News Stories

The New York Times speaks to Joel Kastner, professor of imaging science at RIT, about new images from the MOTHRA telescope that reveal previously unseen stellar debris surrounding the Helix Nebula.

Nathaniel Bartsch, a dual-degree student studying history and film production, uses interdisciplinary expertise in history and film to get his an internship at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.

RIT's MAGIC Spell Studios' Maker program provides students with the funding and support to manage their own digital media projects, and prepares them for publication and investment-readiness.

WXXI speaks to Chelsea Petree, director of Parent and Family Programs, about how students and families can navigate the transition to college and the start of a new academic year.

Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering, speaks with WROC-TV to explain the AI-assisted technology behind automated license plate readers.

Cedric Bone wants to better understand how humans adapt to artificial intelligence systems. His research has led to a government scholarship award that fully funds his tuition and guarantees a research role upon graduation.

New advances in bioprinting by RIT researchers are pointing the way to nearly human capabilities for finger prosthetics.

Multidisciplinary teams of RIT students collaborated on eight projects during the Studio 930 internship program, designing accessible healthcare solutions for children and adults with disabilities.

Finger Lakes Times speaks to Ebony Miller, director of RIT's Center for Urban Entrepreneurship, about how ROC the Pitch helps entrepreneurs across the Finger Lakes build sustainable businesses.

Finger Lakes Daily News reports that RIT is among the institutions participating in Empire AI, New York's expanded artificial intelligence consortium, which is providing researchers access to one of the nation's most powerful academic AI supercomputers.

PetaPixel highlights an RIT-built camera mount that enabled NASA astronaut Don Pettit to capture a striking long-exposure image of the Milky Way from the International Space Station by compensating for the station's orbital motion.

Science educator Bill Nye and comedian Preacher Lawson will appear at RIT for Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend in October.