Alumni News

May 20, 2014

Tiger Tales: RIT launches Toastmasters chapter

Established this past January, the chapter is sponsored by RIT’s Office of Graduate Studies and has 21 members consisting of students, faculty and staff.
May 19, 2014

Engineering students build camera rig for the Met

Seven students from the Kate Gleason College of Engineering installed a Vertical X-Y Camera Rig they designed and built for the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
May 14, 2014

RIT announces winners of Civic App Challenge

Four RIT students, four alumni and one staff member were among the winners of the 2014 AT&T Rochester Civic App Challenge, a two-month “virtual hackathon.”
May 13, 2014

Alumna launches weather game app with Al Roker

Katie Linendoll ’05 teamed up with animator Steve Lunny and weatherman Al Roker to create Al’s Weather Rokies app. The cartoon-style game incorporates real-time weather.
May 7, 2014

Wellness specialist named distinguished dietitian

Susan Figaro Grace, a member of the Better Me wellness team, was named the Distinguished Dietitian for 2014 by the New York State Dietetics Association.
May 6, 2014

Students, alumni teach children about business

Volunteers from Saunders College of Business and local companies will teach Rochester School District children in grades K-8 about business, economics and free enterprise.
May 5, 2014

Medical illustrator’s work featured in exhibit

Examples of professor James Perkins’ work hung in “School of Netter: ‘The Michelangelo’ of Medicine and His Legacy,” an exhibit honoring the mastery of Dr. Frank Netter.
May 3, 2014

Imagine RIT draws thousands to campus

By the end of the day, an estimated 32,000 people made their way through campus to see hundreds of exhibits and demonstrations by RIT students, faculty and staff.
May 1, 2014

NTID names new director of alumni relations

Loriann Macko will serve as director of Alumni and Constituent Relations after having served as interim director for a year.
May 1, 2014

Top stories and videos for April

News about the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Clinical Health Sciences Center was most popular last month. Check out all of April’s top stories and videos.
April 25, 2014

Engineering alumnus to discuss entrepreneurship

Computer engineering alumnus John Martellaro, co-founder of a career placement service, visits May 1 for the Kate Gleason College of Engineering Dean’s Alumni Speaker Series.
April 18, 2014

Professor receives inaugural Edline M. Chun Award

Stephen Whittaker, a professor in the School of Media Sciences, was given the award for exemplifying excellence and dedication in teaching.