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The Executive MBA (EMBA) program at Rochester Institute of Technology’s Saunders College of Business continues to gain attention in national and international rankings.

This May, students from RIT participated in the Performing Arts – Global Music study abroad program. During their stay on RIT Croatia’s Dubrovnik campus, students took part in an intensive course called Studies in World Music. The course is designed to explore selected music cultures with an emphasis on music from Central and Southeastern Europe.

Kathleen Davis has been named vice president for Enrollment Management at RIT. Davis begins her duties at RIT on Sept. 1. She has served as vice president for enrollment and retention management at Saint Louis University, a private Jesuit research university in Missouri, since 2018.

Morpheyes Studio, part of RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf, will present the New York premiere of their first short film, Inspired, at the Rochester Fringe Festival on Sept. 15. 

The Washington Post talks to Jeyhan Kartaltepe, associate professor in RIT's School of Physics and Astronomy, and Rebecca Larson, postdoctoral research associate in RIT’s School of Physics and Astronomy, about images from the James Webb Space Telescope.

WROC-TV talks to Ahmed Hamza, lecturer in the Department of Computing Security, about how consumers can protect themselves against credit card skimmers.

In her photographic work, Jordyn Katz ’23 (photographic and imaging arts BFA - visual media option) aims to bridge the gap between reality and fantasy. 

RIT Certified, the university’s professional training and workforce development division, is marking a year since the organization’s launch last summer. Dennis Di Lorenzo, executive director, provides an update on RIT Certified’s growing number of program offerings and where the future of workforce and professional education is headed.

Mashable mentions Rebecca Larson, postdoctoral research associate in RIT’s School of Physics and Astronomy.

ILoveNY.com features NTID's Dyer Arts Center and Director Fran Flaherty.

Jaiik Lee ’11 MFA (metals and jewelry design) was among the Craft Prize’s 30 shortlisted artists from all over the globe chosen by an expert panel out of thousands of submissions reviewed for their technical accomplishment, innovation and artistic vision.

The Penny Hoarder mentions research by Ali Tosyali and Gijs Overgoor, assistant professors in the Department of MIS, Marketing, and Analytics.