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January 5, 2022
Registration open for RIT/NTID cybersecurity bootcamp
In partnership with RIT’s Global Cybersecurity Institute, NTID is offering a fully remote boot camp specifically designed for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals. RIT and NTID have opened registrations for part-time (30 weeks) and full-time (15 weeks) blended bootcamps, combining deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing individuals in a fully accessible learning environment. Both programs begin Jan. 10.
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December 1, 2021
From floppy disks to the cloud
In 2001, the dot-com bubble was bursting and investors had lost confidence in internet companies. Twenty years later, data has become a new currency, and people can access just about anything from their smartphones. Throughout all these changes, Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences has evolved into the largest college at RIT, with more than 4,600 students this year. Since its creation 20 years ago, GCCIS has awarded more than 14,000 degrees—in a growing number of computing disciplines.
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November 9, 2021
RIT to build inclusive Cyber-Protection Apprenticeship for cybersecurity workers
RIT has received a Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN) Challenge grant to help people underrepresented in the computing workforce launch new careers in cybersecurity.
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November 4, 2021
Constructing RIT’s future
The Rochester Beacon talks to David Munson, president of RIT, about the construction projects happening on campus.
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August 27, 2021
Rochester's Coolest Spaces: RIT Cyber Range and Training Center
The Rochester Business Journal features RIT's Cyber Range and Training Center as one of Rochester's Coolest Spaces.
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July 27, 2021
RIT cybersecurity student researchers put voting machine security to the test
A team of RIT students was granted the opportunity to conduct an independent security test of the ExpressVote XL voting machine for Election Systems & Software (ES&S), the largest voting device manufacturer in the United States.
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July 12, 2021
Super Cyber Space: New RIT Venue Furthers Global Digital Security
School Construction News features RIT's Global Cybersecurity Institute.
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June 18, 2021
Dean of Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences to step down
Anne Haake is stepping down as dean of RIT’s Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences (GCCIS) at the end of the 2021-2022 academic year. She plans to join the faculty following a sabbatical to refresh her research.
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June 2, 2021
FoxPointe Solutions gift helps fund cybersecurity scholarships and student study space
FoxPointe Solutions, a division of The Bonadio Group dedicated to information risk management, has made a $25,000 donation to fund diversity-based scholarships and a graduate student study space in RIT’s new Global Cybersecurity Institute (GCI).
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May 24, 2021
RIT Cybersecurity Bootcamp cohort trains deaf, hard of hearing students for tech jobs
The Democrat and Chronicle interviews Justin Pelletier, director of the Cyber Range and Training Center, and Mark Jeremy, NTID lecturer, about the RIT Cybersecurity Bootcamp.
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May 10, 2021
CloudCover donates $500,000 to name Global Cybersecurity Institute conference center
CloudCover, an automated intelligence-driven cybersecurity platform, has made a $500,000 gift to name the conference center in RIT’s new Global Cybersecurity Institute (GCI). The CloudCover Conference Center serves as a central space for cybersecurity-related events and meetings with industry, students, government, and organizations.
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May 10, 2021
Ransomware Attack That Halted US Fuel Pipeline a 'Criminal Act,' Biden Says
Voice of America talks to Justin Pelletier, director of the Global Cybersecurity Institute Cyber Range and Training Center, about a cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline.