RIT students, staff, and faculty now have free access to Bloomberg.com through January 31, 2026. Use your RIT email address to complete registration for the service, which provides access to important business and tech news, daily updates, and analysis. Subscribers also get access to Bloomberg TV live streaming, radio, videos, podcasts, and special content. This service is valued at $149 per year for an individual subscription. “Bloomberg.com is a premier platform for business, finance, and technology news, offering a wealth of resources that extend far beyond Wall Street,” said Hao Zhang, professor and the director of BS Finance program and MS Finance program. “For example, it delivers cutting-edge coverage on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, sustainability, space exploration, and digital innovation—topics that resonate strongly with RIT faculty and students in STEM disciplines. With RIT’s free access to Bloomberg.com, students and faculty/staff members across disciplines can leverage this resource to broaden their understanding of market-driven technological shifts and stay ahead in today's increasingly interdisciplinary world.” This complimentary access is a result of an interdisciplinary team of RIT students winning the 2024 Bloomberg Global Trading Challenge last fall. Evan Macko (finance), Carter Ptak (software engineering), and Rosa Kauffman (Japanese) comprised the winning “Tigers Trading” team. The trio outlasted a field which included 2,453 teams from 396 universities in 46 countries conducting simulated investing over six weeks. The student team’s participation in this trading competition was made possible by the Bloomberg Terminals donated by Mr. Frank Sklarsky, RIT Trustee and RIT’s 2024 Outstanding Alumnus. These terminals are industry-standard tools used by leading financial firms. Through these terminals, Bloomberg also offers access to a selection of certificate courses via the Bloomberg for Education portal, including Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC), Environmental Social Governance (ESG), and Bloomberg Finance Fundamentals (BFF). These courses are self-paced modules that provide guidance on navigating financial markets and teach core industry terminology. Students, regardless of major, with access to Bloomberg Terminals on campus also have access to these certificates. For more information and to register, go to https://infoguides.rit.edu/bloomberg.

Cancer-free for nearly 20 years, RIT graduate student Bryona Hamilton seeks to educate patients, survivors, and family members about potential chemotherapy side effects that can occur decades after treatment. Hamilton will graduate this spring from RIT’s medical illustration MFA program after completion of her educational guide for the Children’s Hospital Colorado HOPE Cancer Survivorship Program in Aurora, Colo. “There is a lot of change and a lot of unknowns that happen as a pediatric cancer patient graduates to a teen survivor and then an adult survivor, and that led me to want to make an educational pamphlet for the HOPE clinic about how chemotherapy can cause heart damage,” Hamilton said. As a child, Hamilton was treated at Children’s Hospital Colorado for the blood cancer, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, or ALL. Diagnosed before her second birthday, Hamilton underwent chemotherapy treatment until she was 5 years old. ‌ Bryona Hamilton This image shows Bryon Hamilton’s process work and the final heart illustration she created for the cover of an educational guide for cancer survivors. Her thesis project educates people about a side effect that can weaken the heart years after cancer treatment. The therapy drugs, Anthracyclines, can damage heart muscle cells and prevent the left ventricle from efficiently pumping blood from the heart, Hamilton said. She and other survivors rely on periodic echocardiograms, or cardiac ultrasounds, to monitor their heart health. During the COVID-19 epidemic, Hamilton saw the need for science communicators to translate complex medical information to the general public. With an undergraduate degree in cellular and molecular biology and a lifelong passion for art, Hamilton enrolled in RIT’s medical illustration MFA program, with an interest in pediatric cancer. “I think the best part of the program is my peers,” she said. “I had always felt a little outside of science and outside of art because I had a foot in both doors. To be able to come to a collective space where I’m around individuals who share that experience, that's really valuable to me.” Funds from an endowment established by Penny Kris-Etherton ’71 (food administration) for College of Health Sciences and Technology students will cover the debut printing costs for Hamilton’s pamphlet, called “Caring for Your Heart During Survivorship After Pediatric Cancer: A visual education guide on chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity.” A QR code printed on the pamphlet will lead to a 3D model of a heart cell that Hamilton built as an extra layer of education, she said. ‌ Bryona Hamilton This 3D modeled heart muscle cell shows where damage can occur from cancer therapy. “People can scan the QR code and it takes them to an interactive model of a heart muscle cell (cardiomyocyte),” she said. “They can spin it around and click on it. It gives them that visual and an anatomical understanding of what is being impacted.” Hamilton’s thesis advisory team includes her former pediatric oncologist, Dr. Brian Greffe, medical director of the Children’s Hospital Colorado HOPE Cancer Survivorship Program, who serves as her scientific content adviser. “Dr. Greffe helps answer my questions about the research,” she said. “He has helped me tailor the graphics and narrow the language for a very specific audience. It has been great to talk with him now as an adult because he treated me as a child. It’s been rewarding.” Hamilton hopes the materials she creates for the clinic will foster communication between patients and their care team. “I think it’s important for patients to advocate for themselves,” Hamilton said. “Cancer can make you feel lost sometimes. Equipping patients with knowledge, I’m hoping, is kind of like giving them a lantern.”