News
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October 16, 2024
Rochester area cybersecurity experts weigh in on privacy technologies
The Rochester Business Journal speaks to Matthew Wright, endowed professor and department chair in the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, about the importance and emerging trends of privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) in cybersecurity.
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October 15, 2024
Exhibits celebrate B. Thomas Golisano’s contributions to RIT
Longtime RIT supporter B. Thomas Golisano visited the university on Oct. 11 for the opening of two campus exhibits that showcase the transformational life and work of the Paychex founder, philanthropist, and civic leader, and his friendship with Gene Polisseni.
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October 14, 2024
Ph.D. student gains YouTube following for machine learning explainer videos
Over the past five years, Dutta’s channel has amassed more than 100,000 subscribers. His most popular video—about Markov Chains Clearly Explained—has 1.2 million views.
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October 14, 2024
From absentee ballots to free rides, local colleges break down barriers to get students voting
WHEC-TV speaks to Kathryn Cilano, director of RIT's Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement, about the university's efforts to engage students in the voting process through the “ROAR the Vote” initiative, which has registered over 500 students this year.
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October 11, 2024
Roar the Vote encourages hundreds of Tigers to become electorates
Roar the Vote, an RIT initiative that helps students register to vote and better understand the voting process, is a non-partisan effort led by RIT’s Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement, as well as RIT’s Office of Government and Community Relations.
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October 11, 2024
RIT students build platform to revolutionize healthcare staffing
The team is the first to earn the Ramsey Family Innovation Award, which will provide annual support for one student team each year enrolled in the RIT Student Accelerator program.
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October 11, 2024
Irshad Altheimer honored with the inaugural Ellen M. Granberg endowed professorship
Irshad Altheimer has made a significant impact on both the RIT and greater Rochester communities during his 12 years teaching at the university.
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October 11, 2024
Back to School 2024: 1.5M more students at higher education institutions worldwide gain access to Adobe Express
Adobe speaks to RIT President David Munson about RIT's designation as an Adobe Creative Campus and its commitment to equipping students with creative and digital skills for professional success.
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October 10, 2024
Venice Art Biennial showcases RIT's extensive creative community
Six faculty are featured in an exhibition in Venice that showcases the College of Art and Design's breadth of creative disciplines through the unification of sculpture, film, photography, and industrial design.
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October 10, 2024
Third annual Together RIT coming up on Oct. 25
Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to join in a day of conversation, panels, and presentations intended to offer the opportunity to engage in intentional and honest dialogue about diversity and inclusion topics.
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October 9, 2024
The color science of leaves in a western New York park is focus of RIT Press book
Black oak, crabapple, crimson maple—a color scientist finds inspiration in the woods in the new book Munsell Trees: A Season of Leaves and Colors, published by RIT Press.
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October 9, 2024
GCV&M offering new virtual tours of its historic village
Rochester First highlights the project put forth by Izzy Moyer '24 (museum studies), which will allow for student interns and co-ops to work across the museum’s departments.