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January 14, 2022
RIT’s City Art Space to host photo exhibition chronicling political path to Jan. 6 insurrection
A solo exhibition of photographs and video by David Butow, whose new book, Brink, chronicles politics in the United States from the 2016 presidential election through the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, is coming to RIT’s City Art Space.
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January 13, 2022
RIT dean shares benefits of Tai Chi
RIT faculty and staff are learning the graceful slow movements of Tai Chi from a master martial artist and RIT’s dean of the College of Health Sciences and Technology. Dean Yong “Tai” Wang introduced the class to Tai Chi over eight weeks at the Global Village fitness studio.
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January 13, 2022
Three RIT community members named finalists for the ATHENA International Young Professional Award
Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce and its Women’s Council have named three RIT community members as finalists for the 2022 ATHENA International Young Professional Award, which recognizes emerging female leaders in the 30- to 45-year-old range who demonstrate excellence, creativity, and initiative in their business or profession and serve as a role model for young women.
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January 12, 2022
RIT student earns Coca-Cola Foundation’s Award for Excellence in Business Commentary
Rachel Romaine, a fourth-year international business and management information systems double major, received a $10,000 Award for Excellence in Business Commentary from The Executive Leadership Council, a preeminent membership organization committed to increasing the number of global Black executives in C-suites, on corporate boards, and in global enterprises.
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January 12, 2022
RIT develops SpiRIT Pass to ease entry into public events
The SpiRIT Pass website allows RIT students, faculty, and staff to show their compliance with RIT vaccination requirements to attend large, public events indoors on campus.
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January 11, 2022
Saunders College of Business MBA programs among Princeton Review rankings
The Executive MBA program at RIT’s Saunders College of Business is ranked 27th in Princeton Review’s “Top 50 Online MBA Programs for 2022.” The college’s rigorous Executive MBA program is based on developing students’ strategic thinking and decision-making skills in a flexible, small-class environment.
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January 11, 2022
Millions of women have quit their jobs during the pandemic, childcare partly to blame
WROC-TV talks to Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, about “disproportionate homework.”
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January 11, 2022
Promoting colleagues’ ideas can boost one’s influence at work, study finds
The Rochester Business Journal features a study co-authored by Kristin Bain, assistant professor of management.
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January 10, 2022
World’s best cybersecurity students battle at Collegiate Pentesting Competition in Rochester
A team of Cal Poly Pomona students took home the top trophy at the Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition (CPTC) global finals Jan. 6-9. Stanford placed second and Tennessee Technological University placed third.
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January 10, 2022
Unsure of Which College to Pick? How About RIT in Croatia?
Inside Higher Ed features the RIT European Post-High School Semester program.
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January 10, 2022
NSF-funded study creates scholarships to help computing scholars find success
RIT received a nearly $1 million National Science Foundation grant that will provide scholarships for computing students and help researchers explore new ways to improve computing education. Sharon Mason, a professor in RIT’s School of Information, is principal investigator of the project.
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January 10, 2022
RIT celebrates SHED construction with beam signing event Jan. 12
The new makerspace under construction at the center of campus is a piece of RIT history in the making, and the RIT community is invited to sign a steel beam that will be installed in the Student Hall for Exploration and Development (the SHED).