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  • May 3, 2018

    a box with a sign that says, "donate usable items here".

    Goodbye, Goodbuy! in full swing at RIT

    One of the largest college recycling and sustainability programs in the country is underway at RIT, as the academic year ends and students move out and donate otherwise discarded items to the fourth annual Goodbye, Goodbuy! event.

  • May 3, 2018

    Portrait of Jennifer Russell.

    Love for environment becomes passion for sustainability

    As she nears her graduation from RIT’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability, Jennifer Russell wants to prove to forward-thinking businesses and communities that development and the environment do not always have to be at odds.

  • May 2, 2018

    Hamad Ghazle standing at a podium accepting his award.

    Ghazle honored as 2018 Edwina Award winner

    For his advocacy for gender diversity on campus and in the community, Hamad Ghazle was honored with the 2018 Edwina Award during RIT’s annual Women’s Career Achievement dinner and gala.

  • May 1, 2018

    Eric Kunsman and family pose for a picture with award.

    Lecturer receives outstanding teaching award

    Eric Kunsman, a lecturer for the visual communications studies department in the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and an adjunct professor for the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, is the fifth recipient of the Edline M. Chun Award for Outstanding Teaching and Service.

  • May 1, 2018

    The winning RIT Dota 2 team poses for a photo with their trophy.

    RIT Dota 2 team wins Grand Championship

    RIT is securing its legacy as one of the best colleges in esports after winning its first Collegiate Starleague Dota 2 Grand Finals Championship April 28. The student team bested a bracket of North America’s 32 top universities to take home the $10,000 grand prize.

  • 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

    Cynthia and Jerry Walker pose for a photo together.

    RIT grad returns to West Coast for ‘dream job’

    Cynthia Walker is on the cusp of a health-care career focusing on the heart. She graduates from RIT on May 11 with a BS from the School of Individualized Study and a certificate in echocardiography, or ultrasound of the heart, from the College of Health Sciences and Technology.

  • April 28, 2018

    four women pose next to each other.

    City Scholar eyes career in architecture

    After struggling with classes in her first semester at RIT, Kiasia Singletary got the help she needed and will graduate on time this May. The interior design major plans to pursue a master’s in architecture.