News by Topic: Faculty

RIT has an emerging new hotspot for interdisciplinary research about 25 minutes from the main campus. The Tait Preserve includes a 60-acre lake and a private mile of Irondequoit Creek adjacent to Ellison Park, offering endless opportunities for research, education, and conservation activities.

New chairs for the 27 classrooms in the Student Hall for Exploration and Development and in Wallace Library will be on display in the Fireside Lounge this week. Students are invited to sample the different furniture until Feb. 4.

Yahoo News features a story by the Press-Republican on Professor Emeritus Denis Defibaugh.

WHAM-TV talks to Steven Carnovale, assistant professor of supply chain management, about how labor shortages are affecting the supply chain.

WROC-TV talks to Thomas Warfield, senior lecturer and director of dance in NTID's Department for Performing Arts.

The Democrat and Chronicle talks to Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, about the population growth in Ontario County.

Essay by Justin Pelletier, director of the GCI Cyber Range and Training Center, published by The Conversation.

Business Insider talks to Gijs Overgoor, assistant professor of marketing, about his recent study exploring what kind of social media images users prefer.

Essay by Lauren Hall, professor and chair of the political science department, published in the U.S. News and World Report.

RIT today announced the official launch of its online Master of Architecture (M.Arch) degree. RIT’s new online degree is accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board and is being offered in partnership with 2U Inc., the parent company of global online learning platform edX.

Essay written by Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, published by The Boston Globe.

Space.com reports on research led by RIT scientists on a merger of two black holes with eccentric orbits.