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WXXI Connections talks to Michael Ruhling, professor of performing arts, about Beethoven.

Rochester Beacon features Transforming RIT: The Campaign for Greatness surpassing its $1 billion goal.

New York Magazine features photography by Joshua Rashaad McFadden, assistant professor in the School of Photographic Arts and Science.

City News features Joshua Rashaad McFadden, assistant professor in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, and the Visual Studies Workshop.

RIT has surpassed the $1 billion goal for Transforming RIT: The Campaign for Greatness, the university’s blended campaign. A recent $1 million gift from John Traver ’10 (motion picture science) for an endowed professorship in the College of Art and Design “put us over the top,” according to RIT President David Munson.

Essay by Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, published by Slate.

In Ilya Kaminsky’s Deaf Republic, villagers’ deafness becomes an act of revolt against a totalitarian government, and their use of sign language unites them as a community. These themes, along with others throughout the book, resonate with the contemporary experience of deafness in the United States.

RIT’s University Gallery is the perfect venue for an upcoming play where much of the plot takes place in New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ordinary Days runs at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 30, through Sunday, April 2, in the gallery, in Booth Hall.

WVLT-TV features an event with Sunshine 2.0.

Alumni from RIT’s School of Film and Animation are working together to fund a scholarship that honors all of the faculty who helped form the school. The SOFA Founding Faculty Scholarship will be available to students enrolled in programs within SOFA to support their creative endeavors outside of the classroom.

Euronews interviews Matthew Wright, professor and chair of computing security, about audio deepfake scams and how people can protect themselves.

WHAM-TV features the RIT Juggle-In, hosted by the RIT Juggling Club.