Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education News

Emeka Iheme, an RIT chemical engineering and public policy alumnus, is helping his home country of Nigeria as the founder and CEO of Gasavant Africa.

Highbrow Magazine publishes a column by Sarah Burns, associate professor of political science, examining congressional war powers and how Congress’s response to recent conflicts compares to its assertion of authority during the Vietnam War.

Janessa Steenberg initially created the original recipe for herself to bridge a culinary gap between her vegan diet and the Italian-Maltese cuisine from her Toronto childhood and her grandmother’s kitchen.

Independent game developer Rami Ismail hired former Gap Year fellow Sam Magnolia and their cofounders at Aesthetician Labs — Noah Magnolia and Aidan Markham — to lead the development and production team for Australia Did It.

Hridiza Roy followed a summer internship at Disney Studios, with a fall position in the Gap Year Entrepreneurial Fellowship. The RIT program gave her a block of time and a stipend to advance her passion project—Painterly, an animation software tool.

Computer science major Emma Schmitt took a required co-op seminar class to help prepare for the internship search and what do to on the job, helping her land co-ops at Honeywell/LenelS2 and Microsoft.

RIT/NTID and The Strong National Museum of Play have again partnered to celebrate the richness of Rochester’s Deaf community with a Deaf Day of Play at the museum from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 21. Students from NTID’s Department of American Sign Language and Interpreter Education Bachelor of Science in Interpreting program will provide pro bono ASL interpretation throughout the museum. 

IT Brew interviews Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer of cybersecurity, about the new ISC2 Code of Professional Conduct for cybersecurity professionals.

Justin Pelletier, a Professor of Practice and director of the GCI Cyber Range and Training Center, discussed how AI systems are becoming tools for strategic influence in an article for The Conversation.

Charles Gaines '67 MFA (art and design), a pivotal figure in the field of conceptual art, has an upcoming exhibition in RIT’s University Gallery that traces a loose arc of his career and illustrates his sustained interest in the lyrical potential of logical systems. He will also give a companion artist talk Thursday, March 26.

Before coming to RIT, Jacob Brodeur didn’t know what other opportunities were available to him in the urbanism industry. But the skills and experiential learning opportunities he gained by studying humanities, computing, and design offered a new path.

Paley is internationally renowned for his large-scale decorative arts, and has a long association with RIT as a Distinguished Professor and artist-in-residence in the School for American Crafts.