Imagine RIT News
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March 7, 2018
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Winner announced in 2018 Imagine RIT poster contest
Amanda Ho, a third-year new media design major from Bedford, N.H., wins $500 in Tiger Bucks, and visitors can receive a free copy of her poster during the festival on April 28. -
November 14, 2017
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STEAM competition to solve public safety problems
The RIT Center for Public Safety Initiatives is hosting a contest to encourage interdisciplinary teams of students and faculty to develop ways public safety problems can be helped with the use of solutions involving science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics (STEAM). -
June 12, 2017
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Top stories and videos for May
Imagine RIT and commencement dominated May’s most watched videos. Check out all of last month’s top stories and videos. -
May 6, 2017
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A decade of innovation, creativity engages thousands
The 10th Imagine RIT festival drew big crowds, despite cool and rainy weather. Tens of thousands came to experience nearly 400 exhibits in science, technology, engineering, fine arts and mathematics, including student research projects and displays organized by campus clubs. -
May 5, 2017
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The show will go on at Imagine RIT
While organizers did decide to move the 10 a.m. opening ceremonies into Ingle Auditorium, forecasted rain won’t affect much else about tomorrow’s Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival. The festival will go, rain or shine, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. -
May 4, 2017
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Experience virtual reality at Imagine RIT
A multidisciplinary team of RIT students and professors is collaborating on a high-quality camera system designed to produce spectacular 3D and 360-degree virtual reality footage that will “transport” Imagine RIT visitors to make-believe environments. -
May 4, 2017
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Students present VR horror game at Imagine RIT
Meet Jaben McCormack, a fifth-year computer science undergraduate student, and Sarathi Hansen, a computer science graduate student, who created a virtual reality horror game that will be on display at Imagine RIT. -
May 4, 2017
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Fram Award recognizes excellence at Imagine RIT
Two exhibition teams are being recognized as the 2017 Fram Award winners for applied critical thinking excellence during the Imagine RIT festival on Saturday. -
May 4, 2017
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Saturday, May 6: Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival
The 10th annual Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival is set for 10 a.m.–5 p.m. May 6, rain or shine, on the RIT campus. -
May 2, 2017
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Top stories and videos for April
News about an RIT scientist’s research with the NASA New Horizons spacecraft was the most read story last month. Check out all of April’s top stories and videos. -
May 1, 2017
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Technology turns sandbox into topographic map
Students from RIT’s Society of Software Engineers will showcase projects they’ve been building throughout the school year, including an augmented reality display that turns a sandbox into an interactive topographical map, during Imagine RIT. -
May 1, 2017
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Interactive app sheds light on deaf pioneers
“Deaf Pioneers Adventure App Development” takes viewers on an interactive journey alongside Laura Redden Searing, a deaf 19th-century journalist and poet.
