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RIT’s scholarship program that provides City of Rochester graduates full-tuition scholarships and academic support is expanding its eligibility. The Destler/Johnson Rochester City Scholars program will now be open to students participating in the Urban-Suburban Interdistrict Transfer Program.

RIT recently became a partner in the SUPREME Center (Superior Energy-efficient Materials and Devices), a new $34 million research center based at Cornell University. The center will focus on development of energy-efficient semiconductor materials and technologies.

Rochester Beacon highlights RIT’s research portfolio.

WXXI features Thomas Warfield, director of dance and senior lecturer in NTID’s Department for Performing Arts.

Essay written by Evan Selinger, professor of philosophy, published by The Boston Globe. (This content requires a subscription to view.)

WHEC-TV talks to Jennifer Schneider, professor in the Department of Civil Engineering Technology, Environmental Management & Safety, about how a hazmat team responds to a train derailment.

The Rochester Business Journal features Saunders College of Business' new online degrees in hospitality business management and organizational leadership and innovation. (This content requires a subscription to view.)

The Conversation highlights an essay by Michael Laver, professor in the Department of History, about the history of ashes in Christianity.

An imaginary close-up of the inside of a computer, mixed with neon lights, microphones, an artist’s palette, molecules, and computer code, has been selected as this year’s Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival poster. The winning poster was created by Annelise Wall, a second-year new media design major.

Saunders College of Business drew hundreds of attendees to the RIT campus Feb. 17 and 18 for the college’s inaugural Women’s Leadership Weekend, hosting the 13th annual Power Your Potential Women’s Conference and 3rd annual Women’s Leadership Summit on consecutive days for the first time ever.

WHEC-TV highlights a visit by former President Jimmy Carter to RIT in 1991.

Essay by Corinna Schlombs, associate professor in the Department of History, published by Gizmodo.