News Stories

WXXI talks to Luane Haggerty, curator and adapter-director of RIT/NTID's production of Spoon River Anthology.

Blog post by Ted Kinsman, associate professor of photographic technology, published in PetaPixel.

The world’s best white hat cybersecurity students will be crowned at the Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition (CPTC) global finals Jan. 7–10. The event is the culmination of the world’s largest offensive-based collegiate cybersecurity competition and will be run virtually through RIT.

Computer science researchers at RIT want to make it easier for people to understand how COVID-19 can spread. The researchers have turned complicated predictive COVID models into interactive visualizations for the general public.

Two Rochester independent game developers are bringing their video game ideas to life, with help from an incubator program at RIT’s MAGIC Center. As part of the program, the indie developers received funding, mentorship and publishing support to finish their game ideas and push them to market.

While the scientific community grapples with the loss of the Arecibo radio telescope, astronomers who recently revived a long-dormant radio telescope array in Argentina hope it can help modestly compensate for the work Arecibo did in pulsar timing.

This past semester, undergraduate management students continued a tradition of excellence, ranking in the top 1 percent of the prestigious Capsim Capstone Business Simulation, a worldwide triannual global tournament that crowns the best student teams to “run” a multimillion-dollar corporation.

WXXI’s “Connections” program features Rob Mostyn, digital games hub coordinator in MAGIC, and Jenn Hinton, associate director of the MAGIC Center.

Visit Rochester talks to John Tassone, senior associate director of University Arenas, about the Gordon Field House.

The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted education at all levels across the globe, but Professor Zhi Tang said that one silver lining is that it has made people more comfortable with remote teaching and learning tools, opening the doors for new virtual intercultural experiences.

WKBW-TV talks to Sofía Quiñones, an electrical engineering BS/MS student, about a senior design project to make an adaptive drum kit.

Debbie Stendardi, who retires as vice president of Government and Community Relations at the end of the year, leaves an indelible mark on both RIT and the Greater Rochester region—both of which she has advanced considerably through her advocacy efforts for more than four decades. In a far-ranging interview, the unassuming Stendardi reflected on her longtime career and widespread impact.