News

October 9, 2014

RIT software development grads land desirable jobs

RIT is one of the top schools to study software development and land the job you want, according to new rankings from LinkedIn.
September 3, 2014

Hanson honored for contributions to accessibility

Distinguished Professor Vicki Hanson has been awarded the 2014 Association for Computing Machinery SIGACCESS Outstanding Contributions Award.
September 3, 2014

Students set to return to Microsoft after co-op

A Q&A with fourth-year game design and development students Daniel Jost and Brandon Littell.
August 6, 2014

GCCIS named Center for Academic Excellence

RIT’s Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences has been recertified as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance/Cyber Defense Education.
August 5, 2014

Hackathons help students get jobs, make difference

Hackathons are more than coding. They have become a way for students to impress future employers, give back to the community and socialize.
July 8, 2014

Students explore video game industry in Germany

Fifteen students spent two weeks touring the German video game industry, a world leader in free-to-play and Web video game design and development.
July 1, 2014

RIT joins Higher Education Video Game Alliance

The alliance was launched today to promote unified advocacy, policymaker engagement, media coverage and external funding in order to harness the power of video games.
June 23, 2014

Professor to develop game design minor in Croatia

Elizabeth Lane Lawley, professor of interactive games and media, has been awarded a Fulbright grant to create a new game design and development minor at RIT Croatia.
June 17, 2014

Professor elected VP of computing association

Vicki Hanson begins her two-year term with the Association of Computing Machinery, the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society, on July 1.
May 13, 2014

Alumna launches weather game app with Al Roker

Katie Linendoll ’05 teamed up with animator Steve Lunny and weatherman Al Roker to create Al’s Weather Rokies app. The cartoon-style game incorporates real-time weather.
May 9, 2014

Student wins Emerging Talent of the Year award

Jen Lamere, a first-year software engineering student, was honored today by net magazine at the Net Awards, celebrating the best in Web design and development.
April 29, 2014

Student finalist for Net Awards in London

Jen Lamere, a first-year software engineering student, ranks among the top five nominees for the 2014 Net Award in the category of Emerging Talent of the Year.