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Mastercard speaks to computing and information technologies student Jared Husson about cybersecurity job training for deaf students.

RIT’s game design and development program was ranked sixth at the undergraduate level and 10th at the graduate level in new international rankings from The Princeton Review.

Researchers who contributed to RIT receiving nearly $103 million in sponsored research awards during the past fiscal year, including 10 faculty members who reached or surpassed $1 million this past fiscal year, were inducted into the yearly classes of PI Millionaires.

College Transitions names RIT as one of the 25 Best eSports teams.

Rochester Business Journal talks to Chad Weeden, director of Esports and CyberSecurity Range (CSR), about RIT's new eSports scholarship program.

College Express talks about the significance of eSports and features RIT's plans to award scholarships for fall 2025. 

Tech Crunch speaks to Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering, about the risks associated with using AI to create hypotheses and research plans.

Insider Monkey features Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering, in a discussion about selecting AI stocks.

Natalie Crowell and Olivia Croteau, both third-year humanities, computing, and design majors, are developing an AI tool that analyzes publicly available social media data, specifically from chat groups where refugees discuss needs related to housing, food, and other resources.

WHAM-TV highlights the national cybersecurity competition organized by RIT students.

Students from various majors across RIT made a website providing wall-to-wall coverage of the 2025 Special Olympics New York Winter Games. This was the fourth year RIT partnered with Special Olympics to document the events.

New scholarships recognize students for their competitive video gaming skills and dedication to representing the university at the highest level. Since forming in 2016, RIT Esports has become one of the largest and best collegiate esports programs in the world.