News by Topic: Faculty

WHEC-TV features RIT’s MAGIC Spell Studios, which partnered with Make-A-Wish to help 19-year-old Caleb Pixley fulfill his wish of creating his own video game, The Maw.

WROC-TV features RIT’s MAGIC Spell Studios and its partnership with Make-A-Wish to help 19-year-old Caleb Pixley bring his vision for his own video game, The Maw, to life.

WHEC-TV highlights Janet Lomax-Smith, Journalist in Residence in the College of Liberal Arts and retired News10NBC anchor, as she receives a lifetime achievement award from the Rochester Association of Black Journalists for her decades of impact in journalism.

Rochester Business Journal features an essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and interim director of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, examining research suggesting that test-optional college admissions may disadvantage high-achieving students from less-advantaged backgrounds.

In his State of the University address, RIT President Bill Sanders outlined a vision for RIT centered on investing in people, programs, and strategic priorities to sustain the university's momentum and impact.

The Conversation features an essay co-authored by Mattia Caldarulo, assistant professor of public policy, examining how greater broadband adoption can reduce time spent waiting for services, particularly for women, while highlighting disparities in those benefits for low-income Americans.

Energy Innovation Review highlights research by Manuela Campanelli, Distinguished Professor of Astrophysics, using advanced simulations to show how magnetic fields and gas surrounding binary supermassive black holes can help astronomers identify these systems through electromagnetic and gravitational-wave observations.

The widespread adoption of AI systems and tools has undeniably altered human life and the workforce, but RIT is making sure students are confidently prepared to navigate these changes.

RIT is offering a new class based on the Emmy-award winning HBO Max Original drama series. The class is helping future healthcare professionals explore the ethical, emotional, and practical challenges they may one day face themselves.

Alternatives to plastics are being created by researchers at RIT using plant-based starch, a plentiful and highly sustainable material.

Scientific American interviewed Meridith Joyce, assistant professor of physics, about NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and its role in dating stars in the Milky Way galaxy. 

RIT President Bill Sanders will give his State of the University address at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10, in the RIT Performing Arts Center.