News
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June 25, 2020
A selective retreat from trade with China makes sense for the United States
Essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, published by The Conversation.
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June 25, 2020
RIT theater production receives Kennedy Center award
I and You, a collaborative production between NTID's Department of Performing Arts and the College of Liberal Arts Theatre Arts Program, has won a 2020 Outstanding Production Ensemble award from the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.
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June 25, 2020
Donathan Brown selected to serve as Fulbright Scholar Alumni Ambassador
Donathan Brown, assistant provost and assistant vice president for faculty diversity and recruitment, is one of 13 scholars nationwide selected to serve in the latest cohort of the Fulbright Scholar Alumni Ambassadors program. Brown will serve a two-year stint in the program designed to increase the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program’s visibility nationwide and expand the diversity of future participants.
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June 23, 2020
RIT building imaging systems to help libraries and museums uncover lost texts
Scientists from RIT are developing affordable imaging systems to help libraries and museums preserve and expand access to their historical collections. The project, funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, aims to create a low-cost spectral imaging system and software that can be used to recover obscured and illegible text on historical documents.
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June 23, 2020
RIT faculty create live virtual play on life with coronavirus
It doesn’t take long for art to imitate life, as evidenced with virtual live productions of life amid COVID-19 scheduled this week on Twitch TV. The Canadian Wiggler, written, directed and produced by RIT's David Munnell, uses virtual reality and actors in a live webcast. It is set in May 2020, when the coronavirus lockdown is taking its toll.
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June 18, 2020
Tigers Helping Tigers fundraising event features performing artists
RIT is hosting a virtual event to raise money for the COVID-19 Emergency Fund, Division of Diversity and Inclusion General Support Fund, and other funds that directly impact students. "Tigers Helping Tigers: An Event to Move Students Forward" will include pre-recorded performances from RIT students and student groups and will be streamed online.
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June 12, 2020
Accelerated Fall Calendar: The Path Forward
President David Munson and Provost Ellen Granberg are announcing an accelerated fall academic calendar, with the semester beginning Aug. 19, all in-person classes concluding by Nov. 24 and final examinations to be administered online.
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June 10, 2020
IBM Exits Facial Recognition Business, Citing Concerns Over Racial Bias
Consumer Reports talks to Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, about the impact of IBM shutting down its facial recognition business.
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June 5, 2020
Connections: Irshad Altheimer on criminal justice research and police reform
WXXI’s “Connections” program features Irshad Altheimer, associate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and director of the Center for Public Safety Initiatives.
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June 4, 2020
RIT will host ‘Calls for Justice’ vigil on Zoom this Friday
RIT is hosting an online interfaith vigil titled “Calls for Justice at RIT” at 7 p.m. June 5 in response to the killing of George Floyd and the subsequent demonstrations against the systemic racism and police brutality that continue to affect black and brown people across the U.S.
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May 28, 2020
Tigers tie the knot over Zoom
RIT plays a starring role in the April virtual wedding of Zahal Kohistani ’15 and former Tiger Thomas Doolittle. The couple met while they were students living in Global Village. Their first date was at SpringFest. They got engaged in front of Salsarita’s. They celebrated their engagement at the Joseph M. Lobozzo Alumni House. And they were married on Zoom by Kelly Redder, executive director of the Lobozzo Alumni House.
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May 23, 2020
Want to help save the oyster industry? Eat bigger ones, some farmers and chefs say.
NBC News talks to Christine Keiner, professor and department chair, Department of Science, Technology, and Society, about the history of eating oysters in the Northeast.