News

March 14, 2016

RIT heads to Game Developers Conference

More than 100 RIT students, faculty, alumni and staff will travel to San Francisco this week to attend the world’s largest professional gaming industry event of the year.
February 22, 2016

RIT hosts all-women hackathon Feb. 27 and 28

The annual WiC Hacks event is for women interested in creating new technology, making a difference and trying something new.
February 18, 2016

RIT participates in Engineers Week

A presentation by NASA’s Elizabeth Robertson anchors a week of events during the 2016 Engineers Week at RIT, Feb. 21-27.
February 15, 2016

Data privacy expert to speak Thursday

Jacob Silverman presents “What Machines Know: Surveillance Anxiety and Digitizing the World” as part of the MAGIC Center Speaker Series.
February 11, 2016

RIT to develop new cybersecurity curriculum

A $25,000 gift from Intel will allow RIT faculty to develop new cybersecurity curriculum on strategic thinking and tactics.
February 10, 2016

RIT design programs ranked among the world’s best

RIT’s jewelry design, furniture design, video game design and industrial design programs and CIAS were recognized by independent online authority DesignSchoolsHub.
February 10, 2016

Meet GCCIS Distinguished Alumnus Tad Hunt

Tad Hunt ’97, co-founder and former CTO of Exablox, is the Distinguished Alumnus from the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences.
February 8, 2016

RIT announces investments in four research areas

Teams focusing on cybersecurity, health care technology, photonics and unmanned aerial vehicle imaging will each receive up to $1 million over five years.
February 3, 2016

Video game event raises funds and awareness

RIT’s Electronic Gaming Society presents Fusion Fest ’16, a 24-hour video-game LAN party Feb. 5–6, to benefit Cancer Wellness Connections.
January 26, 2016

RIT named Digital Games Hub

RIT has been named one of three Digital Games Hubs in New York state by Empire State Development.
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 16, 2015

RIT keeps degrees cutting-edge, changes names

RIT has changed the name of two undergraduate computing degrees to better reflect how they have evolved to keep up with the ever-changing domain of computing.