News by Topic: Faculty

R. Roger Remington, RIT’s longest-serving faculty member, will retire in May after 57 years at the university. In addition to building a nationally recognized graphic design program in the College of Art and Design, Remington transformed RIT into an international archival resource for design, earning many of the industry’s most distinguished awards along the way.

WROC-TV talks to Maureen Ferran, associate professor of biology, about a technique to fight human papillomavirus, or HPV.

Vox cites Eric Hittinger, associate professor of public policy, about changes to the Self-Generation Incentive Program.

Sarah Burns, associate professor of political science, explains how the Electoral College works for the "Curious Kids" series published by The Conversation.

WHEC-TV talks to Deborah Colton-Hebert, associate professor of marketing and international business, about the effects of theft on a business.

Construction Dive talks to Amanda Bao, associate professor in civil engineering technology, about typical bridge design procedures.

The Rochester Beacon talks to Irshad Altheimer, associate professor of criminal justice and director, Center for Public Safety Initiatives, about gun violence.

Futurism cites research by Richard O’Shaughnessy, assistant professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences.

USA Today talks to Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, about regulation of facial recognition technology.

The Minett Professorship brings distinguished Rochester-area multicultural professionals to the RIT campus to share their professional knowledge and experience with RIT’s students, faculty and staff for one academic year.

A new book by Nabil Nasr, associate provost and director of RIT’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability (GIS), brings together many of the world’s thought leaders on the fundamentals of remanufacturing and its vital link to resource efficiency and the circular economy—including two additional authors from RIT.

The Rochester Beacon talks to Katie Terezakis, professor of philosophy, about the 2019 Feminist-Pragmatist Philosophy Colloquium.