Alumni News

  • April 25, 2017

    A student drives the Baja Racing vehicle as the crowd looks on. The car sails through the air after driving over a ramp.

    RIT motorsport teams unveil new race vehicles

    RIT’s three sleek Formula racecars, Baja off-road vehicle, Hot Wheelz hybrid electric Formula car and EVO, the electric motorcycle, all built by RIT students, will be unveiled as part of the Imagine RIT festival on May 6.

  • April 25, 2017

    Logo for "RIT Global: Just Go!"

    Students win international scholarships

    RIT students have won a variety of international scholarships and fellowships for the summer term and upcoming academic year. They will be recognized at the Global Learning Symposium on Thursday.

  • April 6, 2017

    Students gathered for picture outside building

    RITz dinner anchors RIT Croatia's 20th anniversary

    Marko Sekulic '04, director of Business Development at the Hilton Molino Stucky Venice, is the Honorary Chair of the 2017 RITz Dinner Event taking place on Friday at the Hotel Imperial Dubrovnik. The annual dinner is one of the events highlighting RIT Croatia's 20th anniversary.

  • April 3, 2017

    Entrance to "Kilian J and Caroline F Schmit Interfaith Center"

    Top stories and videos for March

    News and a video about RIT’s carillon bell system were among the most read and watched last month. Check out all of March’s top stories and videos.

  • March 30, 2017

    Portrait of person in park

    Business alumna named to ‘Forbes’ list

    Merrill Lynch financial advisor Fern (Grossman) Schwartz ’77 (business administration) has been named to the Forbes list of “America’s Top Women Wealth Advisors” for 2017.

  • March 29, 2017

    student and staff member talking at a table.

    Preparing students on autism spectrum for success

    RIT is one of the leading universities in the nation in preparing students on the autism spectrum for professional success. Its strength stems from a combination of the Spectrum Support Program and the cooperative education program.

  • March 29, 2017

    People working on experiment in classroom

    Women in Computing helping to close gender gap

    For all the progress women have made in STEM careers, the gender gap in computing is only growing larger. RIT’s Women in Computing (WiC) group was created in 2008 to help empower women in computer fields to succeed and thrive at RIT and beyond.

  • March 29, 2017

    RIT President Bill Destler posing on couch with his wife

    End of presidential era

    Under Bill Destler’s leadership, RIT’s enrollment has reached record levels, selectivity and diversity have improved, the value of research awards has skyrocketed and geographic draw continues to widen. But his strong relationship with students is the key piece of his legacy.

  • March 29, 2017

    Professor posing for camera

    CIAS Dean Lorraine Justice to step down

    Lorraine Justice, dean of the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences since 2011, is stepping down March 31 due to health reasons. Senior Associate Dean Robin Cass has been appointed acting dean of CIAS to serve through the end of this academic year.

  • March 28, 2017

    People gathered for picture in room

    Alumnus to discuss 18th-century printing press

    Recent engineering grad Seth Gottlieb will speak about the 18th-century wooden printing press that he and his classmates recreated for their senior design class. Following the talk, the press will be used to print new copies of one of the 18th century’s most iconic documents: the First Amendment.