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March 3, 2025
![A snowshoer raises their arms in triumph as they cross the finish line.]()
RIT storytellers capture the heart and hustle of Special Olympics athletes
Students from various majors across RIT made a website providing wall-to-wall coverage of the 2025 Special Olympics New York Winter Games. This was the fourth year RIT partnered with Special Olympics to document the events.
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February 28, 2025
![A detailed painting of a man with glasses, a mustache, and a goatee, gazing intently. The artwork uses warm tones and textured brushstrokes, giving it a lifelike quality. A news station logo appears in the bottom right corner.]()
Local artist celebrates people of color through his work and teaching
WROC-TV features the work of alumnus Unique Fair-Smith, adjunct professor in the College of Art and Design, which shows students how Black history and Rochester are intertwined.
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February 26, 2025
![A man with white hair and glasses shows an old document to a woman wearing glasses and a red cardigan, as they sit at a table with archival materials in a modern office setting.]()
Sculptor Albert Paley gives personal archive to RIT
The Albert Paley Collection in the RIT Archives preserves the legacy of a celebrated working artist, entrepreneur, and educator. Paley is known around the world for his large-scale municipal works, sculptures, gates, architectural pieces, furniture design, and decorative arts.
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February 25, 2025
![Five professionally dressed men stand together at an event, two wearing gold medals on orange ribbons. A large screen behind them displays 'John Traver Professorship' along with the RIT logo.]()
Ricky Figueroa honored as the inaugural John Traver Endowed Professor
An electrical engineer turned creative technologist, Ricky Figueroa is invigorated by working at the intersection of technology, the arts, and design. Embracing an interdisciplinary approach to teaching and research has led to success for both Figueroa and the students who pass through his classroom.
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February 14, 2025
![The R I T lacrosse team celebrates on a turf field in front of a crowd of people.]()
Carrying coach’s lacrosse lessons into life
Jake Coon has turned RIT men’s lacrosse into a national powerhouse. Coon, though, prefers to talk about the 15 classes of leaders he helped shape and the assistant coaches who worked with him to build a top-notch program. He has built a community that is there for his players long after they graduate.
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February 12, 2025
![Two people examine a wooden box with hinged panels on a metal table. The woman holds a photo. The man wears glasses and a shirt with an RIT logo.]()
Interdisciplinary collaborations drive innovation in cultural heritage preservation
RIT’s interdisciplinary collaborations enrich research across the university and beyond. Two of these collaborative projects recently received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of a total $22.6 million in grants given to support humanities projects across the nation.
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February 12, 2025
![Stephanie Perrotti works at the bench of jeweler Vanscoy, Mauer & Bash Diamond.]()
Area jeweler helped craft past Super Bowl trophies with Tiffany & Co.
Central Penn Business Journal speaks to Stephanie Perrotti '06 (metalcrafts and jewelry) about her part in crafting the NFL Superbowl Vince Lombardi Trophy.
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February 11, 2025
![Juan Noguer stands in front of the doomsday clock.]()
A new Doomsday Clock debuted this year. An RIT professor helped design it
WXXI talks with Juan Noguera, assistant professor of industrial design, about redesigning the Doomsday Clock.
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February 6, 2025
![An edited graphic that shows a past Super Bowl trophy on the left and, on the right, a portrait of Stephanie Perrotti encased in a circle with a blue background.]()
A Lancaster County jeweler worked on past Super Bowl trophies with Tiffany & Co.
WITF interviews RIT alumna Stephanie Perrotti '06 (metals and jewelry design) about her past involvement crafting Super Bowl trophies with Tiffany & Co.
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February 4, 2025
![The Doomsday Clock sits on a pedestal in front of an orange background]()
The redesigned Doomsday Clock finally has a look to match its message
Fast Company talks with Juan Noguera, assistant professor of industrial design, about redesigning the Doomsday Clock.
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January 31, 2025
![On the left is the front of the redesigned Doomsday Clock which was unveiled on Jan. 28. On the right, Juan Noguera holds the body of the clock, fresh off the 3D printer housed in the SHED, with the backside facing forward]()
Faculty member helps redesign ‘Doomsday Clock’
Juan Noguera, assistant professor in the School of Design, combined both traditional and modern techniques in the redesign of the infamous clock that made international headlines this week. The body of the clock was printed in RIT’s SHED.
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January 28, 2025
![William Sanders appears walking out from behind a black curtain with the RIT mascot RITchie holding the curtain open.]()
William H. Sanders named RIT’s 11th president
The dean of Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering is praised for his research credentials, success in global partnerships and entrepreneurship, and strong student engagement. He starts at RIT July 1.
