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The Rochester Beacon interviews Jim Hall, dean of University Studies and the executive director of the School of Individualized Study.

Scientists conducting cutting-edge research in computational astrophysics will converge at RIT for two workshops in June. Experts from RIT, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Berkeley and other prestigious institutions will speak at the events hosted by RIT’s Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation.

John Dodd, an instructor in RIT’s College of Art and Design for more than 40 years, is the sixth recipient of the Edline M. Chun Award for Outstanding Teaching and Service. The award, named in honor of the late RIT adjunct professor Edline Chun, has been given annually since 2014 to a faculty member who exemplifies excellence and dedication in teaching to an affiliated school in the College of Art and Design.

RIT has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to help make artificial intelligence smarter and more inclusive. The grant creates the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site in Computational Sensing for Human-centered AI and will allow a total of 30 undergraduate students from across the country to spend 10 weeks at RIT.

Yahoo! News quotes Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy.

A team of Hearthstone players represented RIT and joined 20 other top colleges at the first-ever ESPN Collegiate Esports Championship. RIT became one of the top four teams in the country and the three RIT student players received $7,500 in tuition scholarships.

The National talks to Saleh Yammout, vice president for admissions, finance and administration at RIT Dubai.

CNET features Kristen Shinohara, assistant professor in the Department of Information Sciences and Technologies.

The Saratogian features Robert Pearson, associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering.

The gift, the largest single gift ever made to RIT’s College of Art and Design, comes from Chance Wright and his mother, Pamela Mars Wright, whose late father was the co-president of Mars Inc.

WHAM-TV reports on an RIT team's participation in the ESPN Collegiate Esports Championship.

Guest essay by Nate Barlow, assistant professor of mathematical sciences, published by The Conversation.