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Students from RIT’s School of Communication served as the official media team for the New York State School Counselors Association conference, held last month at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center.

NPR speaks to Kristen Shinohara, associate professor in the School of Information, about why fonts matter.

Modeled after free clinics at medical and law schools, RIT’s Cybersecurity Clinic provides free cyber assessment services to community groups, including nonprofits, small businesses, municipal organizations, and school districts.

WXXI highlights the documentary Deaf Santa Claus, which follows deaf Texan Charles Graves as he becomes Santa to bring holiday joy and inclusion to deaf children. The film is produced by Evan Winegard '99 (economics), '10 EMBA.

WHAM-TV features the interactive art stations set up by students in RIT's visual arts for all ages master's program.

WHEC-TV speaks to students in RIT's master's in visual arts for all ages about the importance of giving back to the community.

RIT’s new Research Building officially opened its doors Dec. 2, and inside, faculty and students are gearing up to usher in a new era of discovery on campus.

RIT is teaming up with Gallaudet University to prepare the next generation of artificial intelligence researchers and practitioners who will develop AI for everyone.

From satellite debris to artificial intelligence, double major students find research success by combining expertise in computer science and economics.

BiRed Imaging, co-founded by Professor Satish Kandlikar, blends infrared camera capture, numerical simulation, and artificial intelligence-driven algorithms to accurately detect the presence, size, and location of tumors. The revolutionary process spares patients painful breast compression, radiation exposure, false alarms, and unnecessary anxiety.

The goal of libraries, museums, and archives around the world is to safeguard historical documents, but some objects can deteriorate with time. RIT’s Cultural Heritage Imaging (CHI) lab is using funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop a relatively low-cost system that makes cultural heritage imaging methods more accessible.

Professor Caroline DeLong established the ManyOtters project in collaboration with several other universities to share research, knowledge, and to explore the cognitive abilities of otters.