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  • August 9, 2018

    Ana Sorensen sits in a wheelchair and demonstrates how the LEV lift works for individuals to lift themselves up. She shows this to another woman who is engaged in the demonstration and reaches out to touch the assistive device.

    Students create assistive products for community

    The Studio 930 Design Consultancy program, a 10-week long multidisciplinary studio experience focused on the design and production of access and health technologies products, wrapped up with an exhibition Aug. 7.

  • August 9, 2018

    Old Fort Niagara tower with canons in foreground.

    Next Big Shot project lights up Old Fort Niagara

    RIT’s community photographic project travels to the Canadian border Sept. 29 to capture a dramatic nighttime image of Old Fort Niagara, the oldest continuously occupied military site in North America.

  • August 8, 2018

    artwork featuring multicolored rectangles arranged in a grid.

    ‘Cultivating Connections’ exhibit seeking artists

    NTID’s Dyer Arts Center is now accepting submissions for its exhibit “Cultivating Connections: Growing Communities in the Flower City,” which will showcase artwork that represents our local communities.

  • August 6, 2018

    An aerial view of RIT's entrance in 1966. Much of the landscape is barren because the construction was not yet finished.

    Industrial design blitz celebrates anniversary

    A century-old oak tree that majestically stood at RIT’s Henrietta campus entrance when the first students arrived will be incorporated into the 50th anniversary celebration as part of the T-Minus 151 industrial design project.

  • August 6, 2018

    Shehzil Malik sits at her desk and poses for a photo. Her desk and wall are covered in colorful artwork.

    Alumna creates feminist art and clothing line

    Shehzil Malik ’14 (visual communication design) is a designer who has extensive experience as an advocate for social change. She believes in gender equality with every fiber of her being and hopes her work can help women around the world realize the power they have as individuals.

  • August 6, 2018

    A group of graduating students from Rochester Prep High School stand on a stage and hold up t-shirts from the colleges they have been accepted into for the fall.

    RIT helps prep Rochester seniors for next step

    The Rochester Prep High School graduating class of 25 students received 96 college acceptances, and 100 percent of these students will attend college in the fall--three of whom will attend RIT.

  • August 6, 2018

    Mike Blain and his wife surrounded by RIT honors program students and Tamra Werner, director of alumni relations celebrating his birthday.

    RIT Hillel founder leaves lasting impact

    By 1954, Mike Blain ’57 (printing) had survived the Holocaust and the Korean War and wanted a college education. He finished at RIT in three years, worked as an associate editor for Reporter magazine and started RIT Hillel, the Jewish student group that continues 64 years later.

  • August 6, 2018

    Melanie and Steve Shapiro pose for a photo wearing sweatshirts with the logo of their newest company, Token, on the front of it.

    Inventors develop ring to combat cyber threats

    Husband-and-wife entrepreneurs and RIT graduates Steve and Melanie Shapiro are celebrating the success of their third start-up, Token, an identity technology company that manufactures a biometric, encrypted ring with a fingerprint sensor with two-factor authentication.

  • July 30, 2018

    Stars drawn on the palm of a hand.

    RIT professor joins Magnum Photos

    Gregory Halpern, an associate professor in RIT’s School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, is one of only five nominees selected this year into Magnum Photos, which represents some of the world’s most well-known photographers.