News by Topic: Global Engagement
With international campuses located in China, Croatia, Dubai, and Kosovo, along with numerous study abroad, international research opportunities, and faculty-led excursions, RIT maintains a strong global network, giving students and faculty the chance expand their horizons across the world.
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June 18, 2025
RIT plays big role in new black hole discoveries
RIT scientists were involved in a published paper about new evidence of intermediate-mass black holes, or black holes with masses between 100 and 100,000 times the mass of the sun.
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June 17, 2025
Emirati, Arab women sharpen AI skills
Gulf Today reports on 70 Emirati and Arab women who graduated from the NOMU Al Ghurair Women in AI program, a 20-week AI certification program, at RIT Dubai.
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June 12, 2025
Check out this interactive map of the early universe, considered largest ever created
USA Today features Associate Professor Jeyhan Kartaltepe and the COSMOS-Web team. The international research group publicly released the largest look ever at the universe.
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June 10, 2025
Professor Emeritus Denis Defibaugh named 2025 Guggenheim Fellow
Photographer and Professor Emeritus Denis Defibaugh was named a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow and will return to Greenland in July to document native culture.
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June 10, 2025
Largest-ever map of the universe reveals 800,000 galaxies
Earth.com reports on the COSMOS-Web data release, co-led by Associate Professor Jeyhan Kartaltepe, which reveals the largest and most detailed map of the universe ever.
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June 9, 2025
1.5 TB of James Webb Space Telescope data just hit the internet
The Register interviews Jeyhan Kartaltepe, associate professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, about the COSMOS-Web data release.
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June 6, 2025
NASA to release most detailed images of the universe ever captured
ABC News interviews Jeyhan Kartaltepe, associate professor in RIT's School of Physics and Astronomy, about COSMOS-Web. Kartaltepe served as the lead researcher for COSMOS-Web, the largest General Observer program selected for Cycle 1 of the James Webb Space Telescope.
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June 5, 2025
James Webb Space Telescope reveals largest-ever panorama of the early universe
Space.com interviews Associate Professor Jeyhan Kartaltepe about COSMOS-Web, the largest General Observer program selected for Cycle 1 of the James Webb Space Telescope. Kartaltepe served as the lead researcher for COSMOS-Web.
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June 5, 2025
COSMOS-Web opens window into universe for scientists and citizens
Supported by RIT Associate Professor Jeyhan Kartaltepe, COSMOS-Web—the largest James Webb Space Telescope Cycle 1 observation program—has made its full data set publicly available.
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May 29, 2025
With jet-powered firefighting drone Suhail, UAE looks to transform emergency response
Forbes Middle East highlights a jet-powered firefighting drone and the drone delivery system—created at RIT Dubai—that looks to transform emergency response in the United Arab Emirates.
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May 27, 2025
Record number of RIT students earn study abroad scholarships
Thirteen students have received the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, a merit-based scholarship that allows U.S. students to gain proficiency in a variety of languages and cultures.
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May 22, 2025
Ahmed bin Saeed Attends Graduation of 300 Students from RIT Dubai
Emirates 24/7 speaks to RIT Dubai President Youssef Al-Assaf and RIT Dubai board member Abdulrahman Saleh Al Saleh about the graduation of 300 students from RIT Dubai, highlighting the university's role in advancing Dubai's knowledge economy and future-ready workforce.