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RIT will confer honorary degrees to four outstanding individuals at its 2024 commencement ceremony on Friday, May 10. The honorees will be recognized alongside more than 4,000 graduates.

By exploring the point at which fiber composite materials begin to deteriorate and how the environment affects material, Amy Engelbrecht-Wiggans, an RIT assistant professor of mechanical engineering, believes there is a way to ensure longer-term reliability. To answer these questions, Engelbrecht-Wiggans received a National Science Foundation Faculty Career Development Award (CAREER).

Canary Media speaks to Eric Hittinger, associate professor in the Department of Public Policy, about carbon emissions from batteries.

The Rochester Beacon features an essay by Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and interim head of the Department of Sustainability, about the theory of fertility.

The Washington Post talks to Phil Plummer '09 (applied science and technology) about winemaking. (This content requires a subscription to view.)

Rochester's City Magazine talks to Thomas Warfield, senior lecturer and director of dance, about the overlap of dance and astronomy.

The Democrat and Chronicle talks to Kaitlin Stack Whitney, assistant professor in the Department of Science, Technology, and Society.

RIT’s summer day camp—Camp Tiger—offers four weeks of hands-on-learning in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. New this year is a partnership with Rochester City Ballet that brings dance programs to RIT’s new creative center, the SHED.

WROC-TV talks with Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about the implications.

WXXI News talks to Christye Sisson, school director and Gannett Chair in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, about photography rules.

The Conversation talks to Christopher Schwartz, research scientist in the Department of Cybersecurity, about the concerns.

As part of RIT’s Women’s History Month celebrations, students from across the university submitted their poster designs to the annual Women’s History Month poster contest. The theme of each contest entry is crafted around a quote from Audre Lorde’s collection of essays, Sister Outsider.