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WHEC-TV features RIT’s MAGIC Spell Studios, which partnered with Make-A-Wish to help 19-year-old Caleb Pixley fulfill his wish of creating his own video game, The Maw.

WROC-TV features RIT’s MAGIC Spell Studios and its partnership with Make-A-Wish to help 19-year-old Caleb Pixley bring his vision for his own video game, The Maw, to life.

WHEC-TV highlights Janet Lomax-Smith, Journalist in Residence in the College of Liberal Arts and retired News10NBC anchor, as she receives a lifetime achievement award from the Rochester Association of Black Journalists for her decades of impact in journalism.

Rochester Business Journal features an essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and interim director of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, examining research suggesting that test-optional college admissions may disadvantage high-achieving students from less-advantaged backgrounds.

The Conversation features an essay co-authored by Mattia Caldarulo, assistant professor of public policy, examining how greater broadband adoption can reduce time spent waiting for services, particularly for women, while highlighting disparities in those benefits for low-income Americans.

Rochester Business Journal features a viewpoint highlighting RIT’s partnership with The Arc Ontario to develop virtual reality and AI training experiences that help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities build workplace skills and prepare for employment. (This content may require a subscription to view.)

WHEC-TV highlights RIT’s partnership with Great Lakes Gaming and the Rochester City School District to provide free summer video game camp scholarships to more than 100 local children, teaching skills in programming, digital art, and gaming technology.

Energy Innovation Review highlights research by Manuela Campanelli, Distinguished Professor of Astrophysics, using advanced simulations to show how magnetic fields and gas surrounding binary supermassive black holes can help astronomers identify these systems through electromagnetic and gravitational-wave observations.

Bytes Europe profiles Kelsey Pinkowski '26 (global business management) and her growing career in international motorsports, including competing in Japan’s all-female Kyojo Cup.

Unearth The Voyage includes RIT's packaging science program in its list of unusual degrees, citing competitive salaries and strong job placement rates.

Scientific American interviewed Meridith Joyce, assistant professor of physics, about NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and its role in dating stars in the Milky Way galaxy. 

MSN includes RIT's packaging science program in its list of unusual degrees, citing competitive salaries and strong job placement rates.