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RIT honored researchers who served as principal investigators on active awards in fiscal year 2018 at an April 11 reception. Also recognized were the 20 recipients of Seed Funding Awards and 12 new inductees in RIT’s PI Millionaires. 

Meet Hana Halilaj, a third-year School of Individualized Study student, is interning for MoMA’s International Program department, which is dedicated to connecting MoMA with an international network of artists, scholars and institutions.

Hao Zhang, an associate professor in Saunders College of Business, is being honored with a 2019 Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching.

How does a syndicated cartoonist come up with creative ideas each day? Leigh Rubin, who has drawn Rubes cartoons for more than 30 years, will help explain his creative process during this year’s Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival on April 27.

The Times Union features RIT students Patrick Finnerty and Catherine Krawiec, part of a team that won second place in the CREATE Symposium.

WXXI talks to Nick Robertson, assistant professor of criminal justice, about cannabis regulation and prohibition in the 1930s.

The donation will fund doctoral student research in advancing microwave and antenna technology for wireless and space or defense applications.

RIT announced John Klofas, Bruce Smith and Josh Owen as its first class of Distinguished Faculty, leaders who have provided insights and solutions to today’s criminal justice issues, produced groundbreaking work in nanolithography and developed exciting industrial design innovations.

Some 200 RIT students, faculty and staff members participated in “Framing Frenzy” to build walls and frames for two two-story houses for Flower City Habitat for Humanity.

An RIT-funded spring break excursion to the heart of entrepreneurship and innovation aimed to give students the tools and inspiration to take their ideas to the next level.

WXXI’s “Connections” program features Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics.