News by Topic: Interdisciplinary Studies

At RIT, combining aspects from different fields of study is the best way to make world-changing discoveries and find creative ways to solve problems. RIT encouraged collaboration across academic programs and departments to encourage creative thinking and innovation.

  • October 13, 2025

    Buffalo Bills Highmark Stadium is shown lighted in an arial view.

    RIT Big Shot team blitzes Highmark Stadium

    RIT commemorated the Buffalo Bills’ final season at Highmark Stadium on Oct. 11 with nighttime photos, including a 360-degree panoramic image that will be displayed in the new stadium when it opens next year.

  • September 29, 2025

    Two people wearing welding helmets stand behind a welding bench with equipment.

    Students weld together a new club

    A year ago, four engineering technology students were taking the class Foundation of Metals that included a brief training program on how welding is used in manufacturing. They knew they wanted more and a student chapter of the American Welding Society was born.

  • September 26, 2025

    A man and woman put a silver commemorative adornment on William H. Sanders on a stage.

    William H. Sanders installed as RIT’s 11th president

    RIT will become a destination not just for students but for ideas, Bill Sanders said as part of formal ceremonies to install him as RIT’s 11th president. RIT community members, delegates from 42 universities, and state and community leaders attended the tradition-filled ceremony on Sept. 26.

  • September 18, 2025

    RIT industrial design students and leaders stand in front of a sign that reads The Factory Experience.

    Student designs hit the factory floor at Autodesk University

    What started as a concept for the School of Design’s annual T-Minus challenge has made a splash at Autodesk University 2025. The Autodesk MultiMeasure was the Factory Experience product chosen for the global software and technology company’s annual conference.

  • September 16, 2025

    a modern brown cabin sits in a wooded area next to a gravel driveway.

    New field station to boost research at Tait Preserve

    The field station will be open and available to all departments across the RIT community and allow for researchers to remain on-site instead of having to always move research materials between the preserve and the main campus.