News Stories

March 21, 2014

Venture Creations companies compete for $25,000

Three start-up companies in RIT’s Venture Creations business incubator are among eight semifinalists to participate in the Rochester Regional Business Plan Contest.
March 21, 2014

RITz Dinner provides a thousand and one delights

The menu will take a Middle Eastern turn for the 29th Annual Puttin’ on the RITz Dinner. Reservations are now available for the RITz of Arabia: One Thousand and One Delights.
March 20, 2014

Business students head to Silicon Valley

Fourteen Honors program students from Saunders College of Business will network and gain insight into the corporate world on a trip to Silicon Valley during Spring Break.
March 20, 2014

RIT scientists hunt for gravitational waves

Professors are looking for gravitational waves using a different method than the team that earlier this week announced it had found wave signals following the Big Bang.
March 20, 2014

Entrepreneurship center names interim director

Saunders College of Business has chosen R. Carlos Carballada to serve as interim director of the Center for Urban Entrepreneurship.
March 19, 2014

Sean Rommel named Distinguished Lecturer

Rommel, associate professor of microelectronic engineering, received the honor from the IEEE Electron Devices Society.
March 18, 2014

Winners announced in Imagine RIT poster contest

Graphic design student Sophia Del Plato’s poster was chosen from among 34 entries. Five thousand copies of her poster will be handed out at the festival.
March 18, 2014

Speaker to address R&D challenges

Arden Dougan, a program manager in the Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research and Development, visits RIT on March 20.
March 18, 2014

Book examines midlife crisis of superheroes

In his new book, author Jeffrey K. Johnson takes a scholarly look at how America’s superheroes have tapped into the national psyche to become barometers of cultural change.
March 17, 2014

Speaker explores privacy on social networks

Alice Marwick, an assistant professor of communication and media studies at Fordham University, will discuss differences between privacy on Facebook and privacy in real life.
March 14, 2014

RIT hosts ‘unconference’ for K-12 educators

The informal conference for K-12 educators in the Rochester area aims to further discussion on how to best integrate digital media into the classroom.
March 14, 2014

RIT hosts Food Waste Forum

James Downham, president and chief executive officer of the Packaging Association, and Ron Cotterman, vice president of sustainability at Sealed Air Corp. present April 2.