WXXI's Connections with Evan Dawson to discuss consumer's relationships with artists and their creative work, and whether one can truly separate the art from the artist.
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May 28, 2025
AI expert: ‘Use common sense’ as generative AI videos become more realistic
WROC-TV talks with Matthew Wright, endowed professor and chair of RIT's Department of Cybersecurity, about the capabilities of Google VEO 3 and other generative AI video platforms.
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May 27, 2025
Record number of RIT students earn study abroad scholarships
Thirteen students have received the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, a merit-based scholarship that allows U.S. students to gain proficiency in a variety of languages and cultures.
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May 27, 2025
Twelve seniors at partner high school headed to RIT
RIT’s partnership with Rochester Prep High School has reached a milestone this year as the 10th class of students prepares to graduate.
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May 27, 2025
RIT named a top 5 university to study game design
RIT was ranked No. 5 on the Animation Career Review list of Top 50 Game Design Schools and Colleges in the U.S. and No. 2 New York state.
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May 26, 2025
We used AI for retirement planning advice and were surprised by what we found
Market Watch talks with James Mallory, professor at NTID, about how people could use artificial intelligence to handle complex financial calculations that previously required extensive spreadsheet work.
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May 24, 2025
Rochester Prep celebrates college acceptances, $3.2M in scholarships
WROC-TV reports that all 100 students in Rochester Prep's graduating class will attend college, with some graduates heading to RIT.
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May 23, 2025
Global South Needs to Lower Its Guard On GM Crops
An essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and head of the Department of Sustainability, published by Basis Point Insight.
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May 22, 2025
Habitat loss and climate change make it tough to be an amphibian. Some humans are helping
An article co-authored by Maryel Pryce (photojournalism), published by The Associated Press, discussing how amphibians in New York are facing significant threats from habitat loss due to development and the effects of climate change.
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May 22, 2025
Ahmed bin Saeed Attends Graduation of 300 Students from RIT Dubai
Emirates 24/7 speaks to RIT Dubai President Youssef Al-Assaf and RIT Dubai board member Abdulrahman Saleh Al Saleh about the graduation of 300 students from RIT Dubai, highlighting the university's role in advancing Dubai's knowledge economy and future-ready workforce.
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May 22, 2025
6 Innovative New Technologies NASA Is Exploring
SlashGear speaks to Stephen Polly, manager of operations for the Semiconductor Microsystems Fabrication Laboratory, about his Radioisotope Thermoradiative Cell Power Generator study being explored by NASA.