Today’s Top Stories

RIT awarded $1M for gravitational-wave astronomy
Two professors who are leaders in gravitational-wave astronomy have won more than $1 million in federal funding to further their research. Carlos Lousto and Manuela Campanelli won separate grants from the National Science Foundation worth $600,000 and $435,000, respectively.
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Imagine RIT voted ‘Favorite Family-Friendly Festival’
For the second year in a row, Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival has been voted “Favorite Family-Friendly Festival” by Kids Out and About.
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College of Liberal Arts names new department heads
The appointments, made by Dean James Winebrake, replaced department heads who are either retiring or are taking on other responsibilities in the college.
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Featured Video

RIT on TV: Center for Urban Entrepreneurship Career Day 
WROC-TV spotlights Career Day at the RIT Center for Urban Entrepreneurship. Students from the Rochester City School District learned business and life skills from RIT instructors. watch video »

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Newsmakers

David Ross, professor, Kara Maki, assistant professor, School of Mathematical Sciences, and Emily Holz, graduating senior in biomedical engineering, published “Existence Theory for the Radially Symmetric Contact Lens Equation,” in SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 76(3), 827-84, on May 2. more Newsmakers »

Tiger Hockey

Women earn NCAA Public Recognition Award
For the second consecutive season, the women's hockey team was honored by the NCAA for its excellent Academic Progress Rate (APR), receiving a Public Recognition Award.
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RIT in the News

The Stanly News and Press
Monarch CEO receives NCCCP's Lifetime Career Leadership Award
Peggy Terhune '84 (business administration) featured more »

Democrat and Chronicle
RIT gets funds to research gravitational waves
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FiveThirtyEight
In The Shadow Of Exile
John Klofas, professor of criminal justice, quoted more »

Rochester Business Journal
RIT gets grant to research gravitational waves
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The Wall Street Journal
'Pokemon Go' Craze Raises Safety Issues
Brian Tomaszewski, assistant professor of information sciences and technologies, quoted more »

ZooNooz
Studying animal cognition at the Zoo
Caroline DeLong, associate professor of psychology, featured (page 6) more »

NJ Pen
What is Pokemon GO-ing on in South Jersey?
Mike Johansson, senior lecturer in communication, quoted more »