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Unearth The Voyage includes RIT's packaging science program in its list of unusual degrees, citing competitive salaries and strong job placement rates.

RIT is offering a new class based on the Emmy-award winning HBO Max Original drama series. The class is helping future healthcare professionals explore the ethical, emotional, and practical challenges they may one day face themselves.

Alternatives to plastics are being created by researchers at RIT using plant-based starch, a plentiful and highly sustainable material.

For over 15 years, the Rochester City Scholars program has helped Rochester students turn college aspirations into successful careers, with alumni becoming doctors, designers, executives, sonographers, artists, teachers, and more.

Scientific American interviewed Meridith Joyce, assistant professor of physics, about NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and its role in dating stars in the Milky Way galaxy. 

MSN includes RIT's packaging science program in its list of unusual degrees, citing competitive salaries and strong job placement rates.

RIT President Bill Sanders will give his State of the University address at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10, in the RIT Performing Arts Center.

WHEC-TV speaks with Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering, about privacy and security concerns surrounding automated license plate readers, and the need for greater oversight as surveillance technologies become more widely used.

An essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and head of the Department of Sustainability, published by Basis Point Insight.

PBS News published an article by RIT's Don Figer, professor in the College of Science and director of the Center for Detectors, about NASA's newly launched Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Figer's column, which explains that images captured by the telescope will help researchers trace how the universe evolved over time, was originally published in The Conversation.

The Evening Tribune features work by Corinn Marriott, visiting lecturer of illustration, who spent roughly 400 hours creating a 750-square-foot mural celebrating the history of Wayland, N.Y., with funding from grants, local businesses, and community members. (This content will require a subscription to view.)

The Hindu highlights RIT’s inaugural Global Scholar Quest in India, a student innovation program that challenged high school students to develop solutions to real-world problems in areas including AI, climate, and healthcare, culminating in a competition in Mumbai with scholarships and seed funding for the winning team.