Liberal Arts and Social Sciences News

Multidisciplinary teams of RIT students collaborated on eight projects during the Studio 930 internship program, designing accessible healthcare solutions for children and adults with disabilities.

The Bernard Kozel StartUp Program is a 12-week immersive summer experience open to students from across the university and run through Saunders College of Business.

RIT is hosting four Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) program sites this summer, which are designed for students to develop a passion for research and receive guidance for pursuing graduate careers. The university has a longstanding history hosting REU sites, which are funded by grants from the National Science Foundation.

RIT students explored culture, identity, and psychology through an immersive study abroad experience.

Two student groups and an adjunct professor earned accolades at the society's annual awards ceremony. 

Using never-before-shared archival documents, photographs, videos, and oral history interviews, the exhibition at George Eastman Museum explores how Kodak's Lambda members changed corporate culture and benefit policies to be more inclusive.

Creating opportunities for RIT's performing arts community to flourish as the new Performing Arts Center opens a bold new chapter for creativity, performance, and artistic expression is a high priority for the year ahead.

Michigan Public highlighted research by Divya Ramjee, assistant professor of criminal justice, examining the effectiveness of ShotSpotter gunshot-detection technology in Detroit as city officials consider renewing or replacing the system.

Experiences at RIT helped Ryan Lamon ’17 (criminal justice) discover his passion for practicing law.

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.

Passion and expertise are leading Tom Rieger, Professor of Practice in the College of Liberal Arts, across the globe to Indonesia thanks to a Fulbright Specialist Program award.

Jay McHarg, CEO of AeroSafe Global, has been named as the 2026 recipient of the Herbert W. Vanden Brul Entrepreneurial Award, presented by Saunders College of Business.