News Stories
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May 4, 2017
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Saunders College hosts youth business competition
Saunders College of Business at RIT is hosting the ninth annual Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) Saunders College Competition on Friday. Ninety-two semifinalists representing 35 states will be at RIT to present their business plans to a panel of judges. -
May 3, 2017
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RIT featured among ‘Colleges That Create Futures’
RIT is featured in the 2017 edition of The Princeton Review’s Colleges That Create Futures: 50 Schools That Launch Careers by Going Beyond the Classroom. -
May 3, 2017
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Two to receive public service awards
James Watters, RIT’s senior vice president of Finance and Administration and treasurer, will receive the 2017 Four Presidents Distinguished Public Service Award, and Wilson Darko, a fifth-year electrical engineering technology student, will receive the 2017 Bruce R. James Award at a ceremony May 10. -
May 3, 2017
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Venture Creations teams win big in competition
Two clients of the Venture Creations Business Incubator at RIT—Empire Medicinals and ThermApparel—have won the top prizes at the 2017 Rochester Venture Challenge business competition, hosted by High Tech Rochester. -
May 2, 2017
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Andrew Herbert named associate dean of CLA
Andrew Herbert, who has been a member of RIT’s psychology department for 15 years, has been named associate dean of RIT’s College of Liberal Arts. He will focus on issues related to curriculum, global education, interdisciplinary programming, graduate education and sponsored research. -
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. -
May 1, 2017
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‘Switched at Birth’ star to visit RIT
Sean Berdy, best known for his portrayal of the “Deaf James Dean” character Emmett on Freeform’s Switched at Birth, will speak from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Panara Theatre. -
May 1, 2017
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BAGMAG wins top prize in Next Big Idea competition
Four teams of deaf and hard-of-hearing students from NTID went head-to-head April 26 during The Next Big Idea Competition, a Shark Tank-style business competition. BAGMAG, a hands-free solution for making skateboards easily portable on the back of a backpack, won first place. -
April 30, 2017
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Update: Road Closure and Bus Stop Relocation
For the remainder of the day on May 1, Gleason Circle around the Turf Field is closed due to a light pole falling on the field. The loop will reopen on Tuesday, May 2. -
April 28, 2017
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RIT hosts webinar for engineering professionals
RIT is hosting a webinar, “Engineering Leadership Programs at RIT,” from noon to 1 p.m. on May 24 for professionals looking to advance leadership skills within high-tech industries.
