News Stories

August 21, 2013

Political science professor named senior fellow

RIT’s Joseph Fornieri, a renowned Abraham Lincoln scholar, has joined the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization as a senior fellow.
August 20, 2013

RIT welcomes 4th class of Rochester City Scholars

The scholarship program covers full tuition at RIT. This year, 22 students from the Rochester City School District will be part of the program.
August 19, 2013

RIT receives $1.5M gift from Juniper Networks

Juniper Networks, an industry leader in network innovation, donated a Web Application Security Framework to B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences.
August 19, 2013

RIT women ‘Light the Way’ Aug. 23

Lighting the Way is a traditional welcoming ceremony for female first-year and transfer students that will celebrate the connections and contributions of women at RIT.
August 19, 2013

RIT Formula car recognized for design

RIT Formula Racing completed a successful competition season at its two events in Michigan and Germany, winning the Audi Ultra Light Design Award in Germany.
August 16, 2013

Gallery r presents ‘A Season of Festivals’

The exhibition features panoramic pictures of the 2012 Rochester festival season—from the Imagine RIT festival in early May to Greentopia Festival mid-September.
August 16, 2013

Program reaches out to city school parents

CausBuzz, developed by a team of RIT students, is a mobile, cloud-based, automated check-in system to increase parental engagement in the Rochester City School District.
August 15, 2013

RIT Day with the Rochester Red Wings on Aug. 24

RIT invites all its alumni, students, faculty, staff, parents and supporters to Frontier Field on Saturday, Aug. 24, for the first-ever RIT Day with the Rochester Red Wings.
August 15, 2013

RIT takes home top prize in film festival

A team of four College of Imaging Arts and Sciences students won the Audience Choice Award at the Sleepless in Lake Placid 24-hour Film Competition.
August 15, 2013

RIT welcomes first-year students

New students moved in Tuesday, and the academic year officially kicked off with convocation Wednesday in the Gordon Field House.
August 15, 2013

Professor encourages deaf students in research

NTID associate professor Peter C. Hauser and six deaf students traveled to England and Portugal to help broaden the participation of deaf students in sign language research.
August 14, 2013

Budding businesses pitch to potential investors

Students in the 2013 Saunders Summer Start-up Program pitched their business ideas to prospective investors, asking for investment, advice and networking connections.