News

January 19, 2016

Book explores folk art of decorated stoneware

Art for the People, distributed by RIT Press, explores 19th century utilitarian stoneware and the art that was created on those canvases.
January 4, 2016

RIT now considered national "Doctoral University"

Rochester Institute of Technology is now considered a “Doctoral University” by the leading national classification of U.S. colleges and universities.
December 22, 2015

Students create product packaging in competition

RIT students create new and sustainable product packaging as part of the 2015 Wegmans Design Challenge.
December 9, 2015

Film featuring RIT talent wins at film festival

“The Iroquois Creation Story,” created by RIT faculty, students and alumni collaborating with community partners has been honored in the Red Nation Film Festival.
November 23, 2015

Galleries honoring the legacy of late professor

RIT is presenting an exhibition in tribute to the late Keith Howard, associate professor, in Bevier Gallery through Jan. 10, and at Gallery r Dec. 4 through Jan. 10.
November 20, 2015

Creating a game based on a 500-year-old painting

“The Garden,” a game created by RIT faculty and students and based on the famous painting “The Garden of Earthly Delights,” is in the prototype stage.
November 17, 2015

Alumni are making an impact in space exploration

RIT alumni are making an impact in space exploration today by contributing expertise in engineering, imaging science, physics and photography, among others.
November 17, 2015

Returning astronaut learned photo skills from grad

Astronaut Scott Kelly, who returns to Earth tonight, has RIT alumnus Paul Reichert ’01 to thank for teaching him how to take the images he has been sharing from space.
November 17, 2015

Photo grad goes from print pages to radio waves

Thomas Temin was a little surprised when he got a call from a radio station in Washington, D.C., asking him if he was interested in becoming an anchor on the morning show.
November 11, 2015

Alumnus Walid Raad at the Museum of Modern Art
November 10, 2015

Twyla Cummings to receive prominent honor

Twyla J. Cummings, senior associate dean of the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, has won the Printing Industries of America’s 2015 Naomi Berber Memorial Award.
November 6, 2015

Italian director Giovanna Taviani comes to RIT

Giovanna Taviani will conduct master classes for students of Italian, anthropology and film at RIT Nov. 10 and 11. Her documentary, “Ritorni,” will be shown at 7 p.m. Nov. 11.