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  • December 11, 2017

    A person writing on a clipboard while looking at a robot.

    New season of FIRST Robotics begins Jan. 6

    More than 3,500 teams from around the world will be part of the 2018 FIRST Robotics Kick Off, viewing a live, worldwide telecast at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 6. The Finger Lakes Regional competition takes place March 16-17 at the Gordon Field House.

  • November 21, 2017

    A student at Imagine RIT adjusts the toy-model of a theme park while children and their parents look on behind him.

    Theme park ride designer nabs dream job

    David Swerzenski has always had one career goal: work in the theme park industry. Days after graduating from RIT, Swerzenski '17 (mechanical engineering) accomplished it.

  • November 14, 2017

    portrait of Bruce Smith.

    Professor receives Excellence in Leadership Award

    Bruce Smith, professor and director of microsystems engineering at RIT, received the Excellence in Leadership Award from the American Vacuum Society for his contributions to the field of nanolithography and influence on the careers of student-graduates in the fields of engineering and science.

  • November 14, 2017

    RIT Access Technology IdeaLab lead Dan Harel instructs during the event that ran Nov. 4-5 at RIT.

    Multidisciplinary teams apply problem-solving skills during IdeaLab event

    Rochester Institute of Technology students and faculty from various disciplines put their creative problem-solving skills to good use earlier this month. Working collaboratively, they examined challenges faced by client organizations and then presented conceptual solutions to them during a two-day event.

  • November 2, 2017

    Five men in suits around a table at a ceremony.

    RIT partners with Colombian university

    RIT and the Universidad Autonoma de Occidente recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding, an agreement that would include student and faculty project and research exchanges focused on international product design theory and commercialization for developing economies.

  • October 26, 2017

    Lindsay Reardon and Kailey Bradt smile for a photo, holding up the products they created.

    Student-run company heads to Hello Tomorrow global summit

    Two RIT students have taken their revolutionary hair care product all the way to Europe for the unique opportunity to engage and brainstorm with investors, innovators and industry experts. Their student-run company, OWA Haircare, has been named to the Top 500 deep-tech startups worldwide.

  • October 22, 2017

    Kelly Norris Martin posing for camera

    Interdisciplinary team studying skills gap

    Amid the national discussion about skills gaps in filling STEM jobs, a trio of RIT researchers is diving into whether that gap exists in the optics and photonics industry in Rochester.

  • October 18, 2017

    Scientists cleaning equipment

    Four companies graduate from business incubator

    Venture Creations, the business incubator at RIT, celebrated the launch of four new businesses: Token, Impact Earth, Optel and Turbett Surgical, which makes a surgical container, shown here, designed to save time in preparing and delivering surgical instruments to the sterile field.

  • October 11, 2017

    Person driving formula car on track

    RIT Formula alumnus helps pros take checkered flag

    Even before racecar drivers head onto the track, they have lapped significant miles through simulation programs to prepare for every demanding curve and straight-away. Building those program systems is RIT alumnus Ryan Baldi.