Alumni News

Laural Hartman and Sarah Kinard created a large-scale mural combining painting and printmaking for the annual PLAY/GROUND showcase in downtown Buffalo.

WROC-TV features Kayla Sandoval '15 (mechanical engineering technology), owner of Biscotti Brewers.

RIT scientists have uncovered new information about the way coronavirus and several of its variants attach to human cells. The researchers examined how coronaviruses use their spike proteins to attach themselves to the host cells they are attacking.

City Newspaper features Carly Kraft ’18 (new media interactive development), singer-guitarist in the band Coral Moons.

RIT alumna Brig. Gen. Stacy Babcock ’91 (criminal justice), ’96 (educational interpreting), ’98 MS (instructional technology) has been named deputy commanding general and Reserve Personnel Management Directorate director for U.S. Army Human Resources Command (HRC) in Fort Knox, Ky.

WROC-TV features Kurtis Kracke ’15 (industrial design), co-founder of ThermApparel.

Spectrum News features Kurtis Kracke ’15 (industrial design) and Brad Dunn ’15 (industrial design), co-founders of ThermApparel,

Tia Shipman earned her master’s degree in health systems management while working full time. The Health Systems Quality and Organization Learning class gave her a clear direction in a health care field crowded with possibilities.

Erin Crowley Ellis ’08 (mechanical engineering) and her father, Michael Crowley, launched Sanatela Medical Solutions, a new bioengineering company in Rochester.

Monroe County Post references a $1.25 million gift to Saunders College of Business from RIT alumna Susan Riedman Holliday, vice chair of RIT’s board of trustees, that will help fund a planned building expansion.

RIT alumnus James Frederick has not only held the position of deputy assistant secretary for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) since January, but he has managed the day-to-day operations of OSHA while the agency’s incoming nominee for assistant secretary awaits confirmation by Congress.

A team of first-year RIT students developed a system that uses imaging technology and lasers to produce artistic caricatures. Three of the students will showcase the system at the Undergraduate Research Symposium.