News

April 23, 2013

RIT wins national cyber defense competition

After being bested in the finals for two years in a row, RIT won the first-place trophy for the first time ever at the 2013 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition.
April 22, 2013

Two RIT teams head to space apps challenge

Five groups of local innovators were winners in the NASA Space Apps Challenge held April 20-21 at RIT. Two of those groups will move on to the international round.
April 11, 2013

New director of Interactive Games and Media named

Tona Henderson has been named director of RIT’s School of Interactive Games and Media. She is an expert in automated classification, structured markup and women in computing.
April 8, 2013

RIT hosts talk with active learning expert, author

Walter Bender has worked to empower the children of developing countries to learn using technology. will share his lessons during a free and open talk on April 17.
April 1, 2013

Former IBM researcher joins Golisano College

Vicki Hanson, from the University of Dundee in Scotland, joins the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences in Fall 2013.
March 28, 2013

RIT to host NASA Space Apps Challenge

The 48-hour challenge will gather citizens from around the world to work together to solve challenges relevant to improving life on Earth and life in space.
March 14, 2013

RIT wins Regional Cyber Defense Competition

The three-day competition requires students to assume administrative control of all information systems within the network of a mock company.
March 13, 2013

RIT named a top video game design school

RIT is one of the top schools to study video game design for 2013, according to new international rankings from The Princeton Review.
February 21, 2013

Computing security chair receives award from IBM

Sylvia Perez-Hardy, an associate professor and chair of the newly created Department of Computing Security, received a $25,000 Faculty Award from IBM.
January 29, 2013

American Greetings hosts Hack Day at RIT

Student designers, developers and writers were challenged to spend 24 hours or less creating something cool using old and new technology.
January 14, 2013

Supercomputer Watson to visit RIT today

Alumnus Stephan Roorda will show off Watson, explain how it works and discuss where IBM is taking it next during the free presentation.
December 21, 2012

Students take part in campus-wide scavenger hunt

The hunt sent 46 students across RIT’s campus, providing them with tips for getting through a Rochester winter along the way and ending with a surprise from President Destler.