Today’s Top Stories

Researcher presents at Consumer Electronics Show
Callie Babbitt, associate professor in the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, presented the initial results of a comprehensive materials baseline study for all consumer electronics sold into the U.S. market for the past 25 years at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 7. read more »

Online programs score well in national rankings
The 2017 U.S. News & World Report Best Online Programs rankings recognizes RIT on its “Best Online Graduate MBA programs,”“Best Online Graduate Engineering Programs” and “Best Online Bachelor’s Programs” lists. read more »

Graduate study information session set for Jan. 13
Information on RIT’s 70-plus graduate program options, the admissions process, housing, scholarships, assistantships and financial aid opportunities will be presented. read more »

Featured Video

RIT Students Engineer Historical Printing Press
A group of four RIT engineering students and a museum studies student set out to reproduce a historically accurate wooden common printing press for the RIT Cary Collection. watch video »

For and About Alumni

Alumna competes on Food Network’s ‘Chopped’
Melanie Brown-Lane ’12 (hospitality and service management), also known as Chef Chauncey, brought her RIT education and healthy cooking talents to national TV on the Jan. 3 episode of the cooking competition show Chopped. The show will be rebroadcast at 9 p.m. Jan. 12 on the Food Network. read more »

Sports News

Robert Aguilera named Liberty League Men’s Basketball Rookie of the Week
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Wrestling excels with big wins at NY/PA Duals
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RIT in the News

Democrat and Chronicle
RIT's Jones to see his No. 33 head to rafters of Clark Gym
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WHEC-TV
RIT on TV: Consumer Technology Study at CES
Callie Babbitt, associate professor in the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, interviewed more »

WHEC-TV
RIT on TV: Lecturer on How to Handle Email Spam
Rick Mislan, visiting lecturer in management information systems, interviewed more »

WHEC-TV
RIT men's basketball legend Craig Jones to have jersey retired on Jan. 28
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Ottawa Citizen
Meet the Rochester scientist who counts the plastics in the Great Lakes
Matthew Hoffman, assistant professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences, featured more »

WXXI.org
Study: Tons of plastic getting into Great Lakes
Matthew Hoffman, assistant professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences, featured more »

The Weather Channel
Study Finds 22 Million Pounds of Plastic Entering Great Lakes Every Year
Matthew Hoffman, assistant professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences, and Eric Hittinger, assistant professor of public policy, featured more »

Innovation Trail
Mentorship in digital age can be blend of old, new
Richard DeMartino, director, Simone Center for Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship, featured more »

Democrat and Chronicle
CNN anchor Whitfield to give keynote at RIT event
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Slate
How a 2011 Hack You've Never Heard of Changed the Internet's Infrastructure
Guest column by Josephine Wolff, assistant professor of public policy and computing security more »