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Four advertising and public relations majors represented RIT in its debut at the annual American Advertising Federation (AAF) National Student Advertising District 2 Competition held April 20 in New York City. Recognized for skillfully answering the judges’ questions and leaving no question unanswered, the team won the “Best Q&A” award and placed fourth overall, beating out legacy participants.

postPerspective talks to Molly Hill '18 (motion picture science), '18 (film and animation), about her experience working as a senior image and color engineer at The Walt Disney Studios.

13WHAM/Fox Rochester previews Imagine RIT in eight segments.

Spectrum News showcases exhibits appearing at Imagine RIT.

WROC-TV highlights exhibits that will be on display at Imagine RIT.

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has awarded Senior Lecturer Ahndraya Parlato a 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship. According to the foundation, this year’s fellowships were granted to a “distinguished and diverse group of culture-creators working across 52 disciplines.”

WHEC-TV showcases Imagine RIT, spotlighting diverse exhibits including those based on virtual reality, glass blowing, and astronomy.

Fawad Ahmad, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute at RIT, along with computing and information sciences Ph.D. candidates Kaleem Nawaz Khan and Ali Khalid, will present new research at the prestigious ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (ACM MobiSys’24 Conference) in June.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has entered the election—globally. To help voters navigate these advancements in social media, deepfakes, manipulated images, and cybersecurity, a few RIT experts are weighing in.

Imagine RIT requires an extraordinary amount of support to run smoothly. To help create an unforgettable experience, more than 200 staff volunteers commit their time to the event by handing out welcome bags, supervising parking lots, and showing campus visitors around the bustling festival. Imagine RIT runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow.

Spectrum News features David Munson's retirement plans for 2025, emphasizing his impact on RIT's growth in enrollment, research funding, and global presence.