News by Topic: Faculty

Business Insider talks to Gijs Overgoor, assistant professor of marketing, about his recent study exploring what kind of social media images users prefer.

Essay by Lauren Hall, professor and chair of the political science department, published in the U.S. News and World Report.

RIT today announced the official launch of its online Master of Architecture (M.Arch) degree. RIT’s new online degree is accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board and is being offered in partnership with 2U Inc., the parent company of global online learning platform edX.

Essay written by Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, published by The Boston Globe.

Space.com reports on research led by RIT scientists on a merger of two black holes with eccentric orbits.

WROC-TV talks to Don Figer, director of the Center for Detectors, about his work on the James Webb Space Telescope.

For the first time, scientists believe they have detected a merger of two black holes with eccentric orbits. According to a paper published in Nature Astronomy by researchers from RIT and the University of Florida, this can help explain how some of the previous black hole mergers are much heavier than previously thought possible.

RIT’s annual Let Freedom Ring event has been rescheduled to take place from 12-1 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 1, in Ingle Auditorium. The event was originally planned to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but was rescheduled when RIT closed due to a powerful winter storm.

WHAM-TV talks to Jennifer Schneider, the Eugene H. Fram Chair of Applied Critical Thinking and a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering Technology, Environmental Management and Safety, about RIT's wastewater testing program.

Essay by Maureen Ferran, associate professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, published by The Conversation.

Futurity features research by Gijs Overgoor, assistant professor of marketing, on what kind of social media images users prefer.

The Rochester Beacon features Caroline Easton, director of the RIT Priority Behavioral Health and Clinical Psychology program.