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Between 30 and 50 students participate on each racing team from all of RIT’s colleges. They incorporate the latest technology into race vehicles, testing the skills that could position them for co-ops, then careers.

During their third year at RIT, the pair unexpectedly enrolled in the same partner-based sound recording classand worked together on a quarter-long project. The assignment provided a golden opportunity to learn more about each other while exploring the Rochester region.

Tech expert and media star Katie Linendoll, an RIT information technology alumna, started her own media production and consulting company.

Spectrum News announces that former NASA astronaut Mae Jemison will serve as commencement speaker and receive an honorary doctorate at RIT’s 2026 academic convocation. RIT President Bill Sanders is quoted. 

WROC-TV highlights an exhibition at RIT’s City Art Space featuring artist Lydia Boddie-Rice, whose handmade kite installations combine storytelling, animation, and physical art.

Highbrow Magazine publishes a column by Sarah Burns, associate professor of political science, examining congressional war powers and how Congress’s response to recent conflicts compares to its assertion of authority during the Vietnam War.

Fine Books Magazine speaks to Roger Easton Jr., professor of imaging science, about using advanced imaging technologies to help reveal hidden texts such as the Archimedes Palimpsest, contributing to the preservation and interpretation of historical manuscripts.

At the GDC (Game Developers Conference) Festival of Gaming in San Franciso, PC Gamer interviewed RIT students who created the alternative controller interactive experience Don’t Run With Scissors.

At the GDC (Game Developers Conference) Festival of Gaming in San Franciso, PC Gamer interviewed RIT students who created a giant toothbrushing interactive experience called Floss Boss.

In addition to presenting the keynote address to graduates on May 8, Mae Jemison will also receive an Honorary Doctor of Science degree.

A serial entrepreneur, Brandon Hudson was RIT’s first Gap Year fellow in 2018. Before that, Hudson had a knack for business, selling wristbands for the then-new Apple Watch.