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Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 19: The important role that scores of female artists played in the origins of animated imagery at Disney has long been overlooked – until now. Mindy Johnson, author and awardwinning playwright, talks with RIT assistant professor, animator and cartoonist Peter Murphey about what up-and-coming artists can learn from the invisible history of these trailblazing women.

A therapeutic game called Space Adventure designed by an RIT class officially launched this month on the Rochester Society for the Protection and Care of Children (SPCC) website. The SPCC specializes in supporting families whose lives have been impacted by trauma.

A new Netflix glassblowing reality series features an RIT alumna as an expert glassmaker. Blown Away, which begins airing July 12 on the streaming platform, follows a group of 10 highly skilled glassmakers who compete in challenges in 10 episodes. Catherine Ayers ’06 (glass) is one of six Corning Museum of Glass experts who assists the two finalists in the last challenge.

Photographer Richard Frank captured a historic image of Massimo and Lella Vignelli, along with their staff, in their new New York City offices.

Andy Koupal '09 (glass) worked with College of Art and Design interim dean Robin Cass during a weeklong artist-in-residency program Koupal helps manage.

Kirk Lansman '11 (3D Digital Design) has worked at DreamWorks Animation since graduating, first as a character technical director and now as a software engineer.

Designboom features industrial designer Joey Zeledón ’06 (industrial design) and his take on Marcel Breuer’s Cesca chair, combining a continuous steel rod with a coat hangers to create a fully supportive chair.

RIT students, faculty, staff and Osher members are part of a 12-day lineup of more than 500 eclectic performances in this year’s KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival, Sept. 10-21 in Rochester. RIT also is a major educational sponsor of the community collaborative event, now in its eighth year.

A feature-length screenplay written by an assistant professor in RIT's School of Film and Animation is receiving significant industry attention as she advances her moving coming-of-age story toward production.

Andrea Gonzalez Esteche '19 (industrial design MFA), a Fulbright scholar, worked alongside Corning Museum of Glass artists as the 2019 GlassLab Design Fellowship winner. 

Patricia Moore, known as the "Mother of Empathy" for her innovative designs for elderly people, is the 2019 Cooper Hewitt National Design Award winner in the Design Mind category. 

RIT senior scientists Aaron Gerace and Matthew Montanaro were presented with the USGIF Academic Achievement Award at the GEOINT 2019 Symposium for their work on the Landsat 8 satellite.