Alumni News

  • March 28, 2017

    couple poses on boulders.

    Ice-breaker was really love at first sight

    Guerin Gagliastri ’14 (physician assistant) and Stephen Jones ’13 (film and animation) met as Resident Advisors in 2011 and instantly became friends. They were married in September.

  • March 28, 2017

    Person holding rings made of circuits

    Chemist turns hobby into full-time business

    Despite having earned a Ph.D. in chemistry, Amanda Preske ’09 has put her career as a researcher on hold to commit herself full time to her jewelry business, Circuit Breaker Labs, through which she crafts and sells pieces made from recycled circuit boards and resin.

  • March 28, 2017

    Mike Jeffries speaking to an audience, not pictured, from behind a computer. On a screen behind him is a photo of robots fighting each other.

    Robot pastime helped alumnus build career

    Mike Jeffries is proud when Bombshell is on the attack, knowing there’s no “tapping out” or yielding in competitions. During this past season of ABC’s BattleBots show, taped over the summer, Bombshell and Jeffries’ Chaos Corps team battled to an impressive second place finish.

  • March 28, 2017

    Justin Hamilton and Christopher Stern pose for a photo on a set of modern-looking stairs.

    Graduates construct Rochester Top 100 company

    Justin Hamilton and Christopher Stern were standing on the basketball court sidelines in 1998 when they started talking about majors. That was the beginning of Hamilton Stern Construction, a company that was No. 1 on the Rochester Chamber Top 100 list of fastest growing private companies in 2016.

  • March 28, 2017

    Teacher posing with students

    Education fueled by hard work—and fruit cakes

    Rosalie Rosini is proof that age is just a number and that life is what you make it to be. The 70-year-old, who celebrated the 50th anniversary of her graduation from RIT last May, said that she’s more active in her life now than she’s ever been.

  • March 27, 2017

    Picture of Satellite

    Researchers win grant to improve Landsat 8 data

    Two RIT researchers have won funding from the U.S. Geological Survey to ensure accurate temperature data from NASA’s Landsat 8 satellite. Climate researchers depend on public data from the Earth-sensing satellite to measure surface changes over time.

  • March 27, 2017

    Picture of classroom building

    RIT brings business lessons to elementary school

    Saunders College of Business and Junior Achievement of Rochester are teaming up with the Rochester City School District for an all-day learning marathon to educate K-6 children in School No. 50 about business, economics and free enterprise.

  • March 24, 2017

    People studying at tables in gym

    RIT hosts 12th Creative Industry Day on March 30

    Creative Industry Day offers career-related programming and the opportunity for students to meet professionals from the creative industry, obtain feedback on their portfolios, and make valuable connections that may benefit their careers.

  • March 22, 2017

    Entrance to RIT's Interfaith Center

    Carillon set to ring across campus once again

    The sound of the RIT carillon bells will be heard throughout campus for the first time in nearly three years on Friday. The system, which broke in 2014, was repaired and will resume chiming at 3 p.m. Friday.