Media Coverage

Curb Cuts highlights the Imagine RIT festival, showcasing student projects focused on accessibility, including prosthetics, smart glasses, and neurotechnology designed to support people with disabilities.

Pickin’ Splinters highlights Bob McVean being inducted into the Basketball Coaches Association of New York Hall of Fame, recognizing his 40-year coaching career and success leading RIT’s men’s basketball program.

WHEC-TV highlights Imagine RIT’s return, featuring remarks from President Emeritus Bill Destler on the festival’s role in showcasing student creativity and engaging the community.

WHAM-TV speaks to Lisa Stein about the return of Imagine RIT, highlighting the event as a kickoff to Rochester’s festival season and a showcase of student innovation.

WHAM-TV previews Imagine RIT, highlighting student-created projects and innovations across AI, robotics, gaming, and engineering ahead of the campus-wide festival.

WHEC-TV previews Imagine RIT, featuring remarks from Lisa Stein, festival director, about the annual event showcasing student innovation across AI, robotics, gaming, and more.

Spectrum News highlights Imagine RIT, focusing on the interactive exhibits and student-driven innovations in areas like artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and design.

WROC-TV spotlights Imagine RIT, featuring student projects and the return of the annual festival showcasing technology, creativity, and global collaboration.

WHEC-TV speaks to RIT alumni Paul Reichert and Katrina Willoughby, along with Christye Sisson, director and Gannett Chair for the photographic arts and sciences program, about training Artemis II astronauts to capture space imagery during the lunar mission.

Design Magazine speaks to Josh Owen, director of the Vignelli Center for Design Studies, about his approach to minimalist design, sustainability, and teaching through design archives.

An essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and head of the Department of Sustainability, published by Rochester Beacon.

Basis Point Insight features an essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and head of the Department of Sustainability, examining how extreme heat impacts agriculture and food systems, highlighting hidden risks of undernutrition among vulnerable populations despite market adaptations.