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April 23, 2024
RIT and UR partner to create accelerated graduate degree pathways for education and counseling students
RIT’s College of Liberal Arts and University of Rochester’s Warner School of Education have established new 3+2 and 4+1 admissions agreements, providing RIT undergraduate students with expedited pathways to launch their careers in teaching, higher education, or counseling. These agreements streamline the process for eligible students to earn both their bachelor’s and master’s degrees within a five-year timeframe.
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April 23, 2024
RIT President David Munson announces plans to step down in 2025
RIT President David Munson will retire in 2025 after leading the university for eight years and capping an illustrious 40-plus-year career in higher education. His last day will be June 30, 2025.
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April 22, 2024
Breaking Things to Learn: Inside RIT's VP Research & Education
The VP Land Podcast features David Long, director of RIT's MAGIC Center, about how emerging tech like AI will impact filmmaking.
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April 22, 2024
Humans consume about a credit card's worth of plastic each week; local researchers discuss how to prevent it
WXXI's Connections with Evan Dawson interviews Christy Tyler, professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, and Matthew Hoffman, professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics, about their research on microplastics.
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April 22, 2024
Imagine RIT returns with nearly 400 exhibits
The Rochester Beacon highlights the upcoming exhibits at RIT's Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival.
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April 22, 2024
What does the Relationship between Mothers-in-Law and Daughters-in-Law tell us about Women’s Labor Force Participation in India?
Essay written by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and interim head of the Department of Sustainability, published by Medium. (This content may require a subscription to view).
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April 22, 2024
RIT alumni and faculty innovators to speak at Futurists Symposium on April 26
A highlight of this year’s Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival takes place one day before thousands of visitors descend on campus. The annual Futurists Symposium, featuring a unique collection of the university’s alumni and faculty innovators, will be held at 4 p.m. on Friday, April 26, in the Wegmans Theater, MAGIC Spell Studios.
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April 22, 2024
Global Business: AI deepfakes becoming new tech battlefront
CGTN America interviews Matthew Wright, chair of the Department of Cybersecurity, about the ongoing battle against AI deepfakes and how tech companies are combating deepfakes.
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April 22, 2024
A New Campus Hub That Fuses Arts and Tech Education
Bloomberg talks to RIT President David Munson and features the Student Hall for Exploration and Development (SHED).
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April 22, 2024
RIT breaks ground on new $30 million stadium
WHEC-TV highlights images from the new Tiger Stadium to be completed in 2025.
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April 22, 2024
National Technical Institute for the Deaf Will Receive $100,000 Grant from National Endowment for the Arts
Broadway World talks to Jill Bradbury, professor in NTID's Department for Performing Arts, about the impact of the endowment.
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April 22, 2024
New research effort seeks to tell us how microplastics get into Lake Ontario and what they do to us
WXXI talks to Christy Tyler, professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, and Matthew Hoffman, professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics, about their research on microplastics.