May 5, 2025
Rios awarded for academic excellence
Emery Rios, a fourth-year cybersecurity student, has been selected as the recipient of the Norman A. Miles Award for Academic Excellence in Study for the 2025-2026 academic year. The award is given to a student who began their studies as a first-year student at RIT and is entering their last year of undergraduate study with the highest GPA across the university. As part of the award, Rios selected Yin Pan, professor in the Department of Cybersecurity, to receive the 2025-2026 Norman A. Miles Award for Academic Excellence in Teaching.