News Stories
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March 24, 2025
!["Promotional poster for HBO's 'The Last of Us,' featuring two main characters, a young girl and a man, standing back-to-back with serious expressions against a dark, fungal-infested background. The text includes 'HBO Original,' the show's title, and an 'ASL' logo indicating American Sign Language accessibility.]()
Max to Debut ‘The Last Of Us’ in American Sign Language
All Hallows Geek includes Daniel Durant, former NTID student, in a list of people who will be performing American Sign Language alongside the episodes of Max shows. Durant will be signing for the show The Last of Us.
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March 21, 2025
![Smiling man with glasses and an afro hairstyle holds up a breadboard with electronic components in one hand and a small orange and white 3D-printed block with the letter 'I' in the other. He wears a beige sweater with 'MOCHA' and a bear design, sitting in a modern classroom or lab setting with computers and wiring in the background.]()
Yusef Ibrahim develops mentoring program for peers in electrical engineering technology
RIT’s Yusef Ibrahim founded Student Engineering Professionals, a peer mentoring group, to help classmates prepare for careers.
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March 21, 2025
![Smiling woman wearing a VR headset and plaid shirt, raising her hands while immersed in virtual reality. A motorcycle wheel and a guitar hang on the dark wall behind her.]()
RIT’s game design programs earn high scores nationally
Rochester Business Journal features RIT's game design program.
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March 20, 2025
![A side-by-side image of an older woman in a red blouse posing with a soft smile and a commemorative postage stamp featuring her portrait in a purple outfit with 'Betty White Forever USA' printed below.]()
Grad’s photo inspires new Forever Stamp
A portrait taken by photography alumnus Kwaku Alston ’94 inspired the United States Postal Service’s new Betty White Commemorative Forever Stamp. The stamp will be available to buy on March 27.
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March 20, 2025
![group of students and an instructor sort and organize donation supplies in a classroom, surrounded by cardboard boxes and packing materials.]()
Global public health class takes field trip to Dominican Republic
RIT students enrolled in a global public health class spent a weeklong field trip in the Dominican Republic examining healthcare and emergency services.
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March 20, 2025
![Kwaku Alston, smiling in a black cap and glasses, is honored as the 2024-2025 Outstanding Alumnus of the Year in a graphic with bold orange text and accents.]()
Kwaku Alston named Outstanding Alumnus
Kwaku Alston ’94 (photography) has been named RIT’s Outstanding Alumnus for 2024-2025. Established by the Office of the President in 1952, it is the highest honor RIT can bestow upon a graduate.
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March 20, 2025
![Woman in a navy blazer and headwrap works on a laptop at a modern, well-lit indoor space with large windows overlooking a campus.]()
Celebrating Women’s History Month through interdisciplinary research
The inaugural Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies symposium, hosted on March 28, will feature original work by individuals from across the RIT community.
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March 19, 2025
![A woman uses sign language while looking at her computer in an office.]()
No barriers, just firewalls
Mastercard speaks to computing and information technologies student Jared Husson about cybersecurity job training for deaf students.
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March 19, 2025
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Fires, wars and bureaucracy: The tumultuous journey to establish the US National Archives
An essay by Elizabeth Call, university archivist, published by The Conversation.
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March 19, 2025
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Professor helps to bring machine learning to indigenous communities
Indigenous communities in Kenya and Ecuador have access to machine learning technology to help combat human-wildlife conflict and climate change thanks in part to a new partnership that includes RIT.
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March 19, 2025
![A collage of 20 indie game title screens, each with distinct typography and artwork. Titles include 'A Small Robot Story,' 'Cybersurfer,' 'Garbanzo Quest!,' 'Crazy Platez,' 'Wish Guardian,' and more, featuring various art styles from pixel art to hand-drawn and futuristic themes.]()
RIT ranked a top-10 university for game designers and developers
RIT’s game design and development program was ranked sixth at the undergraduate level and 10th at the graduate level in new international rankings from The Princeton Review. -
March 19, 2025
![A pain scale chart from 0 to 10 with five colored emoji faces representing pain levels: green smiling face for 'No Pain' (0-2), light green smiling face for 'Mild' (3-4), yellow neutral face for 'Moderate' (5-6), orange frowning face for 'Severe' (7-8), and red distressed face with X eyes for 'Worst' (9-10).]()
Pain And Pleasure In Project Management Of CDMOs
Outsourced Pharma talks to Tony Sampognaro '23 (Executive MBA) about how his degree has enhanced his abilities in navigating the business complexities of Contract Development and Manufacturing Organizations.
