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September 15, 2025
Dual role as teacher and mentor leads to prestigious international award for faculty member
Whether coordinating the logistics of challenging SAE Baja Racing events in Rochester or helping organize overnight programs with current and prospective engineering students, Marca Lam has taken a non-traditional approach to educating engineers.
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September 15, 2025
Researcher reacts to being used in White House Chicago crime claims
WGN interviews Irshad Altheimer, the Ellen M. Granberg Endowed Professor.
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September 15, 2025
Why RIT Tirana is exactly what you're looking for
Monitor interviews James Myers, associate provost for International Education and Global Programs, about RIT Tirana.
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September 15, 2025
Strong Museum kicks off first-ever conference on BIPOC Game Studies
WHEC-TV highlights the first conference on BIPOC Game Studies, co-hosted by RIT.
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September 12, 2025
RIT researchers help scale breakthrough decarbonization technology
Researchers at the New York State Center of Excellence in Advanced and Sustainable Manufacturing at Golisano Institute for Sustainability are helping advance a lab-born breakthrough into viable climate technology.
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September 12, 2025
Digital media projects take shape with help from MAGIC Spell grants
The new MAGIC Spell grants, earmarked for digital media projects in art, games, interactivity, and creativity, provide RIT researchers in any college with funding up to $5,000 to help in their pursuits to secure additional external grants in their fields.
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September 12, 2025
Experimental animators bring new dimension to musical performance
Animation is most often viewed on a screen. But when animators break traditional rules and abandon the “almighty rectangle,” Christine Banna says artistic magic can happen.
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September 12, 2025
RIT names new stadium in honor of Judson family and Pike Construction
Rochester Business Journal speaks to RIT President Bill Sanders about the stadium naming.
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September 12, 2025
Your old jeans: RIT is solving the zipper problem with recycling
Democrat and Chronicle highlights the work of Golisano Institute for Sustainability's textile recycling machine.
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September 12, 2025
GALLERY: 9/11 remembrance events in the Rochester area
WHAM-TV includes RIT's ceremony in its 9/11 remembrance coverage.
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September 11, 2025
RIT recognized for dedication to community and belonging
RIT has been recognized with the Higher Education Excellence and Distinction (HEED) Champion Award, as announced by Insight Into Academia magazine. This marks the 12th consecutive year RIT has received the HEED Award and the 11th consecutive year of being named a champion.
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September 11, 2025
Exhibit honors early woodworking alumna Ellen Swartz
A clock with a human face, a lamp base with a hidden compartment, and an Art Nouveau-inspired high chair are among the objects featured in a new RIT Archives exhibit honoring a trailblazing alumna.