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Essay written by Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, published by The Washington Post.

Animation Career Review has again named RIT one of the top game design universities in the country. RIT ranked No. 5 on the list of Top 50 Game Design Schools and Colleges in the U.S. and No. 2 in New York state.

RIT contributed to a massive study on a tiny roadside weed that shows urbanization is leading to adaptive evolution at a global scale. As part of the Global Urban Evolution Project (GLUE) project, scientists from 160 cities across six continents collected more than 110,000 samples of white clover plants in urban, suburban, and rural areas to study urbanization’s effects on the plants.

Film and Animation students Anna McClanahan (BFA) and Gabriel Ponte-Fleary (MFA) are finalists in Coca-Cola's Refreshing Films program. They are producing what is thought to be the program's first finalist film dealing with deaf and hard-of-hearing themes.

The third annual Rochester Independent Comics Expo (RICE) will bring more than 30 well-known comic artists to the area the first weekend of April.

NTID and The Strong have partnered to celebrate Deaf Awareness Month. On Sunday, March 20, students from NTID’s Department of American Sign Language and Interpreting Education will provide ASL assistance at the museum’s admissions desk and its Skyline Climb high adventure course. And ASL tours of the Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden will take place every hour from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
 

Growing interest in gender matters from employers, students and academics has resulted in a new choice for students trying to meet their immersion requirement at Rochester Institute of Technology: an immersion in queer and transgender studies.

When Tamar W. Carroll became a trustee of the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House in 2020, her appointment added to the web of connections Rochester Institute of Technology has with the cultural institution. 

WXXI features Ben Garvey ’21 (applied arts and sciences), founder of Great Lakes Gaming.

Campus Times interviews Professor Christy Tyler about how to rethink wetland ecosystem restoration.

Essay written by Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, published by The Boston Globe. (This content requires a subscription to view.)

Utility Dive talks to Eric Hittinger, associate professor and interim chair of the Department of Public Policy, about cryptocurrency and electricity grids.