Alumni News

WXXI talks to Kirsten Feigel ’15 (museum studies), a cataloguer for Strong National Museum of Play, and Stephen Jacobs, professor of interactive games and media.

WROC-TV talks to Anna Dining '17 (motion picture science) and Chris Brands '14 (motion picture science) about their work on the latest Spider-Man movie.

ArtNews features Evan Anthony '10 (new media design) and Jeremy Abel '10 (new media design), creators of the video game Genesis Noir.

WROC-TV talks to Evan Anthony '10 (new media design) and Jeremy Abel '10 (new media design), creators of the video game Genesis Noir, as well as Robert Mostyn, RIT’s MAGIC Hub Coordinator.

Equipped with newly-developed professional skills and materials, students from Ceramics, Fine Art Photography and Metals and Jewelry gained insightful feedback on their work from 11 artists to wrap up the fall semester.

The Geva Journal features Jason Farnan ’03 (graphic design), also known as decorated air guitarist Lt. Facemelter.

For her Professional Practices class, Assistant Professor Keli DiRisio organized more than 150 portfolio review sessions in which students gained insight from professionals working in their preferred design discipline.

Some communities are known as college towns, but developers are hoping downtown Rochester becomes a college city, as they offer high-rise housing for students from several area colleges, including RIT.

Forbes has identified a few of the RIT alumni set to define the next decade—and beyond. Two RIT alumni—and a third just a few months shy of the age cut-off—were named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for 2022. Jackie Wiley ’16 (game design and development) was honored in the Games category, and Dylan Ayrey ’15 (computer engineering) was named in the Enterprise Technology category.

Doug Templeton ’19 (M.Arch.), a licensed architect in New York State, joined Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)’s department of architecture as an adjunct faculty member in fall of 2020.

Angélica Agélviz, Shana Dixon and Chloe Hayes — all 2019 School of Film and Animation graduates — worked on Nuevo Rico, an award-winning film seen as a potential Academy Award winner.

RIT and local designers partnered to create garments and wearables inspired by the Vignelli Center archives for display during a first-of-its-kind fashion show on Dec. 10. The event is open to the public.