Alumni News
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February 16, 2026
Exhibition, talk features influential artist Charles Gaines '67
Charles Gaines '67 MFA (art and design), a pivotal figure in the field of conceptual art, has an upcoming exhibition in RIT’s University Gallery that traces a loose arc of his career and illustrates his sustained interest in the lyrical potential of logical systems. He will also give a companion artist talk Thursday, March 26.
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February 13, 2026
Journalist describes capturing Lindsey Vonn crash during her first Winter Olympics assignment
CBS News talks to Jacquelyn Martin ’01 (applied photography), staff photographer for the Associated Press, about capturing Lindsey Vonn's devastating crash on Sunday.
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February 9, 2026
RIT students dive deep into the Albert Paley Collection to curate exhibit
Paley is internationally renowned for his large-scale decorative arts, and has a long association with RIT as a Distinguished Professor and artist-in-residence in the School for American Crafts.
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February 9, 2026
WITR radio hosts President Sanders on Friday
RIT President Bill Sanders returns to WITR-FM (89.7) this week to field questions from the university community. -
February 9, 2026
Research reveals which popular generative AI chatbots lie
Researchers have created a new tool to stress test large language models (LLMs) that power AI chatbots, including ChatGPT. Using this innovation, developers can build more trustworthy AI systems and users can see which LLMs contradict themselves.
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February 9, 2026
Fred Beam: Meet the ASL Performer for the Super Bowl National Anthem
Heavy speaks to Fred Beam, alumnus and former director of Sunshine 2.0, about signing the National Anthem at the 2026 Super Bowl.
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February 5, 2026
AI tool developed by NTID assists deaf students with English grammar
RIT's National Technical Institute for the Deaf, with support from Google.org, has developed “Grammar Laboratory,” a learning tool that uses artificial intelligence to assist deaf students with English grammar.
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January 30, 2026
Mathematical modeling alumnus wins early career award
RIT alumnus Adam Giammarese’s work in chaos theory has earned him the Edward N. Lorenz Early Career Award, an annual recognition by the publication Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science.
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January 21, 2026
‘Forbes’ names RIT a top college for launching careers
Forbes has named RIT one of the “Top 15 Colleges for Launching Your Career,” highlighting the university’s strong cooperative education program, industry partnerships, and career-focused academic offerings.
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January 20, 2026
RIT students launch studio to bring bad game ideas to life
According to Steven Spielberg, all good ideas start out as bad ideas. That’s why a duo from RIT has launched the game studio Bad Ideas Productions.
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January 20, 2026
RIT launches exchange program with Prague film school
Recognizing the growing demand for globally fluent creatives, RIT has partnered with Prague’s Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts to launch a new student exchange program designed to prepare students for the realities of globalized creative industries.
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January 13, 2026
Top cybersecurity students across the globe face-off at RIT’s pentesting competition
The best cybersecurity students in the world came to RIT to battle in the Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition global finals, wrapping up the largest offense-based cybersecurity competition for college students.