News
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April 7, 2025
2025 Best Colleges for Photography
College Transitions names RIT as the No. 3 top college for photography majors.
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April 4, 2025
Packaging science students organize Packaging Jamboree national conference
Lia Grammer and Julia Carreras found that juggling the logistics of a major student conference in the middle of a busy academic season is proving to be both exciting and challenging.
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April 4, 2025
RIT Graduate Showcase puts students in the spotlight April 10
Graduate students Olivia Towne and Meghan Taylor gave back to the RIT community with their graduate research projects, which focused on the nutritional needs of student athletes and the challenges facing people with food allergies.
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April 4, 2025
Valentage wins Eisenhart Award during final year at RIT
Valentage has won an Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching for her commitment to student success. The recognition is bittersweet for Valentage, who is retiring after 31 years at RIT.
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April 3, 2025
VFX Schools Adapt to Capture Industry Shift to VP and AI
Flip Phillips, professor in the School of Film and Animation, and Philip Szrama, assistant professor in the School of Design, speak to VFX Voice about new AI tech used for virtual production.
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April 3, 2025
Kaminari spreads cultural a cappella on campus
One of seven a cappella groups at RIT, Kaminari and its 13 members aim to show how music transcends language and helps people discover and enjoy music they might not have explored on their own.
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April 2, 2025
Student devises gamified cybersecurity program for peers
The computer engineering undergraduate has been focused on building workforce development security tools with Michael Zuzak, assistant professor, to develop workforce development security tools to help students prevent online exploits.
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April 1, 2025
RIT Croatia student recognized for entrepreneurial endeavors
For her efforts, Kurtovic was named to the Top 30 Under 30 in the industry by the VIDI Awards, and won second place at the IPMA Project Management Awards 2024 in the Best Young Project Manager category.
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March 28, 2025
RIT researchers use AI to uncover surprising trends in media coverage of police
A new study from RIT and Carnegie Mellon University experts is challenging a widely held belief about the media—that local news outlets have become more critical of the police in recent years.
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March 27, 2025
RIT’s School of Film and Animation continues to rise in rankings
Student’s access to state-of-the-art facilities and software, impressive faculty with industry experience, and a wealth of opportunities for hands-on learning before graduation has earned RIT’s School of Film and Animation (SOFA) more recognition as one of the top animation schools in the nation.
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March 27, 2025
Student entrepreneurs spotlight artists with new social media site
Students developed Spotlight Creators, a startup meant to filter out ubiquitous, trend-chasing social media content in favor of original artwork. The goal of the site's co-founders is to create a welcoming online community for creatives to share more authentic work.
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March 26, 2025
Don Pophal and Christian Waldschmidt to receive 2025 Davis Awards
A faculty member who uses his business background of seeing technology go from concept to production and a graduating engineering student who enjoys helping others and wants to develop medical devices have been named this year’s RIT Alfred Davis Award winners.