News
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August 26, 2024
How to protect yourself from scammers when buying and selling on Facebook
The Columbus Dispatch speaks with Divya Ramjee, assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice, about common online scams.
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August 25, 2024
‘Roar and Soar’ campaign supports students throughout first semester
RIT’s Roar and Soar campaign shares ways that students can actively engage in classes and events to get the most out of their academic journeys, while striving to continually improve RIT student retention.
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August 22, 2024
Giving students interdisciplinary perspectives on the evolving cryptocurrency industry
Students will work with real-world data and industry-level software, and will leave the course with the knowledge and experience that the government and private sectors are looking for when recruiting new hires. Students also earn two industry-recognized certifications: Chainalysis Cryptocurrency Fundamentals Certification and Chainalysis Reactor Certification.
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August 21, 2024
Shootings and other violent crime are down in Rochester, mirroring national trend
WXXI talks to Irshad Altheimer, professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and director of the Center for Public Safety Initiatives, about the three-year decline in shootings in the city of Rochester.
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August 21, 2024
There’s a knowledge gap about miscarriages in the U.S., and researchers hope to close it
Stat talks to Priti Kalsi, associate professor in the Department of Economics, about the economic impact of pregnancy loss.
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August 20, 2024
New Ph.D. programs welcome students this fall
The university’s two newest Ph.D. programs in cognitive science and physics offer diverse research opportunities for students and help them gain the skills and abilities needed to analyze data and grasp complex concepts. The new programs bring RIT’s total doctoral programs to 15.
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August 20, 2024
Student team from RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf wins 2024 College Bowl championship
This is the seventh time that an RIT/NTID student team has won the national question-and-answer competition, which consists of topics including arts and literature, history and government, geography, science, technology and nature, sports and leisure, Deaf heritage and culture, entertainment, current events, and mathematics.
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August 16, 2024
Can AI help ease medicine’s empathy problem?
An essay co-authored by Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, published by Stat.
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August 14, 2024
Friendships fed by old-fashioned phone calls
An essay by Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, published by The Boston Globe. (This content requires a subscription to view.)
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August 8, 2024
RIT student Jolie Crunelle awarded Norman Miles academic excellence honors
The award is given to an individual who began their studies as a first-year student at RIT and is entering their final year of undergraduate study with the highest grade point average across the university.
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July 29, 2024
Lauren Peace wins top honors in Florida journalism
Lauren Peace '17 (journalism), enterprise reporter for the Tampa Bay Times, was honored with the Paul Hansell Award for Distinguished Achievement in Florida Journalism for her work in 2023. (This content may require a subscription to view).
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July 29, 2024
Pulitzer Prize winner David Cay Johnston on how to train the next generation of journalists
WXXI's Connections with Evan Dawson talks to David Cay Johnston, professor of practice in the College of Liberal Arts, about his new role at RIT.