News Stories

WHAM-TV reports that more than 1,000 students from more than 70 countries and 30 states gathered at RIT for the Genius Olympiad.

The naming of the Dave and Nancy Munson Amphitheater, part of the new Music Performance Theater, was revealed at a celebration on June 12 in the SHED, surprising the couple before a crowd of students, alumni, dignitaries, board members, and family members.

USA Today features Associate Professor Jeyhan Kartaltepe and the COSMOS-Web team. The international research group publicly released the largest look ever at the universe.

The New York Times interviews Alex Lobos, director of the School of Design, about the product designs of appliances that consumers are looking for.

Syracuse.com reports on the NY Workforce Connect conference, where workforce development leaders—including Chris Harris, assistant vice president of Government and Community Relations—discussed the challenges and opportunities ahead for the semiconductor industry.

Yahoo interviews Associate Professor Kathleen Lamkin-Kennard and members of the Hot Wheelz racing team for a story about women taking on leadership roles.

RIT’s physician assistant program celebrated its 30th graduating class this year, and now its biggest champion, former director and founder Heidi Miller, is preparing to retire at the end of June after nearly 32 years.

Photographer and Professor Emeritus Denis Defibaugh was named a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow and will return to Greenland in July to document native culture.

Rochester Business Journal features Jacqueline Mozrall, dean of Saunders College of Business, speaking about the combination of brutalist architecture and modern renovations of Max Lowenthal Hall.

A team of RIT experts has created CTIBench, a new tool that evaluates how much a large language model really knows about cybersecurity. CTIBench is the first and most comprehensive benchmark in the Cyber Threat Intelligence space. The tool is already being used by Google, Cisco, and Trend Micro.

Earth.com reports on the COSMOS-Web data release, co-led by Associate Professor Jeyhan Kartaltepe, which reveals the largest and most detailed map of the universe ever.

The Register interviews Jeyhan Kartaltepe, associate professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, about the COSMOS-Web data release.