University News

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. 

RIT graduate presents at Cannes Film Festival. He says documentary filmmaking courses and the RIT in LA study away program paved the way to his success.

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.

A research team at Golisano Institute for Sustainability is developing a fully automated system to identify, sort, and disassemble garments at high speed and in high volume to address a critical global waste problem.

Changes to the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education introduce new criteria for categorizing colleges and universities and link student access and return on investment to institutional excellence.

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.

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.