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  • November 21, 2017

    Ryan Steenberg hitting a golf ball at a competition, his arm and club still extended in the air.

    Graduate's career takes an unexpected swing

    In 2009, Ryan Steenberg graduated from RIT with a master’s degree in medical illustration. Seven years later, Steenberg was runner-up in the 2016 World Long Drive Championship.

  • October 22, 2017

    James Winebrake posing for camera

    Research in humanities and social sciences grows

    Humanities and social sciences research at RIT represents a diverse array of scholarship that includes work in traditional disciplines as well as cybersecurity, personal health care, sustainability, cognition among individuals who are deaf, ethics within engineering, and studies to prevent crime.

  • October 22, 2017

    Cover of "Designed for Hi-FI Living"

    Faculty Research Yields Several Books

    Research doesn’t always involve a cleanroom, white coats, or bubbling beakers. In many cases, research is done by digging through dusty documents, interviewing people, or gathering information about historical events. A culmination of such research is putting the findings in a book.

  • October 18, 2017

    Scientists cleaning equipment

    Four companies graduate from business incubator

    Venture Creations, the business incubator at RIT, celebrated the launch of four new businesses: Token, Impact Earth, Optel and Turbett Surgical, which makes a surgical container, shown here, designed to save time in preparing and delivering surgical instruments to the sterile field.

  • October 16, 2017

    People performing on stage

    ‘Heroes: A Video Game Symphony’ set for Oct. 26

    The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra will continue its special video game concert series with “Heroes: A Video Game Symphony,” at 8 p.m. Oct. 26. The show is co-sponsored by RIT’s MAGIC Spell Studios and Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement.

  • October 12, 2017

    Graphic showing person looking through a magnifying glass.

    RIT researchers developing image manipulation detector

    RIT is part of a select group of world-class researchers studying the fact and fiction of imagery in today’s digital culture by developing an algorithmic-based platform that can detect image manipulation.

  • September 29, 2017

    President Munson in ceremony

    Creativity and innovation on display at inauguration

    While RIT President David Munson called upon RIT to “double down” on creativity and innovation during his inaugural remarks Sept. 28, the university was doing just that during a two-day celebration that showcased technology, the arts and design in every corner of the university.

  • September 28, 2017

    President Munson sitting on chair on stage

    Inauguration of RIT’s 10th president, David Munson

    Hundreds from the RIT community, including more than 40 college and university leaders from throughout the nation, attended the inauguration ceremony Thursday in the Gordon Field House and Activities Center.