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RIT has been recognized by Gizmodo, a design, technology, science, and science fiction website, for its offerings related to the top Degrees of the Future for 2022. RIT was named for its specialties in cybersecurity, environmental engineering, game design, and computer graphics.

WROC-TV talks to Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer of computing security, about a security flaw in some Apple products.

In the case of two new degrees in RIT’s College of Liberal Arts, and one new degree in RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf, students will be competitive employees and leaders and be readily able to navigate their evolving fields.

College courses are intended to be a bit brainy and thought provoking. But there’s nothing that says they can’t be fun, too.

WROC-TV talks to Amanda Picioli, director of NTID Communication Studies and Services, about increased access to hearing aids.

The New York Times references research by Nathan Lee, assistant professor in the Department of Public Policy.

Essay written by Hinda Mandell, professor in the School of Communication, published by The Boston Globe.

RIT President David Munson welcomed the community for the start of a new academic year with a call to re-energize the campus’s atmosphere to its pre-pandemic level. During his annual President’s Address in Ingle Auditorium this morning, Munson encouraged all RIT faculty, staff, and students to make a new academic year resolution to spend more time face-to-face with one another.

The extensive renovations of RIT’s College of Art and Design—with keen focuses on key areas within the internationally recognized School of Film and Animation (SOFA) and School of Photographic Arts and Sciences (SPAS)—continue to make significant strides.

RIT’s Saunders College of Business has broken ground on the multi-million dollar expansion and renovation project at Max Lowenthal Hall. The project, expected to be completed in early 2024.

Explore, discover, and get involved were some of the suggestions the newest RIT students received during Thursday’s New Student Convocation, which included welcomes from administrators, their new Student Government president, and even some levity featuring RIT President David Munson who pretended he needed to finish his college education.

WHAM-TV highlights move-in day for first-year and transfer students.