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Scientists have mapped the DNA of bacteria found within a chronic disease affecting grapevines, a feat they hope will ultimately help protect the multibillion-dollar grape industry that produces juice, jelly, wine and other important products.

Projects developed from the partnership include a summer data analysis capstone project for RIT students that will wrap up in the next few weeks, an innovation competition for RIT students that will launch this fall, and a research experience for students that will examine app interfaces for memory-impaired individuals. 

RIT President David Munson this morning welcomed back the community, saying that the university is positioned for another exciting academic year.

Rochester Beacon talks to Steve Hoover, executive director of RIT's new Global Cybersecurity Institute, to open in 2020.

ESPN's "The Undefeated" series features Joshua Rashaad McFadden, assistant professor in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences.

The President’s Address to the Community will be held at 9 a.m. Friday in Ingle Auditorium. All members of the RIT community are invited and encouraged to attend.

Guest essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, published by The College Post.

Despite rainy weather that moved the annual Tiger Walk indoors, the newest students at RIT and their families today attended the fall convocation in the Gordon Field House, where they were told to welcome new experiences offered to them, pursue their dreams and change the world.

RIT will welcome the 10th class of Destler/Johnson Rochester City Scholars, a program that has provided more than 200 graduates of the Rochester City School District and Rochester charter schools with the opportunity to attend RIT tuition-free since 2010. RIT will also welcome the first two recipients of the Mark and Maureen Davitt Graduate Education Endowed Scholarship.

More than 4,300 first-year, transfer and graduate students were expected and were greeted by more than 200 RIT student orientation leaders who helped families unload cars, put belongings in carts and wheel them to their rooms during Move-in Day today.

WHAM-TV covers move-in day.

WROC-TV features Grayson Barnes, a game design and development student, and his “EngageVR” project.