News
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November 14, 2025
Investigation continues into UPenn cyber attack
WHTM-TV talks with Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about a cybersecurity incident at UPenn and tips for staying safe from cyber attacks.
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November 14, 2025
Cybersecurity expert shares tips to protect your data from algorithmic pricing
Spectrum News speaks to Ersin Uzun, Katherine Johnson Executive Director of the ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute, about how businesses use personal data for advertising and pricing changes.
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November 13, 2025
iSchool faculty and students organize, present at 2025 ACM Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS) Conference
Five iSchool faculty members and students helped organize this year’s ASSETS conference and presented research focused on accessibility.
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November 11, 2025
Linwei Wang installed as Bruce B. Bates Endowed Professor at RIT
Linwei Wang, professor in the Department of Computing and Information Sciences Ph.D, has been named the Bruce B. Bates Endowed Professor at RIT.
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November 7, 2025
Presidential Office says discussions still underway on finalizing S. Korea-U.S. joint fact sheet
Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering, appeared on Arirang News, a Korean broadcasting station, for a discussion about Nvidia and Korea’s partnership in the artificial intelligence race.
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November 5, 2025
Students ditch doomscrolling for hand-stitched expression
Casting aside the daily doomscroll and picking up a slow hobby like hand-stitched embroidery can provide a much-needed brain break for students. It can also open the door for them to give back to the community while expressing themselves.
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November 4, 2025
Undergraduates nationwide to explore human-centered AI at RIT
Over the next three years, the Research Experience for Undergraduates Site in Computational Sensing for Human-centered AI will welcome nine undergraduate students each summer to RIT’s campus. The site is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
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October 30, 2025
Co-op student applies tech skills to the startup finance world
Ben McManus is gaining firsthand experience in automation and IT in his co-op at Indivisible Partners, a national startup finance company co-founded by Alok Kapoor ’93 (computer science).
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October 21, 2025
Global cloud outage disrupts online services for many major companies
WROC-TV interviews Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about a massive Amazon Web Services cloud system outage.
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October 21, 2025
RIT faculty and students win Best Original Design at international charity competition
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.
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October 9, 2025
'Planet Money': We make a board game
RIT alumnus Elan Lee ’98 (computer science), creator of the game Exploding Kittens, was featured in two episodes of NPR’s Planet Money podcast about making an economics board game.
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October 8, 2025
Benefits of passkeys and why they may replace traditional passwords for cybersecurity
Spectrum News speaks to Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about protecting online information.