News by Topic: Technology, The Arts, And Design

As a second-year biomedical sciences major and honors student on a pre-med track, Rachel Smith sought out hands-on research experience to prepare for the rigors of medical school.

Forbes has named RIT one of the “Top 15 Colleges for Launching Your Career,” highlighting the university’s strong cooperative education program, industry partnerships, and career-focused academic offerings.

Recognizing the growing demand for globally fluent creatives, RIT has partnered with Prague’s Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts to launch a new student exchange program designed to prepare students for the realities of globalized creative industries.

The best cybersecurity students in the world came to RIT to battle in the Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition global finals, wrapping up the largest offense-based cybersecurity competition for college students.

Modeled after free clinics at medical and law schools, RIT’s Cybersecurity Clinic provides free cyber assessment services to community groups, including nonprofits, small businesses, municipal organizations, and school districts.

RIT’s new Research Building officially opened its doors Dec. 2, and inside, faculty and students are gearing up to usher in a new era of discovery on campus.

Across the country, millions struggle to find timely or affordable mental health support. This imbalance was an inspiration for Ali Tosyali, who researched a potential assistive technology that could help practitioners identify potential disorders in a faster and efficient manner.

Lucy Ray, a fourth-year medical illustration and psychology dual-degree student, spent her summer working as a contracted artist for Drissi Advertising, working on ads for movies like Predator: Badlands.

Two RIT faculty members are building a comprehensive workforce development program in manufacturing for veterans and under-employed individuals to provide the needed skills-based training in electronics assembly.

Forward-thinking faculty; curriculum that fuses technology, the arts, and design; and a legacy of priming students with a maker mentality helped RIT’s School of Film and Animation maintain its place on TheWrap’s list of Top 50 Film Schools of 2025.

RIT's College of Art and Design is named in Study International as a top spot for students who seek to push creative boundaries and develop expertise in their fields.

RIT is celebrating entrepreneur and philanthropist B. Thomas Golisano’s legacy with a student-curated exhibit in the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences atrium.