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July 1, 2025
Quang Bui has been awarded a Fulbright-University of Vaasa Scholar Award. The prestigious award is administered through the U.S. Department of State and jointly funded by the Fulbright Finland Foundation and the University of Vaasa.
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July 1, 2025
Sammy Deol won a yearlong Fulbright Scholarship to attend graduate school in England. He will earn a master’s degree in public health in preparation for medical school.
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June 25, 2025
RIT has received a gift of $11.1 million through the estate of late alumnus and former trustee Henry Navas and his late wife, Deborah Robbins. Included is a gift of $4.8 million to RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf, the largest gift in its history.
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June 5, 2025
Supported by RIT Associate Professor Jeyhan Kartaltepe, COSMOS-Web—the largest James Webb Space Telescope Cycle 1 observation program—has made its full data set publicly available.
Latest News
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July 3, 2025
Visiting student joins RIT robotics lab and gets ‘dream’ experience
Aayush Kulkarni is participating in the International Visiting Research Student Program through RIT Global, which offers students from around the world the opportunity to collaborate with distinguished faculty-researchers from RIT.
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July 1, 2025
New president gets a roaring welcome
Community members welcomed RIT President Bill Sanders on July 1, his first official day at RIT. Sanders arrived with his wife, Emily, and their Labradoodle, Ollie.
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June 27, 2025
RIT researchers continue to explore the universe during JWST Cycle 4
Numerous members of the RIT community will participate in exploring the universe during the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) fourth cycle, set to begin in early July.
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June 26, 2025
Kijana Crawford retires after 52 years with the College of Liberal Arts
Kijana Crawford has been described as a women who has “kept an eye on the prize” during her 52-year tenure at RIT. She has watched the university grow in many ways since joining the Department of Sociology and Anthropology in 1973. Now, she’s prepared to move onto her next adventure: retirement.
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June 24, 2025
Brian Barry reflects on 52 years at RIT
Associate Professor Brian Barry began his RIT career in 1973. After 52 years of teaching, he is set to retire on June 30.
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June 23, 2025
RIT reaccreditation process advances with key milestones
Universitywide reaccreditation teams reached new milestones this spring, including finishing the first draft of a self-study prepared by eight working groups. Three priority areas have also been identified as the focal points of the self-study: student success, research, and community well-being.
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June 18, 2025
Experience with documentary filmmaking leads alum to Festival de Cannes
RIT graduate Sebastian Nazario-Colon presented at the Cannes Film Festival. He says documentary filmmaking courses and the RIT in LA study away program paved the way to his success.
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June 18, 2025
RIT plays big role in new black hole discoveries
RIT scientists were involved in a published paper about new evidence of intermediate-mass black holes, or black holes with masses between 100 and 100,000 times the mass of the sun.
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June 26, 2025
Uranium enrichment: A chemist explains how the surprisingly common element is processed to power reactors and weapons
An essay by dean of the College of Science, published by The Conversation.
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June 24, 2025
Presidents of both parties have launched military action without Congress declaring war − Trump’s bombing of Iran is just the latest
An essay by Sarah Burns, associate professor of political science, published by The Conversation.
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May 12, 2025
If you really want to close the US trade deficit, try boosting innovation in rural manufacturing
An essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and head of the Department of Sustainability, published by The Conversation.
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March 19, 2025
Fires, wars and bureaucracy: The tumultuous journey to establish the US National Archives
An essay by Elizabeth Call, university archivist, published by The Conversation.
Campus Spotlight
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Photo GalleryJuly 1, 2025
Photo by Traci Westcott/RIT
Community members welcomed RIT President Bill Sanders on July 1, his first official day at RIT. Sanders arrived with his wife, Emily, and their Labradoodle, Ollie. “I am deeply honored to join this extraordinary community, and I already feel the energy that makes RIT so unique,” Sanders told the crowd.
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Media Coverage
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July 7, 2025
RIT, UR partner on first quantum communication experiment in upstate N.Y.
Spectrum News speaks to Stefan Preble, professor in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering, and microsystems engineering Ph.D. student Vijay Sundaram about the network.
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July 7, 2025
A chatbot can never truly be your friend
An essay by Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, published by The Boston Globe. (This content requires a subscription to view.)
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July 3, 2025
RIT researchers develop AI-based textile recycling system
Resource Recycling discusses RIT's high-speed automated system that disassembles and recycles clothing.
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July 3, 2025
Copper mine or future homes? In the battle for Arizona water, the mine wins
An essay by Joel Helfrich, adjunct faculty in the School of Individualized Study, published by AZ Central.
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