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June 13, 2025
Rochester-area collaboration drives global scientific progress: LLE and RIT look to unlock the secrets of extreme matter using AI/ML
A collaboration between RIT's Machine Learning and Data Intensive Computing (Mining) Lab and the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) was featured in LLE in Focus Issue 6. Qi Yu, professor in RIT's School of Information, and computing and information sciences Ph.D. students are bringing artificial intelligence expertise to research in high-energy density (HED) physics.
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June 10, 2025
Researchers develop cybersecurity test for AI being used by Google
A team of RIT experts has created CTIBench, a new tool that evaluates how much a large language model really knows about cybersecurity. CTIBench is the first and most comprehensive benchmark in the Cyber Threat Intelligence space. The tool is already being used by Google, Cisco, and Trend Micro.
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June 3, 2025
Senior project uses AI-powered tools to help local business expand across North America
A team of software engineering students is completing a senior project with KidsOutAndAbout.com, an event curation platform that helps families find local events.
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May 29, 2025
RIT student video game creations take top prizes at GameFest 2025
When RIT students create video games, they don’t just mail it in. A team of students recently won the Grand Prize at GameFest 2025 for developing Pelican Post. The game is about a pelican mailman delivering mail to a small town of unique characters.
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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
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 22, 2025
Saunders College of Business at RIT will recognize alumnus James G. Gould with 2025 Vanden Brul Award
James G. Gould, president and co-founder of Alesco Advisors LLC and an RIT alumnus, has been named as the 2025 recipient of the Herbert W. Vanden Brul Entrepreneurial Award, presented by Saunders College of Business.
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May 16, 2025
West Henrietta’s Token launches smart ring to combat cybersecurity threats
Rochester Business Journal highlights the growth of Token, a smart ring built to prevent cyberattacks, which uses technology developed by Steve Shapiro '04 (human computer interaction) and Melanie Shapiro '08 (MBA).
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May 13, 2025
RIT showcase offers glimpse of early tech innovation cycle
TechTarget speaks to Paloma Hamilton, fifth-year mechanical engineering student; Geoff Twardokus, electrical and computer engineering Ph.D. student; and Christopher Collison, director of RIT's AI Hub and Initiatives, about the innovative developments featured at Imagine RIT.
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April 29, 2025
Graduating student charts a path to Disney
Hridiza Roy combined computer graphics with imaging science and anchored it in computer science, resulting in a winning skill set that landed Roy an internship at Walt Disney Animation Studios.
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April 29, 2025
Graduate finds her niche at RIT and on TikTok
When Kaelyn ‘Gil’ Beeman first saw RIT’s Find Your Niche video during an admissions open house, she didn’t just watch it—she made it her checklist.
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April 28, 2025
Trump Executive Order Sets Stage for AI Revolution in Higher Education
University Herald discusses how universities like RIT are shaping multidisciplinary AI curricula.