News by Topic: Faculty

  • February 10, 2020

    Artist's conception of a massive planet orbiting a cool, young star.

    RIT scientists discover the nearest-known ‘baby giant planet’

    Scientists from RIT have discovered a newborn massive planet closer to Earth than any other of similarly young age found to date. The baby giant planet lies only about 330 light years from our solar system. The discovery, published in the Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, provides researchers an exciting new way to study how gas giants form.

  • February 7, 2020

    Dean James Winebrake.

    RIT’s liberal arts dean recognized by National Academies for exceptional service

    James Winebrake, dean of RIT’s College of Liberal Arts, has been recognized as a national associate of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The prestigious designation is offered to fewer than 50 people per year by the National Academies and recognizes people who have made exceptional contributions to the work of the academies.

  • February 6, 2020

    President Donald Trump.

    Can Trump be impeached again? 

    The Washington Post asks Sarah Burns, associate professor of political science, if President Trump can be impeached again.

  • February 6, 2020

    two people standing in front of hospital design posters.

    Podcast: Hope for Honduras 

    Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 31: A multidisciplinary contingent from RIT is creating design solutions to improve the quality of medical care and education in Central America. Mary Golden, interior design program chair and director of RIT Hope for Honduras, speaks with Christian Perry, a healthcare designer and co-founder of Little Angels of Honduras, about important initiatives to help reduce infant mortality in that region.

  • February 5, 2020

    'North by Nuuk' book cover, featuring two yellow boxs on wooden sled on a sheet of ice.

    RIT photography professor documents Greenland’s changing landscape

    Contemporary Greenland is the subject of a new collection of photographs and essays by RIT photography professor Denis Defibaugh, who spent more than a year on the island. North by Nuuk: Greenland after Rockwell Kent, published by RIT Press, documents scenes from daily life and from nature, such as an Inuit hunter and his sled dogs, stark landscapes and portraits of the people who live in remote communities.

  • January 30, 2020

    four books.

    College of Liberal Arts faculty write books on varied topics

    Four faculty members from RIT’s College of Liberal Arts have recently written books on diverse subjects: how disability is viewed in the media, the commercialization of 19th-century autobiographies, how birth and death costs and practices have changed over the years, and how Germany adopted technology and a productivity culture after World War II.

  • January 27, 2020

    professor talking with students in 1977.

    Dane Gordon, beloved RIT historian and educator, dies at age 94

    Dane Gordon, beloved professor emeritus, Presbyterian minister and author of two books on the history of RIT, died Jan. 22 after a brief illness. Professor Gordon, who retired from RIT in 2000, was 94. In his 38 years at RIT, he served as a professor of philosophy, department chair and acting dean of the College of Liberal Arts.