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The RIT and Saunders College of Business communities are invited early next week to sign the steel beam that will support the 36,000-square-foot expansion and renovation of Lowenthal Hall.

WROC-TV talks to Gijs Overgoor, assistant professor in the Department of MIS, Marketing, and Analytics, about research on fake five-star reviews on Amazon.

Essential emergency services play a key role in saving lives when snowstorms blanket the Northeast or a wildfire erupts out West. However, many communities are still being left out and face communication barriers during emergencies. At NTID, a team of researchers is studying how to identify and bridge gaps in emergency management resources and services for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing community.

Members of the RIT Board of Trustees and President Munson recently took a walking tour of the Student Hall for Exploration and Development (SHED). The $120 million complex stretches from Wallace Library to Monroe Hall and will include the Brooks H. Bower Maker Showcase, the Sklarsky Glass Box Theater, and music and dance studios. The SHED’s focus on hands-on learning extends to the 27 new classrooms—five extra-large learning spaces designed for active learning and 22 regular-sized flexible classrooms in the renovated Wallace Library. 

WXXI’s “Connections” program features Hanif Rahbari, assistant professor in the Department of Computing Security.

WHEC-TV highlights research by Ali Tosyali and Gijs Overgoor, assistant professors in the Department of MIS, Marketing, and Analytics.

Fast Company features a cast iron match striker, designed by Josh Owen, Vignelli Distinguished Professor of Design.

WXXI’s “Connections” program features Owen Gottlieb, assistant professor of interactive games and media.

WXXI’s “Connections” program features Rajendran Murthy, associate professor in the Department of MIS, Marketing, and Analytics.

The world needs collaborative thinkers who can identify and solve the most pressing and vexing global problems of our times.

Hockey has been a cornerstone in the lives of Allan Shepard ’62 (printing) and his son Bryan ’89 (motion picture science), even as they have both excelled in their careers.

Rebecca Soderholm ’94 (photojournalism) is documenting the excitement of off-road dirt bike and ATV races through photo­graphy in a body of work titled “Hare Scramble.” Her vision for “Hare Scramble” earned Soderholm a spot as one of the 2022 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellows.