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RIT will debut a new short film to be used as a tool for promoting dialogue on diversity and inclusion. Brick by Brick, presented by RIT Diversity Theater, premieres at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 28, in Wegmans Theater at MAGIC Spell Studios.

As The Benjamin Forman Collaborative Research Professorship, Victor Perotti acts as a facilitator for research alliances that benefit students and faculty that find value in building a portfolio around unique interdisciplinary partnerships. 

Fences, the American play written by August Wilson, will be presented next month by the Performing Arts department of RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Shows will run at 7:30 p.m. April 11-13, and 2 p.m. April 14, in Panara Theatre, Lyndon Baines Johnson Hall, on the RIT campus.

Women are the subject of less than 30 percent of biographies on Wikipedia, and RIT Libraries is seeking the community’s help to improve gender equity on the internet’s leading source of information.

Guest blog by Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer in the Department of Computing Security, published on the edX Business Insights Series.

Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 11: Artificial intelligence and deep learning have many research applications. Ray Ptucha, assistant professor of computer engineering in RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering, talks with computing doctoral student Robert Jimerson from the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences about a project using deep learning systems to help preserve the Native American Seneca language.

WXXI’s “Connections” program features a number of RIT alumni who have been selected as winners or finalists for Pulitzer Prizes in photojournalism, in a two-part series.

Futurism reports on a toilet-seat based cardiovascular monitoring system created by a team of RIT researchers, led by postdoctoral fellow Nicholas Conn.

WXXI’s “Connections” program features a number of RIT alumni who have been selected as winners or finalists for Pulitzer Prizes in photojournalism, in a two-part series.

CT Post features Tom Grotta '80 (professional photographic illustration), who runs browngrotta arts, an international showcase for contemporary fiber arts.

High school juniors in the Rochester City School District are learning about careers in the law through a mock trial tournament sponsored by RIT and attorneys from the Rochester community.

In 1969, the Army ROTC program at Rochester Institute of Technology began with 54 students. By 1971, eight would be commissioned and serve in the early years of Vietnam. Fifty years and more than 500 cadets later, the Tiger Battalion at RIT is commemorating its golden anniversary.