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Three student-athletes majoring in industrial design used their collaborative mindsets to help bring their vision of an 8-foot-tall National Collegiate Athletic Association championship trophy to life.

Georg Seifert (from Germany) and Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer (Austria), cited for their innovative work with game-changing font editing software Glyphs, will accept RIT's prestigious Goudy Award in April. The honor has long celebrated outstanding practitioners in type design and related fields.

Steve Matteson's two-year appointment as as the Melbert B. Cary Professor in RIT’s School of Design marks a return to where his affinity for letterforms all started. Since graduating from RIT, he went on to become a typeface trailblazer, responsible for creating recognizable fonts and graphic language for huge brands.

Tommy Desjardins '26 (3D digital design) created an immersive environment for users to experience a visualization of the Psyche asteroid’s potential landscape. NASA's ongoing Psyche mission is aimed at reaching a metal-rich asteroid orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter to study its properties. 

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.

Giving students an authentic working experience is the goal of Metaproject, an annual design initiative that pairs students with industry partners to develop product concepts. This year's partner is led by two university alumni.

As a design leader in the tech sector, Jason Blythe has built a career anticipating and enhancing the way in which people use technology to search for information, shop online, and stream sports and entertainment.

A multidisciplinary team of students and faculty continued an RIT tradition of participating in Canstruction Rochester by making EVE from WALL-E out of more than 2,400 canned goods.

Projects out of RIT's new media design program were recognized in an international competition for student and emerging motion designers as they were showcased at a summit in Prague, Czech Republic.

Ricky Figueora taking over as the new director of RIT's School of Film and Animation headlines exciting promotions and additions to the College of Art and Design faculty.

What started as a concept for the School of Design’s annual T-Minus challenge has made a splash at Autodesk University 2025. The Autodesk MultiMeasure was the Factory Experience product chosen for the global software and technology company’s annual conference.

Many employees of RIT City Art Space have used their experience working in the gallery to prepare for fulfilling careers in museums, community art centers, and project and event management.