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WHEC-TV features Ted Kinsman, associate professor in the Department of Photographic Arts and Sciences, whose camera mount was used on the International Space Station, with NASA astronaut Don Pettit highlighting how it enhances space photography.

WHAM-TV speaks to Don Pettit, NASA astronaut, about a camera mount designed by Ted Kinsman, associate professor in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, used to capture images from the International Space Station and support storytelling through space photography.

WROC-TV highlights a camera mount designed at RIT and used on the International Space Station, featuring comments from NASA astronaut Don Pettit about how the device improves space photography and storytelling.

In the RIT President’s letter from the spring 2026 RIT University Magazine, Bill Sanders introduced RIT’s Strategic Framework for the next decade.

RIT now offers a bachelor’s degree in artificial intelligence. The interdisciplinary undergraduate program blends core programming and algorithmic principles with the chance for specialized study in areas like agentic AI and robotics.

According to new international rankings from The Princeton Review, RIT is one of the top five game design universities in the world.

Rochester Institute of Technology’s School of Performing Arts, National Technical Institute for the Deaf Performing Arts Department, and Dance at RIT have teamed up to create and produce an original production, “Pure Imagination: The Magical Candy Shoppe,” April 17-19, on the RIT campus.

While scientists know supermassive black holes collide, these events have remained invisible to telescopes. RIT researchers have now identified a specific spike in light that occurs at the moment of merger, providing the roadmap needed to finally observe these cosmic giants in action.

Rochester Beacon speaks to Stefan Preble, Bausch and Lomb Professor and Ph.D. program director of microsystems engineering, about the region’s bid to become a National Science Foundation innovation hub and how the STELLAR initiative could expand laser research and workforce development.

WHEC-TV speaks to Danny Maffia, principal lecturer at NTID, about the Deaf Day of Play event at Strong National Museum of Play providing accessible experiences for deaf families.

Evan Selinger, professor in the College of Liberal Arts, interviews Andrew Ferguson, professor at George Washington University Law School, for the Boston Globe. (This content requires a subscription to read.)

The annual awards are presented to staff members who exemplify outstanding service and dedication to the university and who exhibit a high degree of personal ethics and integrity, while demonstrating a commitment to student success.