News

October 27, 2015

RIT professor helps preserve languages of Amazonia

Wilson de Lima Silva, assistant professor of linguistics, has received a three-year $160,591 grant to help preserve Siriano and Desano, languages of the Tukanoan family.
October 22, 2015

One Day Immersion in communication set for Friday

RIT will be part of a daylong national conference stream covering a variety of topics in the media industry. The conference is free to students, faculty and staff.
October 15, 2015

RIT FoodShare grows while helping the hungry

In the RIT FoodShare Center's 6-month tenure, more than 500 people have taken advantage of donated items. It will host an open house 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
October 8, 2015

Report falls short of Congressional requirements

Dean James Winebrake chaired a committee that finds fault with a U.S. DOT report that failed to address ramifications of changes to federal truck size and weight limits.
October 7, 2015

Guests from Sweden’s Malmo University visit RIT

More than two dozen administrators and academic staff from Malmo University will visit campus from Thursday through Saturday to discuss common interests.
October 6, 2015

Students published on environmental magazine site

Close to 30 students in Joel Helfrich's "Introduction to Environmental Studies" class had essays published in Orion Magazine's "The Place Where You Live" series.
September 23, 2015

RIT events continue at Rochester Fringe Festival

Around 2,500 people attended free performances and events by RIT students, faculty and staff during the first weekend of the 2015 First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival.
September 14, 2015

Constitution Day lecture examines balance of power

J. David Alvis will discuss Congress and the president’s “Battle for Political Control” at RIT’s 11th annual Constitution Day Lecture Sept. 17.
July 20, 2015

Free and open source software culture grows

In just the first year offering the free and open source software and free culture minor, RIT has graduated five students who are sharing their insights with the workforce.
July 20, 2015

Grant aims to integrate liberal arts into STEM

RIT is one of five colleges to split a nearly $400,000 grant to change how liberal arts coursework is delivered in engineering curricula.
May 15, 2015

RIT criminal justice students honored

Two dozen criminal justice majors were honored May 8 at the Senior Luncheon and Recognition Celebration.
April 17, 2015

Wordistry seeks creative new words at Imagine RIT

The Wordistry exhibit at Imagine RIT encourages visitors to create new words, such as “ignention,” “textversate” and “techista.”