Expanding RIT’s research footprint

RIT has been expanding its research footprint to accommodate the university’s growing research portfolio. The Student Hall for Exploration and Development (SHED), which opens this fall, is enabling the university to convert 10 existing classrooms, totaling more than 23,000 square feet, into new research space. Another 14,700 square feet of research space opened in January in Brown Hall.

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RIT researchers to create serious video game for infrastructure resilience to cyberattacks

Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology are building a serious video game to help cities prepare for, prevent, and respond to cyberattacks. RIT received a more than $600,000 grant and was selected by the Army Cyber Institute (ACI) at West Point to develop the cyber exercise game and a framework for future development.

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Students at Rochester Institute of Technology raised more than $8,000 for those impacted by the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Members of RIT’s Global Union, Muslim Student Association, Student Government, and Spirituality and Religious Life organized events such as selling henna tattoos and baked goods, even shaving their heads live on social media. Students campuswide participated, with most of the donations raised in just three days.
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