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RIT will livestream a special ceremony at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 30, to announce the official name of the new maker and learning complex that will become the new epicenter of the RIT campus.

Move over, Silicon Valley. Rochester, N.Y., can be the next great American technology hub.

The cyber pandemic is just one of many cybersecurity issues that RIT experts are working to address in the new Global Cybersecurity Institute (GCI). Late last fall, the GCI opened the doors to its 52,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility on campus. With the institute, RIT is on its way to becoming one of the best places in the world for cybersecurity education, training, and research.

After a year’s hiatus due to COVID-19, the popular Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival returns virtually on Saturday, May 1, with more than 250 exhibits of projects, research and performing arts of students, faculty, and staff at RIT.

WHEC-TV previews the Imagine RIT festival, happening virtually on Saturday, May 1.

Essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, published by The Conversation.

WITR-FM (89.7) will host RIT President David Munson at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 28, continuing the “Ask Munson” series. It will be the last show with Munson of this academic year.

For two years, RIT student Matt Ryan has worked with RIT’s FoodShare program, which is dedicated to serving and supporting the RIT community by providing free food to students in need.

Experts from Australia, Hong Kong, Peru, and Vietnam will join faculty from RIT’s New York and international campuses for a conference on the future of international education in a post-COVID world.

As part of a gameplay and prototyping class at RIT this spring, 25 game design and development students got to participate in a virtual cultural exchange with 30 students at a Japanese college. The teams learned about each other’s cultures and overcame language barriers and time zone differences to create projects for a global game jam.

The Tiger Testing team employs nearly 90 students from across campus, with about 25 students majoring in degrees in the College of Health Sciences and Technology.

RIT Trustee Jeffrey Harris ’75 (photographic science) will be honored for his ongoing support of the university and career achievements with the 2020/2021 Outstanding Alumnus award during a virtual ceremony on April 29.