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April 7, 2025
RIT students are inspired to build a more open future
RIT has a long history and culture of academic and extracurricular work in open source. Adrian Edwards hopes to pass his passion on to other students when he graduates in May and starts a job at Red Hat.
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March 31, 2025
Cybersecurity expert weighs in on reported Signal usage by Trump admin
WHAM-TV speaks to Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about the messaging app Signal.
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March 28, 2025
RIT researchers use AI to uncover surprising trends in media coverage of police
A new study from RIT and Carnegie Mellon University experts is challenging a widely held belief about the media—that local news outlets have become more critical of the police in recent years.
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March 28, 2025
‘Can happen to anyone’ really means ‘anyone’: abc27 meteorologist’s Facebook account hacked
WHTM-TV speaks to Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about using authenticator apps to protect online accounts.
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March 27, 2025
Cybersecurity expert explains the Signal app
NewsRadio WHAM 1180 chats with Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about the war plans discussed using the Signal messaging app. (Interview starts at 4 minutes, 55 seconds.)
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March 26, 2025
Local cybersecurity expert explains 'Signal'
WGRZ speaks to Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about the popular messaging app Signal, which offers end-to-end message encryption.
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March 24, 2025
Researchers take an innovative approach to revolutionizing healthcare
Led by professor Linwei Wang, RIT research teams are creating detailed virtual replicas of individual patients’ hearts, enabling doctors to simulate and analyze treatment options before any invasive procedures.
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March 24, 2025
Deepfakes: What to Know About AI Images and Videos
CNET interviews Matthew Wright, Endowed Professor and department chair in the Department of Cybersecurity, about the fight against deepfakes. Ph.D. students John Sohrawardi and Kelly Wu also break down tips on how to spot deepfakes.
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March 21, 2025
RIT’s game design programs earn high scores nationally
Rochester Business Journal features RIT's game design program.
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March 19, 2025
No barriers, just firewalls
Mastercard speaks to computing and information technologies student Jared Husson about cybersecurity job training for deaf students.
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March 19, 2025
RIT ranked a top-10 university for game designers and developers
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. -
March 14, 2025
RIT recognizes faculty-researchers for innovative projects and funding milestones
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.