News Stories

WROC-TV talks to Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, about “disproportionate homework.”

The Rochester Business Journal features a study co-authored by Kristin Bain, assistant professor of management.

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.

Inside Higher Ed features the RIT European Post-High School Semester program.

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.

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).

Blind Magazine features  Jonathan Schroeder, the William A. Kern Professor in Communications, and his new book, Designed for Dancing: How Midcentury Records Taught America to Dance.

The story of 2021—told visually in the top images of the year chosen by photo editors at TIME and The New York Times—has multiple connections to RIT’s nationally recognized School of Photographic Arts and Sciences.

Essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, published by The Conversation. This article was republished by the UK magazine Futures of Work, among others.

In partnership with RIT’s Global Cybersecurity Institute, NTID is offering a fully remote boot camp specifically designed for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals. RIT and NTID have opened registrations for part-time (30 weeks) and full-time (15 weeks) blended bootcamps, combining deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing individuals in a fully accessible learning environment. Both programs begin Jan. 10.

ABC27 News talks to Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer of computing security, about Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor and Industry's recent cyberattack.

Caroline Easton, director of the RIT Priority Behavioral Health and Clinical Psychology program, was awarded $100,000 from the Buffalo-based Patrick P. Lee Foundation to create a new clinical psychology postdoctoral fellowship.