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October 10, 2016
RIT honors Outstanding Alumna, Volunteer of the year
Sharon Napier ’04, founder and CEO of Partners + Napier, is RIT’s Outstanding Alumna of the Year for 2016, and Michael Krupnicki ’99 is RIT’s Volunteer of the Year. They will receive the awards during the Presidents’ Alumni Ball on Friday. -
October 3, 2016
Reddit co-founder headlines SCB lecture series
Alexis Ohanian, the 33-year-old co-founder of the website Reddit, will speak Oct. 14 as part of the Saunders College of Business Gasser Lecture Series. He will discuss “Think like a startup: Insights from a digital entrepreneur and startup investor.” -
September 30, 2016
Two new companies join Venture Creations
ThermApparel, a garment that helps regulate body temperature, and Positive Science, an eye-tracking system, have joined the Venture Creations business incubator at RIT. -
September 27, 2016
RIT named in $4.2 million NSF grant
The Upstate New York Alliance for Entrepreneurial Innovation—a partnership of Cornell University, RIT and University of Rochester—has been awarded $4.2 million from the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps Program. -
September 27, 2016
Hundreds of employers seek students at annual fall Career Fair
Nearly 250 employing organizations and hundreds of recruiter representatives seeking RIT students and graduates are attending the Fall 2016 Career Fair Wednesday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Gordon Field House. -
September 26, 2016
RIT to welcome hundreds of entrepreneurship experts
This weekend, more than 425 entrepreneurship experts will arrive in Rochester, as the city showcases two universities’ entrepreneurial expertise and endeavors as well as dynamic growth, excellence in programming and the impact on the local community and beyond. -
September 26, 2016
Venture Creations manager wins award
Bill Jones, manager of business development at RIT’s Venture Creations business incubator, won the Magical Mentor award presented by Upstate Venture Connect. Jones was honored during the 2016 Upstate Unleashed Conference Sept. 16. -
September 23, 2016
Ebony Miller selected for ‘Forty Under 40’ award
Ebony Miller, interim director of RIT's Center for Urban Entrepreneurship, has been selected for a Rochester Business Journal “Forty Under 40” award. -
September 23, 2016
ExOut Extremism receives award at NYC tribute emceed by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer
Students from RIT who won a State Department competition for using online social media to combat terrorism attended a star-studded gala last night to receive an award for their work. -
September 23, 2016
RIT student team, alumna win big at Digital Rochester GREAT Awards
A team of RIT students and an RIT alumna won top awards for their innovative creations and technology leadership at the 2016 Greater Rochester Excellence and Achievements in Technology Awards, presented by Digital Rochester Inc. -
September 21, 2016
Center for Urban Entrepreneurship named finalist for award
RIT’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship is a finalist for the Reshaping Rochester 2016 Robert Macon Award for Urban Innovation, given in recognition for a building, development, or planning effort that has contributed in a unique way to the community. -
September 20, 2016
Saunders College online MBA among top in ‘Princeton Review’ ranking
RIT’s Saunders College of Business ranked seventh in the “Top 25 Online MBA Programs for 2016,” by The Princeton Review, this year in partnership with Entrepreneur magazine.