News

September 13, 2013

Eastman House director visits RIT Sept. 19

Bruce Barnes will discuss the future of the Rochester landmark in the first installment of this year’s William A. Kern Lecture Series.
September 10, 2013

RIT celebrates Constitution Day Sept. 16

Leading this year’s discussion is Elizabeth Kaufer Busch, associate professor of American studies at Christopher Newport University.
August 21, 2013

Political science professor named senior fellow

RIT’s Joseph Fornieri, a renowned Abraham Lincoln scholar, has joined the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization as a senior fellow.
August 1, 2013

History professor to lead lecture series

Michael Laver has been selected director of the new Stan McKenzie Salon Series, named for the former provost and retired longtime English department faculty member.
August 1, 2013

Graduate students earn kudos at conference

Several RIT graduate students were honored with cash prizes at RIT’s 5th annual Graduate Student Research and Creativity Symposium on July 23.
July 8, 2013

RIT, ‘D&C’ partner on journalism academy

During the Taub Scholars Multimedia Journalism Academy, high school students receive hands-on instruction in journalism with an emphasis on Web, mobile, tablet and print.
May 13, 2013

RIT contest spawns next generation of wordsmiths

Are you a techista? Rochester-area high school students submitted new words and their corresponding definitions for a Department of Communication contest.
May 8, 2013

Boost brain power at summer workshop

Knowledge Representation: From Data to Knowledge on July 16–19 will focus on bio-medical informatics, linguistics, epistemology and more.
April 30, 2013

Liberal Arts student wins Pickering Fellowship

Kate Macken, a fourth-year international and global studies student, has been awarded the Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship.
April 26, 2013

New media, performance artist to visit May 2

Katherine Behar presents “Even the Ugly Bits: Modeling Big Data” as part of the College of Liberal Arts’ Digital Humanities Distinguished Speaker Series.
April 23, 2013

Economics professor honored for research

Amitrajeet A. Batabyal has been awarded the Mattei Dogan Foundation Prize for his body of interdisciplinary research.
April 22, 2013

Professor explores history of American mining

Eric Nystrom, assistant professor of history, presents “Seeing Underground: An Exploration of the Visual Culture of American Mining Engineering” on Thursday.