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RIT has one of the largest and best collegiate esports programs in the nation. With around 250 players and more than 2,300 community members, RIT Esports is bigger than many college athletics programs.

Rochester Business Journal talks to Amit Batabyal, Distinguished Professor in the College of Liberal Arts, about the surging return rates from online shopping.

ToonBoom talks to Camren Missimer about their student film Midnight Chrysalis. 

Ahmad Kirmani’s research is helping to expand and improve space exploration through understanding how the metal-halide perovskite, the next-generation printable semiconductor, reacts to harsh extraterrestrial conditions and self-heals in those conditions.

WXXI talks to Daniel Johnson, interim department chair, Department of Packaging and Graphic Media Science, about climate-friendly food sector practices.

RIT is set to welcome researchers and educators from across the U.S. and North and South America during the 2024 a2ru national conference. The conference will take place Nov. 14-16, and session proposals are being accepted online with a deadline of March 15 to submit.

Systems Contractor News talks to RIT President David Munson and features the Student Hall for Exploration and Development (SHED).

Essay by James Perkins, director of the graduate medical illustration program, published by The Conversation. This essay was also republished by The Washington Post and CNN.

Essay by Sarah Burns, associate professor in the Department of Political Science, published by The Conversation.

RIT scientists will be the lead researchers on a $1.8 million NASA grant to study electromagnetic signals from merging supermassive black holes.

WHYY, a PBS affiliate, features Eric Kunsman, assistant professor in NTID’s Department of Visual Communications Studies.

Essay by Juan Noguera, assistant professor in the School of Design, published by Divided We Fall