News by Topic: Faculty

Assistant Professor Benjamin Chin's research is giving new clarity on what color helps eyes focus best.

Real-world financial management experience is what gives RIT students a leg up when it comes to investing in stocks, handling portfolios, and working with clients.

Students are building Navy-funded autonomous underwater systems, including a robot designed to inspect and clean ship hulls. The hands-on senior design projects teach robotics, sensing, and machine learning through real naval technology challenges.

The Conversation publishes a column by Christye Sisson, director and Gannett Chair for the photographic arts and sciences program, exploring how astronaut photography from the Artemis II mission highlights the importance of human perspective in an era of AI-generated images.

Spectrum News speaks to Christye Sisson, director and Gannett Chair for the photographic arts and sciences program, about how alumni trained Artemis II astronauts to capture space imagery and the importance of human perspective in photography.

WHEC-TV highlights the opening of RIT’s new 700-plus seat performing arts center, including remarks from RIT President Bill Sanders on its significance as a space for innovation, performance, and community engagement.

WHAM-TV features a photo gallery from the opening of the university’s new performing arts center, which will serve as a hub for creativity and community performances.

WROC-TV reports on RIT’s new performing arts center debuting with a sold-out inaugural performance, marking a major addition to the region’s arts and entertainment landscape.

Gulf News speaks to Ayda Ghazal, marketing and communications manager at RIT Dubai, about how parents are balancing remote work and children’s online learning, highlighting the role of communication, flexibility, and support networks.

Rochester Business Journal speaks to Erica Haskell, director of RIT’s School of Performing Arts, about the opening of the university’s new performing arts center and its role in advancing interdisciplinary collaboration and the regional arts scene.

Spectrum News reports on the opening of the new RIT Performing Arts Center, a 747-seat venue that will host student and community performances and feature a restored historic pipe organ.

WHAM-TV speaks to Mark Loria, professor of practice in the Department of Civil Engineering Technology, about the challenges of maintaining and replacing Rochester’s aging underground water infrastructure.