News Stories

For the past six years, RIT has celebrated TAG Day to show appreciation for those who have given back to the university. In addition to hanging tags in different areas of the university that have been impacted by donor support, The Fund for RIT is hosting a TAG Day Fair until 2 p.m. today.

Assistant Professor Michael Zemcov is part of a small team of scientists contributing to NASA’s new mission to explore the origins of the universe by performing the first near-infrared all-sky spectral survey. 

Mystery, murder, dance, a look at deaf life, and the struggle to survive Nazi Germany are all part of a new collaborative season by RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf Performing Arts program and College of Liberal Arts Theater Arts program.

From cultural pariah to pop-culture cool and multimedia phenomenon, horror comics have had a bumpy road to mainstream America but now wield an undeniable influence. Terrence Wandtke explores the genre in The Comics Scare Returns: The Contemporary Resurgence of Horror Comics, published by RIT Press.

Guest essay co-authored by Kaitlin Stack Whitney, visiting assistant professor in the science, technology and society department and the environmental sciences program, published in American Scientist.

INSIGHT into Diversity talks to Sandra Rothenberg, chair of the public policy department.

Students at RIT are learning about risk management and planning even before entering the workplace through a new series of systems-based educational tools integrating community and enterprise risk and sustainability management.

Colette Fu '03 (imaging arts) featured in The Roanoke Times.

College students from across the continent are saving some brain power for the weekend of Feb. 16-17, where they will have 24 hours to create projects at RIT’s annual BrickHack event.

Michael Peres, professor and associate director, School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, featured in EarthSky.

ABCNews talks to Amitrajeet Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, about the impact of the longest shutdown in history.

Meet Aida Hajdarpasic, a fourth-year illustration student who plays in the RIT Philharmonic Orchestra and the RIT Game Symphony Orchestra.