News by Topic: Faculty
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October 15, 2019
RIT wins $1.4M to help homeless with opioid addiction, mental illness
Making addiction treatment and mental health services accessible to homeless people via TeleHealth is the focus of a federally funded program at RIT.
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October 15, 2019
2U's latest program shows potential challenges of hands-on learning online
Education Dive talks to Dennis Andrejko, chair of the Department of Architecture, about RIT's plans for an online Master of Architecture degree.
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October 15, 2019
If impeachment comes to the Senate – 5 questions answered
The Conversation asks Sarah Burns, associate professor of political science, about Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's role in the impeachment process.
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October 11, 2019
Do fake images need to look convincing to be convincing?
The Marketplace Tech podcast features Christye Sisson, associate professor of photographic sciences.
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October 11, 2019
Report: Rochester area’s greenhouse gas emissions decrease
WXXI talks to Martin Schooping, senior program manager, Golisano Institute for Sustainability, about a report that shows Rochester's carbon dioxide emissions from cars have decreased since 1990.
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October 9, 2019
RIT Press publishes new collection of WWI letters
Letters from a Doughboy: The Wartime Experiences of Robert Doan Truesdell in World War I, reproduces a collection of more than 100 letters written from 1917 to 1919 by a young American soldier from Binghamton, N.Y.
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October 7, 2019
Film experts in Rochester: ‘Joker’ film does not glorify violence
WROC-TV talks to Brian Price, visiting assistant professor in the School of Film and Animation, about the movie Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix, and the controversy around issues of violence and mental health.
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October 4, 2019
American Indian Science and Engineering Society gives RIT professor its highest honor
Professor Emeritus Roger Dube is the winner of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society's annual Ely S. Parker Award. The award recognizes engineers, scientists and educators who have provided exemplary service to the American Indian/Alaska Native community.
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October 4, 2019
Why a D&C window will be an art exhibit for a month for the 'Current Seen' exhibition
The Democrat and Chronicle features artist W. Michelle Harris, associate professor in the School of Interactive Games and Media.
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October 4, 2019
RIT faculty earns NSF CAREER award to study human behavior using machine learning
Ifeoma Nwogu, an assistant professor of computer science, received an NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award and grant for her five-year project to study human behavior by using machine learning techniques to analyze and find patterns in the many signals that individuals display during social interactions.
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October 4, 2019
New tech at RIT may help find other planets
WROC-TV talks to student Justin Gallagher and Professor Don Figer, director of the Center for Detectors, about a sensor technology that may contribute to finding other planets.
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October 3, 2019
Podcast: Sports Analytics
Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 24: Sports analytics is transforming the landscape of college sports. Matthew Hoffman, associate professor in RIT’s School of Mathematical Sciences, and Ryan Stimson, author of the book Tape to Space: Redefining Modern Hockey Tactics, talk about the RIT Sports Analytics Conference that they founded and how analytics is shaping the larger sports world.