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April 10, 2026
Presidents reflect on how RIT’s past is shaping its future
RIT’s past and present converged as four presidents—spanning more than three decades of leadership—reflected on the university’s evolution and how they have helped position it for the future.
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April 10, 2026
Balancing work and remote learning in the UAE: How parents are coping
Gulf News speaks to Ayda Ghazal, marketing and communications manager at RIT Dubai, about how parents are balancing remote work and children’s online learning, highlighting the role of communication, flexibility, and support networks.
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April 10, 2026
RIT opens new performing arts theater
WXXI News features comments from Erica Haskell, director of RIT’s School of Performing Arts, and RIT President Bill Sanders about the opening of the university’s new performing arts center and its role in supporting interdisciplinary collaboration and student creativity.
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April 10, 2026
When an RIT student starts a business and helps save the internet
Benjamin Brundage, a fourth-year computer science student, made front-page news for helping take down one of the most powerful cyberweapons ever assembled. And he’s been running his own startup at the same time.
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April 10, 2026
RIT to open state-of-the-art performing arts center
Rochester Business Journal speaks to Erica Haskell, director of RIT’s School of Performing Arts, about the opening of the university’s new performing arts center and its role in advancing interdisciplinary collaboration and the regional arts scene.
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April 10, 2026
New RIT Performing Arts Center set to open on Friday
Spectrum News reports on the opening of the new RIT Performing Arts Center, a 747-seat venue that will host student and community performances and feature a restored historic pipe organ.
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April 10, 2026
Rochester’s aging water system includes pipes more than 150 years old
WHAM-TV speaks to Mark Loria, professor of practice in the Department of Civil Engineering Technology, about the challenges of maintaining and replacing Rochester’s aging underground water infrastructure.
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April 10, 2026
Fanfare marks the opening of the RIT Performing Arts Center
The 747-seat, 50,000-square-foot building officially opened this morning. The center will provide a state-of-the-art venue for theater, musical theater, music, and dance for both RIT students and community groups.
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April 10, 2026
Benefactors help support performing arts center
Bob Kalka ’89 and his wife, Kelly Porter Kalka ’88, have made a donation to support RIT’s new Performing Arts Center, naming the theater’s follow spot room.
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April 10, 2026
How Marriage Markets Drive India's Vanishing Girls Problem
Basis Point Insight publishes an essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and head of the Department of Sustainability, highlighting new research that links skewed sex ratios to marriage markets, dowries and relative wealth in India.
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April 10, 2026
India’s Farm Productivity Puzzle Lies in Distorted Land Markets
Basis Point Insight publishes an essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and head of the Department of Sustainability, about how restrictive leasing laws and weak land records are impeding efficient land use in India.
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April 9, 2026
RIT student outcomes climb to new high
RIT students are entering the workforce with increasing success, including higher starting salaries, according to the university’s latest career outcomes data from the class of 2025.