News

March 17, 2016

Students to compete on ABC’s ‘BattleBots’

Four RIT students will be competing in the second season of BattleBots, the hit TV show in which robots duel to the death. The team flies to Los Angeles in April.
March 9, 2016

RIT hosts 100 off-road racing teams this summer

Off-road racing is back at RIT this June as the university will host and compete against 100 collegiate teams from around the world at the 2016 SAE Baja World Challenge.
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 10, 2016

RIT gets funding for Advocates & Allies Program

The Advocates & Allies Program includes male faculty members to better address unconscious bias and help transform departmental cultures and practices toward gender equity.
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 5, 2016

CAST team wins design award

Civil engineering technology students took first place in the Associated Schools of Construction competition for their plan to redesign a workspace for NASA.
February 1, 2016

Top stories and videos for January

News about RIT’s new Carnegie Classification and students’ winning Wegmans packaging designs were among the more popular stories last month.
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 22, 2015

Students create product packaging in competition

RIT students create new and sustainable product packaging as part of the 2015 Wegmans Design Challenge.
November 23, 2015

QVI donates equipment to establish metrology lab

Quality Vision International recently donated three optical contact and laser measuring systems to RIT to establish a new Metrology Laboratory at the university.
November 6, 2015

Student sends supplies to troops

Meet Angelena Russo, a fourth-year computer engineering technology student and 92A specialist with the U.S. Army Reserve 490th Quartermaster Co. in Rochester.
November 4, 2015

Evelyn Brister named first Fram Faculty Fellow

Evelyn Brister has been named the Fram Faculty Fellow in Applied Critical Thinking. She will assume her post immediately for the 2015-16 term.