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Designing with a mindset of equity, empathy, and inclusion has earned Assistant Professor Juan Carlos Noguera the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Design. Noguera is one of four designers from across the country to receive the 2024 Vilcek Foundation Prizes in Design.

The Rochester Business Journal talks to Richard DeMartino, professor of management and director of the Simone Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, about education options in career areas outside of a bachelor’s degree.

WHTM-TV talks with Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about a new bank fraud scam that will drain your bank accounts.

WalletHub talks to Dena Bareh, adjunct faculty member in the Saunders College of Business, about why some states are struggling with hiring even as the labor market improves.

Spectrum News talks to Ted Ganster, lecturer in the Department of International Hospitality and Service Innovation, about how RIT's Beers of the World class provides students with a broader palate and historical understanding of craft beer brewing.

WHAM-TV features RIT students in the Sigma Alpha Mu-Delta Omega chapter's volunteering efforts at St. John's Home as a part of their mission of intergenerational learning and camaraderie.

Foster’s Daily Democrat features alumna Sue Bicknell, who recently celebrated her 75^th wedding anniversary with her husband, Richard.

RIT has been announced as one of 10 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Institutional Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) in Biomedical and Behavioral Research Prize Competition award winners.

WHAM-TV features Thomas Warfield, senior lecturer and director of dance, as he speaks to students at The Harley School about what success means to them as artists.

Atlassian talks to Garreth Tigwell, assistant professor in the School of Information, about the misinterpretations and accessibility challenges that emoji use present in the workplace.

WHAM-TV talks to Irshad Altheimer, professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and director of the Center for Public Safety Initiatives, about how the partnership between RIT and Rochester Prep Charter School prepares students for college success.

RIT is reimplementing its policy against the use of packaged water, beginning April 1, when university funds may no longer be used to purchase still, unflavored, or packaged water. The policy applies to all single-serve water regardless of container material, size, event type, and method of purchase.