News Stories

Spectrum News features hospitality and tourism management student Nika Pikulik.

An afternoon featuring 25 student bands or individual artists is set for Sunday, April 16, in two venues at RIT. Called “RIT Unlabeled Music Festival,” the genres represented include electronic dance music, funk, pop, rock, rap, metal, grunge, punk, fusion, and jazz.

RIT Athletics and the Wegmans School of Health and Nutrition partnered with Monroe High School in the Rochester City School District to bring student athletes to campus earlier this semester for hands-on learning about sports and nutrition.

Scientists from RIT, Caltech, Kwansei Gakuin University in Japan, and the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute will launch a rocket on Sunday for a short flight into space with the goal of resolving discrepancies about the sources of near-infrared light in the universe.

RIT software engineering students are developing a new application to help the National Women’s Hall of Fame streamline its nomination and inductee selection process.

WHEC-TV talks to Ahmed Hamza, lecturer in the Department of Computing Security, about tracking emailed bomb threats.

WROC-TV talks to Risa Robinson, department head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, about her research on e-cigarettes.

RIT will be testing the RIT Alert emergency notification system at 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 16. Please make sure your contact information is in the RIT Alert system.

Essay by Robert Olson, senior lecturer of computing security, published by The Conversation.

RIT President David Munson, center, emceed the 2023 Alfred L. Davis Public Service Awards on April 11. Recipients Susan Fox, left, and Jade Myers, right, were honored for their outstanding record of service. 

When Mari Jaye Blanchard hits the rock climbing gym, she describes the environment as a community supporting each other as they pursue their personal goals.

Jennifer O’Neil enjoys thermodynamic memes, powerplants, and Marvel Comic heroes, especially Iron Man, and she has found ways to connect all of them for her engineering technology classes. She makes these connections through activities that bring to life complex topics that solidify learning for her students.