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Industrial Design BFA
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October 7, 2025
RIT alumni turn shared experiences into growing outdoor brand
Four RIT alumni and former student-athletes have turned locker-room bonds and an entrepreneurial drive into a growing company.
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September 24, 2025
New School of Film and Animation director, faculty roles for 2025-26
Ricky Figueora taking over as the new director of RIT's School of Film and Animation headlines exciting promotions and additions to the College of Art and Design faculty.
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September 18, 2025
Student designs hit the factory floor at Autodesk University
What started as a concept for the School of Design’s annual T-Minus challenge has made a splash at Autodesk University 2025. The Autodesk MultiMeasure was the Factory Experience product chosen for the global software and technology company’s annual conference.
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July 21, 2025
Studio 930 students create assistive solutions for real-world challenges
The interdisciplinary and collaborative Studio 930 program asks students to apply what they know, learn what they don’t, and design products that make life, or a single task, more efficient and accessible.
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June 17, 2025
RPL rolls out new library on wheels
Rochester Beacon reports on RPL GO!, a new library vehicle in the Rochester Public Library system. The design was in part created by students in RIT's College of Art and Design.
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April 26, 2025
Alumni explore the future of artificial intelligence at Imagine RIT symposium
Annual Futurists Symposium features experts on the blending of technology, the arts, and design.
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April 21, 2025
RIT alumni innovators to speak at Futurists Symposium on April 25
The annual Futurists Symposium features a unique collection of the university’s alumni innovators, all highlighting their expertise on a variety of topics. The event begins at 4 p.m. Friday in Ingle Auditorium.
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March 10, 2025
Inequity and suffering bother me, says design pioneer who has changed lives
The New Straits Times speaks to Patricia Moore '74 (industrial design).
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January 31, 2025
Faculty member helps redesign ‘Doomsday Clock’
Juan Noguera, assistant professor in the School of Design, combined both traditional and modern techniques in the redesign of the infamous clock that made international headlines this week. The body of the clock was printed in RIT’s SHED.
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January 27, 2025
Behavior meets brilliance: Dean emerita retires with enduring impact on design research
Lorraine Justice's career journey was filled with leading, learning, and designing what's next. True to her innovative spirit, she plans to remain busy in her retirement from RIT by exploring AI's role in design and creativity.
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January 15, 2025
Collaboration and creativity: Student duo shines in design competition
Aiden Spicer and Jaydon Thompson, second-year industrial design students, leaned on one another while designing their own dinner tabletop pieces for the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Collab Student Design Competition.
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January 14, 2025
New RIT student-designed bookmobile drives library access
RPL GO!, a van retrofitted with library materials and offerings, will visit local neighborhoods in service of individuals unable to access physical library branches.