News
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May 8, 2020
Record number of RIT students to graduate
Friday’s celebration of the Class of 2020 certainly cannot replace the atmosphere of a traditional commencement, which RIT plans to host on campus when it’s deemed safe. But many of graduates say they won’t let the pandemic, or the circumstances surrounding the virtual celebration, define them or their feelings about their time at RIT. (Pictured: Bradley Speck, who will finish his classes online this summer, has a job waiting for him at GE Aviation in Cincinnati, where he completed four co-ops.)
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May 7, 2020
Podcast: A Pathway to the Grand Canyon
Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 36: The right academic major can be a pathway to a dream career. Professor Tina Lent, director of RIT’s museum studies program, talks with 2019 alumna Katherine Hensel about how her degree in museum studies led to her dream job as a U.S. national park ranger.
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May 5, 2020
Why Economists Who Have No Problem With Price Gouging Are Wrong
Essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, published by The Globe Post.
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May 4, 2020
RIT leadership to hold virtual town hall on Thursday
RIT President David Munson will host a virtual town hall Thursday, May 7, to discuss the current and future state of the university in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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May 1, 2020
Connections: Discussing the state of the economy during this stage of the pandemic
WXXI’s “Connections” program features Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics.
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April 24, 2020
Connections: Exploring civil liberties during the pandemic
WXXI’s “Connections” program features Lauren Hall, associate professor of political science.
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April 23, 2020
The US’ China Gambit Has Failed. It Is Time to Decouple
Essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, published by The Globe Post.
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April 22, 2020
College of Liberal Arts honors students for writing excellence
RIT’s College of Liberal Arts honored student achievement in writing with more than a dozen writing awards for essays varying from wasteful energy, maternal mortality, eyewitness testimony policies and seeking worth in a liberal arts degree. Each department within the college selected student awardees whose work embodies the ideals and standards of excellence, creative endeavor and scholarship.
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April 22, 2020
Researchers study drug treatment programs
Members of RIT’s Center for Public Safety Initiatives are doing their part to help combat the opioid epidemic by determining the effectiveness of a dependency treatment program offered to inmates at the Monroe County Jail.
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April 20, 2020
RIT announces summer session course offerings in online format
Registration is open for RIT's first set of summer sessions that will be offered in an online format. The goals are for students to continue making progress toward their degrees, earn additional credit hours to catch up or get ahead, or explore interests outside of their majors.
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April 17, 2020
Tracking coronavirus with smartphones isn’t just a tech problem
Guest essay co-written by Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, published by The Boston Globe.
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April 8, 2020
RIT Senior Reflects on the 'New Normal' as Pandemic Changes Way of Life
Spectrum News talks to Miles Hood, fourth-year communication major, about how he's making the best of the situation.