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In tumors, cells follow microscopic fibers, comparable to following roads through a city. Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology developed a new technique to study different features of these “fiber highways” to provide new insights into how cells move efficiently through the tumor environment.

Come explore inside the SHED (Student Hall for Exploration and Development) during an open house for the RIT community.

WXXI talks to Whitney Sperrazza, assistant professor in the Department of English, about the Resistance Mapping project.

PBS Newshour talks to Nabil Nasr, associate provost and founding director of Golisano Institute for Sustainability, about how the industry sector can reduce emissions.

An interdisciplinary team of RIT students finished No. 1 in North America and third globally in the Bloomberg 2023 Global Trading Challenge, marking the first time the university has participated in the international competition.

That Damn Goat, a game created by nearly 60 students and faculty at RIT, is now available for purchase on Steam. The students and faculty who have worked on the game come from across RIT’s nine colleges, making it a truly multidisciplinary effort.

Inside Higher Ed talks to Kendra Evans, director of RIT's Spectrum Support Programs, about programs for neurodivergent students.

WROC-TV reports on a new lounge at the Syracuse Hancock International Airport designed by College of Art and Design students.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand visited RIT on Dec. 11 to deliver news on two federal funding initiatives: RIT’s Semiconductor Fabrication Lab and NTID.

The best new talent coming into the cybersecurity industry will battle for a championship trophy at the Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition global finals, held Jan. 11-14 at RIT.

Resistance Mapping is a local, collaborative digital humanities project focused on how Monroe County, N.Y., has been shaped by histories of institutional racism and collective community resistance. Scholars and students affiliated with RIT’s humanities, computing, and design program and the University of Rochester’s Digital Scholarship at River Campus Libraries helped create a website to host the educational content.

RIT recently hosted Abel Visiting Scholar Nguyen Thi Van Anh, lecturer at Hanoi National University of Education in Vietnam. The Abel Visiting Scholar Program allows professional mathematicians based in developing countries to visit an international research collaborator for one month.