News

  • April 30, 2018

    Three Clockwyse team members hold up a large check while the CPSI director talks to a crowd about their first-prize accomplishment.

    Emergency mass notification clock wins STEAM contest
    A team of three computer engineering majors has developed a prototype for an emergency mass notification clock, which won the top prize and $5,000 in RIT’s first STEAM competition, sponsored by RIT’s Center for Public Safety Initiatives.

  • April 28, 2018

    Zachary smiles at the camera, leaning against an outdoor sculpture behind the College of Liberal Arts.

    Economics grad aiming for a Ph.D.
    When Zachary Grzelka transferred to RIT in his second year as an economics major, he didn’t expect it would be a move that would become a stepping stone to shape his career as a college professor.

  • April 28, 2018

    A portrait of Maya Penn.

    RIT/NTID student to join Peace Corps in Africa
    Just one month after Maya Penn graduates with her bachelor’s degree in psychology from RIT’s College of Liberal Arts, she will fulfill her own personal quest for serving others by teaching deaf children in Ghana.

  • April 6, 2018

    On the left is a headshot of Twyla Cummings. On the right is Claire Finnerty.

    RIT announces public service award winners
    Twyla Cummings, dean of Graduate Education, and Claire Finnerty, a fourth-year biomedical sciences and public policy dual major, will receive this year’s Alfred L. Davis Distinguished Public Service Awards.

  • March 19, 2018

    Two students dig through the snow to find mosses. One student looks up at the camera and smiles through her scarf.

    Study-abroad options adapt to better serve students
    Study abroad at RIT has been undergoing a quiet transformation in the past five years with the growth of short-term international programs, an increase in faculty-led opportunities and a stronger connection to RIT’s global campuses.

  • February 9, 2018

    A photo of the billboard designed by the advertising and promotion management class. It reads, "Every Child Deserves A Dream" in large text on the right, and on the left there is a illustrated photo of a small factory with the words "Dream Factory" written below.

    Students design billboard to help "pay it forward"

    Students in the Advertising and Promotion Management course won a class competition to conceptualize and design a billboard for The Dream Factory, a local nonprofit agency that helps dreams come true for children living with critical or chronic illnesses.

  • January 18, 2018

    The photo is split into three vertical sections. The left section features a red, Japanese Torii, the middle is a close up photo of colorful, embroidered Spanish fabric stacked on top of each other, and the third is a photo of a Chinese guardian lion.

    RIT offers new bachelor's degree in modern language
    A new bachelor's degree in applied modern language and culture will be offered to students at RIT this fall that will provide advanced studies of languages and cultures that directly apply to the global workplace and economy.

  • October 22, 2017

    Matthew Wright sits and works on a computer, a bunch of wires bound together framing the photo.

    A new approach to securing networks
    RIT’s cybersecurity experts are studying the past, present and future of cybersecurity to gain a better understanding of the role that humans—and their behavior—play in keeping our technology secure.

  • October 22, 2017

    Eric Hittinger and Eric Williams post for a photo together in front of powerlines, both of their arms crossed.

    Optimizing the U.S. electrical grid
    RIT researchers are developing a system of algorithmic computer modeling that will help policymakers produce and use electricity more efficiently.