News Stories
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March 6, 2025
![Dubai skyline at sunset featuring the Burj Khalifa surrounded by modern skyscrapers and highways.]()
As expats flock to Dubai, living costs are surging. Salaries not so much.
Business Insider talks to Rizwan Tahir, professor of Global Management at RIT Dubai, about the rising costs. (This content will require a subscription to view.)
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March 5, 2025
![Two young women stand side by side on a college campus, smiling at the camera. One wears a black lace top, while the other wears a black turtleneck and jeans, holding a book in her hand.]()
Students use AI to aid United Nations in Ukrainian refugee response
Natalie Crowell and Olivia Croteau, both third-year humanities, computing, and design majors, are developing an AI tool that analyzes publicly available social media data, specifically from chat groups where refugees discuss needs related to housing, food, and other resources.
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March 5, 2025
![A person wearing a VR headset and holding motion controllers interacts with a virtual environment displayed on a large screen in a library setting.]()
Experience a 19th century printing press on RIT's VR app
Spectrum News talks to faculty and staff members involved in creating a VR experience of the Kelmscott/Goudy Albion press.
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March 5, 2025
![A person wearing a VR headset and holding motion controllers interacts with a virtual environment displayed on a large screen in a library setting.]()
Freedom of the (virtual) press
City speaks to faculty and staff members involved in creating a VR experience of the Kelmscott/Goudy Albion press.
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March 5, 2025
![Smiling person with gray hair and red glasses sits in a workshop or classroom, leaning back in a chair. A laptop, projector, and cables are visible in the background.]()
Let’s Hear It for the Ladies Who Lathe
The New York Times features the work of Wendy Maruyama '80 MFA (woodworking and furniture design), one of the first two women to graduate with a master's degree in furniture making.
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March 4, 2025
![Large cargo ships docked at a busy port, stacked high with colorful shipping containers as cranes unload goods.]()
What Are Tariffs And How Will They Impact America?
An essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and head of the Department of Sustainability, published by NewsOne.
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March 4, 2025
![A man in a denim jacket and maroon turtleneck speaks in front of bookshelves filled with manga and academic books. A news banner at the bottom reads 'Manga Education Goes to College.']()
Manga Education Goes to College
NHK Japan features Kofi Bazzell-Smith, Future Faculty Fellow in the School of Art, as he discusses his work as the first professor of manga practice in the United States.
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March 4, 2025
![three college age girls play basketball on a brightly lit, collegiate court. One wears white with orange, the other two wear navy blue with white.]()
When Student Athletes are Also Engineers
ASME speaks to mechanical engineering technology student Ella Wilson and mechanical engineering student Jessica Gomez about the challenges and benefits of being a student athlete.
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March 3, 2025
![Smiling woman with long blonde hair and glasses holds a poster for 'Imagine RIT,' featuring a circuit board design with glowing orange text. She stands against an orange-toned background.]()
Circuit board campus wins this year’s Imagine RIT poster contest
Third-year illustration major Ava Guarino started working on her submission for the poster contest not long after last year’s festival ended. Some 7,800 votes were cast, and Guarino’s poster was one of the top vote-getters to make the finals. Imagine RIT is April 26.
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March 3, 2025
![Book cover for 'Thinking Made Visible: Movement, Narrative, and the Work of Saul Bass' by Jacob A. Dickerson. The left side has a black background with the title in bold white and red text, while the right side features a black-and-white photograph of Saul Bass smiling and gesturing. The cover includes design elements in blue and green.]()
Saul Bass’ iconic graphic designs are the focus of a new RIT Press book
Bass’ work ranges from the iconic movie poster and title sequences of the 1955 film noir, The Man with the Golden Arm, to familiar corporate logos for the Girl Scouts, United Way, Special Olympics, Exxon, AT&T, and more.
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March 3, 2025
![Students in a dimly lit esports or cybersecurity lab, working at computer stations with red LED lighting. A man wearing an 'RIT' hoodie stands behind them.]()
Cybersecurity students compete in national contest at RIT
WHAM-TV highlights the national cybersecurity competition organized by RIT students.
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February 28, 2025
![A detailed painting of a man with glasses, a mustache, and a goatee, gazing intently. The artwork uses warm tones and textured brushstrokes, giving it a lifelike quality. A news station logo appears in the bottom right corner.]()
Local artist celebrates people of color through his work and teaching
WROC-TV features the work of alumnus Unique Fair-Smith, adjunct professor in the College of Art and Design, which shows students how Black history and Rochester are intertwined.
