Alumni News

July 9, 2018

David Long appointed director of MAGIC Center

David Long, associate professor in RIT’s College of Art and Design, has been appointed director of RIT’s Center for Media, Arts, Games, Interaction and Creativity and MAGIC Spell Studios. Long is founder and chair of the motion picture science program in RIT’s School of Film and Animation.
July 2, 2018

Venture Creations companies place in accelerator competition

Two client companies in RIT’s Venture Creations incubator have won recognition and prize money from the New York state-funded Luminate NY accelerator program. Positive Science won third place in the competition and $250,000, and Molecular Glasses won $10,000 and the Audience Choice Award.
June 27, 2018

Company develops solar generators for hurricane victims

David Rodriguez ’92 is the founder of inverSOL, a client company of Venture Creations business incubator that produces solar generator systems. The company will open a manufacturing and retail facility in Puerto Rico to help those living in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.
June 25, 2018

GIS dedicates Bal Dixit Laboratory

The Bal Dixit Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Fire Protection Research is made possible by a $2 million gift from RIT alumnus and former trustee Sudhakar “Bal” Dixit.
June 25, 2018

Industrial design alumnus earns exploratory experience at Corning Museum
June 20, 2018

RIT one of the nation’s top universities for NSF undergraduate research

RIT is hosting seven federally funded undergraduate research programs this summer, the most of any college in New York state.
June 19, 2018

Alumna wins Fulbright U.S. Student Program award

RIT alumna Lauren Peace ’17 (journalism) won a prestigious Fulbright fellowship in journalism for the 2018-19 academic year.
June 15, 2018

RIT wins three awards at 2018 PRSA Rochester Prism Ceremony

Rochester Institute of Technology earned three awards at the 2018 PRism Awards ceremony, including top honors in the photography category.
June 13, 2018

Ian Mortimer named VP for Enrollment Management

Mortimer ’04 (MBA), who has 25 years of experience in higher education, joins RIT on July 30 and will be responsible for expanding and improving the student profile of RIT.
June 7, 2018

Industrial design grad student receives GlassLab Design Fellowship

David Villarreal has been selected the recipient of this year’s GlassLab Design Fellowship, given annually to an outstanding student in the industrial design department and sponsored by the Corning Museum of Glass.
May 29, 2018

RIT puts final wrap on successful NYC Design Week

Dozens of RIT students, faculty and staff left New York City exhausted yet inspired after the university’s most ambitious presence ever at NYCxDESIGN, the Big Apple’s sixth-annual celebration of design. Scores of visitors crowded into RIT’s seven exhibits and events showcased May 16 to 23.
May 16, 2018

Alumna hosts fundraiser for scholarship award

Sara (Berman) Knight ’92 (criminal justice) and Ingrid Ludt ’92 (graphic design) are hosting a fundraiser for the Patrick T. Lynch Scholarship Award on July 15 at the House of Blues in Boston.