Alumni News

September 25, 2013

RIT Alumni Association welcomes new president

Ricardo Venegas ’92 was installed as president in July and will serve for one two-year term.
September 23, 2013

Show your RIT pride today

ROAR Day, the official launch of the 2013-2014 Fund for RIT annual giving campaign, is today. Stations will be set up across campus, or gifts can be made online.
September 19, 2013

Action-packed weekend for Brick City Homecoming

Highlights include former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and astronaut Mark Kelly at the Horton speakers, several hockey games and comedians Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood.
September 18, 2013

Saunders College hosts leadership summit

Executive MBA Class 21 is hosting an Entrepreneurial Leadership Summit, focusing on how leaders proactively identify opportunities through innovation and market understanding.
September 18, 2013

Glass pumpkins cropping up at RIT

The School for American Crafts will sell its unique, hand-blown glass pumpkins, gourds, vases and paperweights during the ninth-annual Glass Pumpkin Patch on Oct. 5.
September 11, 2013

Alumni organize fall art exhibit

Two RIT alumni will return to campus this fall as part of a group of five artists exhibiting at the Ohringer Gallery in the Dyer Arts Center.
September 11, 2013

RIT partnering to create charter high school

Uncommon Schools and RIT are partnering to develop a charter high school in Rochester focusing on increasing the number of Rochester students who receive bachelor’s degrees.
September 10, 2013

Fisher-Price project engineer to speak at RIT

RIT alumnus Brian Argauer will open this year’s Engineering Dean’s Alumni Speaker Series with “An Engineer for the Next Generation: Building a Multi-Disciplinary Background.”
September 5, 2013

RIT alumni continue child care legacy

Mary Beth Pratt helped to found Child Care Council Inc. while she was attending RIT in the 1970s. The company has grown into a major not-for-profit child care resource.
August 30, 2013

Top RIT News stories and videos from the summer

While many students, faculty and staff were away during the summer months, much was happening on campus. Here are some stories and videos you may have missed.
August 23, 2013

Destler welcomes back RIT community

RIT President Bill Destler urged the university community to collectively “sustain RIT’s momentum” in his annual welcome back address, delivered this morning.
August 22, 2013

Todd Pagano addresses RIT community

RIT officially kicked off the school year on Wednesday with Fall Convocation. NTID’s Todd Pagano, the 2012 U.S. Professor of the Year, delivered the keynote address.