News by Topic: Faculty
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February 23, 2026
Student-athletes combine their passions for sports and design
Three student-athletes majoring in industrial design used their collaborative mindsets to help bring their vision of an 8-foot-tall National Collegiate Athletic Association championship trophy to life.
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February 23, 2026
Algorithms that customize marketing to your phone could also influence your views on warfare
Justin Pelletier, a Professor of Practice and director of the GCI Cyber Range and Training Center, discussed how AI systems are becoming tools for strategic influence in an article for The Conversation.
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February 21, 2026
Town of Brighton hosts Black History Month event
WHAM-TV interviews Katrina Overby, assistant professor in the School of Communication, about a celebration for Black History Month hosted by Brighton, N.Y.
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February 20, 2026
Artificial Intelligence: Why the Biggest Revolution May Be Surprisingly Ordinary
An essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and head of the Department of Sustainability, published by Basis Point Insight.
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February 20, 2026
Christine Banna hand-paints every frame in Moira Smiley’s animated music video ‘Haiku’
Cartoon Brew interviews Christine A. Banna, assistant professor in the School of Film and Animation, about her creative process for animating Moira Smiley's "Haiku" music video.
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February 20, 2026
RIT researchers find that AI chatbots have a truth problem
WXXI speaks to Ashique KhudaBukhsh, assistant professor in the Department of Software Engineering, about stress testing large language models to see how susceptible they are to caving to faulty information.
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February 20, 2026
Rochester colleges confront 2026 challenges, growth
Rochester Business Journal speaks to RIT President Bill Sanders about his perspective on the issues shaping higher education in the year ahead.
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February 18, 2026
Ph.D. student recognized for work in optics
Imaging science Ph.D. student Muhammad Akif Qadeer has been awarded the 2025 Harvey M. Pollicove Memorial Scholarship from the Optica Foundation. The award is given to one student each year who shows potential in precision optics manufacturing and lens design.
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February 18, 2026
Photographer brings payphones into focus
New Castle News speaks to Eric Kunsman, assistant professor in the Department of Visual Communications Studies, about the project.
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February 17, 2026
Honing résumés and mock interviews pave the way to co-ops
Muhammad Rafikov, a second-year computer science student, is heading to the Spring University-Wide Career Fair on the lookout for his second co-op. During this search, he plans to bring along everything he learned from his first internship last summer at Google.
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February 17, 2026
RIT researchers formulate a new “recipe” for stronger bio-printed tissue
Researchers have developed a solution to finding a compatible gel medium to host human cells and a device that can print the delicate cells safely.
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February 16, 2026
Introductory business program helps first-year students make lasting connections
Making the transition to college can be challenging, but a program at Saunders College of Business helps ease that stress. The Freshman Experience: BIZ 1+2 program is built around the concept that students succeed when they feel supported by their professors and peers.