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WHEC-TV highlights Deaf Culture Awareness Day at Seneca Park Zoo, interviewing RIT students enrolled in the National Technical Institute for the Deaf's (NTID) ASL-English interpretation program who volunteered to interpret for visitors during the event.

Venture Creations has graduated 54 companies, with approximately $500 million in total funds raised.

RIT’s Museum Studies Program collaborated to host more than 50 students and archive and museums professionals last week for a workshop on the artificial intelligence trends, tools, and techniques for the industry.

The RIT Department of Philosophy will host the world’s largest meeting for continental philosophy later this month, drawing up to 600 people together from across the country and around the world for three days of thoughtful dialogue on some of today’s most complex ideas and issues.

WHAM-TV speaks with Sarah Burns, associate professor in the Department of Political Science, about Project 2025 following the Harris/Trump debate.

Designed by LaBella Associates, this $25 million expansion almost doubles the size of RIT’s business college, adding more than 35,000 square feet of renovated classrooms, applied research and case analysis labs, a state-of-the-art auditorium and café, and more.

The university’s two newest Ph.D. programs in cognitive science and physics offer diverse research opportunities for students and help them gain the skills and abilities needed to analyze data and grasp complex concepts. The new programs bring RIT’s total doctoral programs to 15.

This is the seventh time that an RIT/NTID student team has won the national question-and-answer competition, which consists of topics including arts and literature, history and government, geography, science, technology and nature, sports and leisure, Deaf heritage and culture, entertainment, current events, and mathematics.

The award is given to an individual who began their studies as a first-year student at RIT and is entering their final year of undergraduate study with the highest grade point average across the university.

Lauren Peace '17 (journalism), enterprise reporter for the Tampa Bay Times, was honored with the Paul Hansell Award for Distinguished Achievement in Florida Journalism for her work in 2023. (This content may require a subscription to view).

RIT experts in artificial intelligence, screenwriting, and digital design made their mark on Hollywood this week at one of the world’s foremost conferences on entertainment, media, and technology.

WHAM-TV talk with Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about the worldwide Crowdstrike outage.