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The club is more than a geography club, although its members do love maps. Geographic information systems technology is used to analyze and visualize location-based data, with applications varying from urban planning and environmental management to crime analysis. 

ABC27 speaks with Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer of cybersecurity at RIT, about the cyberattack disrupting GIANT Food Stores’ online services, the challenges of restoring complex retail systems, and the potential role of AI in cyberattacks.

RIT Professor Christina Goudreau Collison has received an award for excellence in teaching from a branch of the American Chemical Society.

Spectrum News speaks with Garret Arcoraci, principal lecturer in the School of Information, and students in RIT's artificial intelligence program about AI ethics, potential risks, government oversight, and preparing students to develop and use the technology responsibly.

The Mercer Island Reporter interviews 2025 RIT game design and development graduate Brandon Korn about Space Raccoons: Raccoons in Space, a game he and fellow RIT students developed while at RIT.

Rochester Beacon features an essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and interim director of RIT’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability, examining research suggesting that exposure to international students fosters lasting cultural openness, social integration, and international mobility without negatively affecting domestic students’ career outcomes.

RIT track coach Pete Todd, who guided 49 All-Americans and 14 cross country teams to NCAA Division III finals in his 32-year career, is remembered in a new biography.

When the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory needed multiple stands that could each support up to 45,000 pounds of superconducting magnets in limited space, an RIT student designed the solution.

In a digital world shaped by artificial intelligence, a new AI & Copyright for Creatives course will provide students with foundational knowledge of copyright law, encouraging them to explore how those laws do and do not protect their work.