News

January 30, 2017

Image Permanence Institute awarded major grant

RIT’s Image Permanence Institute has received a $182,730 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Preservation and Access Education and Training program in support of “Teaching a Methodology for Photographic Process Identification.”
January 10, 2017

Alumnus to receive Academy Award

Brian Cantwell ’99 (film and animation) is a member of the team at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) that will be recognized for its design and development of ILM’s facial performance-capture solving system.
January 3, 2017

RIT alumnus named Forbes ‘30 Under 30’

RIT alumnus Sean Petterson landed on the prestigious 2017 Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ list in manufacturing and industry. Petterson, who graduated from RIT in 2013 in industrial design, is a founder of the industrial safety products company StrongArm Technologies Inc.
December 23, 2016

Lella Vignelli dies at 82

Lella Vignelli, who enjoyed a lifelong collaborative working relationship with her husband, the late Massimo Vignelli, and whose Vignelli Center for Design Studies placed RIT onto the international forefront of design studies, died Dec. 22.
December 1, 2016

RIT to hold first-ever winter glass sale Sunday

The School for American Crafts’ glass program will sell unique, hand-blown glass ornaments along with paperweights, vases and more during the school’s first-ever winter glass sale on Sunday.
November 21, 2016

Graduate works to educate through her artwork

Remy Glock ’11 (graphic design) is using typography as a medium to educate people on the overlooked challenges of the deaf community, particularly those that arise in professional environments.
November 21, 2016

‘Esquire’ raises a glass to graduate’s restaurant

Chuck Cerankosky ’03 (industrial design) had never served a dinner table or bartended when he opened Good Luck restaurant in Rochester eight years ago. Recently, the restaurant was named one of the 18 best bars in America, according to Esquire magazine.
November 21, 2016

Graduate’s company wins Apple Design Award

After graduating from RIT, John Traver ’10 began working for a post-production company and soon became frustrated with video collaboration offerings for the creative industry. So he and the post-production company’s owner set out to build a better solution.
November 21, 2016

Alumnus designs new RIT Alumni House

Architect Gian-Paul Piane ’07 (woodworking and furniture design) is in charge of designing RIT’s new Alumni House, which will open in 2017.
November 16, 2016

Students recognized at packaging design competition

Three multidisciplinary teams of undergraduate students from RIT were recognized for their unique designs in the 2016 Paperboard Packaging Alliance Student Design Challenge.
November 15, 2016

RIT officially launches MAGIC Spell Studios

RIT today launched the building that will house MAGIC Spell Studios, a first-of-its-kind effort in higher education that will link RIT’s internationally ranked academic programs with high-tech facilities needed to commercialize computer gaming, film and animation, and digital media projects.
November 10, 2016

Galleries to honor Norman Ives

The first-ever major retrospective exhibition highlighting the work of Norman Ives—a renowned Yale University artist and designer—will be on display at both RIT’s University and Bevier galleries from Nov. 18 to Jan. 6.