Communications and Digital Media News

Rochester Beacon features Hinda Mandell, associate professor of communications, and Juilee Decker associate professor of museum studies.

Miguel Cardona's personal experience as an entrepreneur and innovator helps connect his students to industry. 

The School of Media Sciences “…has tremendous resources to support student work, backed by knowledgeable and caring professors; this helped in maintaining motivation while  gaining confidence in my skills and abilities.”

RIT graduates work in the knowledge-based positions…in both production management and upper management positions…they are the most knowledgeable about color, printing, and pre-media applications, as well as the production workflow.

David Pflanz ’19, Sedera Zbranak ’19 and fourth-year student Karrie Chen worked with Print Panther, an independent print production company, to create the award-winning holiday box design.

Emmi Hintz '12 (new media design) has contributed to award-winning work as a designer for Anchor — a podcast creation app acquired by Spotify earlier this year. 

WXXI’s “Connections” program features William Snyder, professor and chair, photojournalism program.

Grab your needles, yarn or thread, and get crafting for democracy in a community-wide tribute to Rochester’s legacy of social activism with a contemporary twist. Fiber artists are needed to contribute to a yarn installation celebrating the Rochester Ladies Anti-Slavery Sewing Society at a historic site on Corinthian Street.

Handcrafted pussyhats, subversive embroidery (“resist”), protest banners and quilts are among the politically charged textiles inspired by the rise of President Donald Trump, and they are the focus of a new exhibit and catalog curated by two RIT professors.

Guest column by Lauren Peace ’17 (journalism) published in The New York Times.

The Washington Post features Hinda Mandell, associate professor of communications, who said that yarn bombing is part of a long tradition in which women use textile arts to agitate, excite or inspire.

Prishtina Insight features an urban interactive installation created by Lauren Peace ’17 (journalism).