Communications and Digital Media News

Six teams of deaf and hard-of-hearing students from NTID adapted to a virtual presentation format for the annual Next Big Idea business competition. Student presenters from as far away as Dubai shared their ideas for new businesses that positively impact deaf and hard-of-hearing communities.

Hannah Sarakin’s artistic flair and sunny personality is going a long way to cheer up her neighborhood in Woodcliff Lake, N.J., with sidewalk art and public service messages written in chalk.

The College of Art and Design's spring exhibitions are going virtual — they can be experienced on Instagram and a website. 

A series of one-credit workshops offered through the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences provided a platform for students to engage with and learn from accomplished creatives.

DIY animation equipment and paper microscopes are some of the course delivery solutions with classes shifting online.

RIT had a strong showing at the Rochester Advertising Federation's annual ADDY Awards, which recognize student and professional excellence in marketing and advertising. 

Many RIT faculty, students, staff and alumni are among the collaborations here and across the nation, providing expertise to improve or create much-needed equipment and protective gear for medical personnel fighting the Coronavirus.

Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 34: Studying history is more than poring over textbooks and old documents. History Professor Richard Newman and humanities Professor Lisa Hermsen talk about place-based learning, which gets students into the community to experience where the history happened.

Many RIT alumni have tapped into the craft-beer boom that has swept across the country in the past 10 years.

While he’ll soon step away from the day-to-day at the university to which he has dedicated nearly six decades, R. Roger Remington wants people to know, “I’m not going anywhere.” The Vignelli Distinguished Professor of Design and longest-serving faculty member at RIT will retire in May after 57 years at the university.

Creative Industry Day drew an impressive array of talent seekers from the likes of The Walt Disney Co., Forbes Media and Procter & Gamble anxiously looking to meet with RIT students in a career-fair setting inside Gordon Field House yesterday.

Ben Camp '13 BS, '18 MS (Media Arts and Technology) is a graphic designer at Illuminate, a clinical sales training and development agency.