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January 28, 2025
William H. Sanders named RIT’s 11th president
The dean of Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering is praised for his research credentials, success in global partnerships and entrepreneurship, and strong student engagement. He starts at RIT July 1.
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January 28, 2025
Incoming RIT president announced; looks at advancing its mission while navigating some challenges
WXXI profiles William H. Sanders, RIT's next president.
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January 28, 2025
RIT names William H. Sanders as 11th college president
Rochester Business Journal covers the announcement of RIT's next president, William H. Sanders.
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January 27, 2025
NSF awards RIT more than $1 million to develop digital media forensics platform
A new RIT project aims to bring order to the chaotic world of digital media forensics. The project in development, led by Endowed Professor of Cybersecurity Matthew Wright, will help combat manipulated media, including deepfakes.
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January 27, 2025
Behavior meets brilliance: Dean emerita retires with enduring impact on design research
Lorraine Justice's career journey was filled with leading, learning, and designing what's next. True to her innovative spirit, she plans to remain busy in her retirement from RIT by exploring AI's role in design and creativity.
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January 24, 2025
RIT adopts Okanagan Charter to promote health and well-being on campus
The Okanagan Charter, established in 2015, provides a framework for colleges and universities to transform their campuses into health-promoting environments.
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January 24, 2025
RIT partners with Vellore Institute of Technology for AI and data science summit
The three-day event included topics such as AI applications in healthcare, ethical AI in language models, AI in education, harnessing AI for industry, and others.
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January 24, 2025
How Tariffs Can Impact Your Small Business: An Up-To-Date Guide
Nav speaks to Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and head of the Department of Sustainability, about the impact.
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January 24, 2025
The Ugliest Thing San Francisco Ever Built: Lessons for AI Infrastructure
An essay by Eryk Salvaggio, visiting lecturer in the College of Liberal Arts, published by Tech Policy Press.
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January 23, 2025
How engineers are working to solve the renewable energy storage problem
Yale Climate Connections speaks with Eric Hittinger, department chair in the Department of Public Policy, about renewable energy storage.
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January 23, 2025
Alm and Fitch awarded NSF grant to study visual prosody in ASL in collaboration with Gallaudet University
Linguists face a resource gap for studying visual prosody and its grammatical and emotional functions in sign languages, and for creating AI systems capable of processing visual prosody. Faculty members affiliated with RIT’s Ph.D. program in Cognitive Science aim to fill that gap through Deaf scientist-centered research.
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January 22, 2025
New architecture faculty member challenges students to see beyond a building’s walls
An architect and educator, Amanda Reis wants to inspire students in RIT’s master of architecture (M.Arch.) program to practice architecture in a way that is interdisciplinary and community-oriented.