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  • October 3, 2016

    ACM president to open GCCIS Dean’s Lecture Series

    RIT Distinguished Professor Vicki Hanson, president of the Association for Computing Machinery—the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society—will discuss the latest in computing accessibility and human-computer interaction on Oct. 14.

  • October 3, 2016

    Reddit co-founder headlines SCB lecture series

    Alexis Ohanian, the 33-year-old co-founder of the website Reddit, will speak Oct. 14 as part of the Saunders College of Business Gasser Lecture Series. He will discuss “Think like a startup: Insights from a digital entrepreneur and startup investor.”

  • October 3, 2016

    Get ready to ROAR today

    ROAR Day is a 24-hour window during which students, faculty and staff are encouraged to give back to their favorite area of RIT. For one day only, every student, faculty and staff gift between $5 and $40 will be matched by private donors.

  • September 30, 2016

    Two new companies join Venture Creations

    ThermApparel, a garment that helps regulate body temperature, and Positive Science, an eye-tracking system, have joined the Venture Creations business incubator at RIT.

  • September 30, 2016

    RIT celebrates National Manufacturing Day

    RIT is hosting members of the General Motors Powertrain plant as part of National Manufacturers Day on Friday, which highlights how manufacturing has evolved in the U.S.

  • September 29, 2016

    Student helps to prepare for ROAR Day

    Meet Kaitie Spaude, a third-year dual major in journalism and media arts and technology and a student organizer for next week’s ROAR Day.

  • September 28, 2016

    NTID hosts job fair Oct. 19

    Representatives from more than 40 local and national corporations, federal agencies and nonprofit organizations will meet with hundreds of deaf and hard-of-hearing students—who are also prospective employees—at the 16th annual job fair on Oct. 19.

  • September 28, 2016

    Melisza Campos named 2016 Minett Professor

    Melisza Campos, a nationally recognized Dale Carnegie master trainer and workforce leader, was appointed the 2016-17 Frederick H. Minett Professor. The Minett Professorship brings distinguished Rochester-area multicultural professionals to the RIT campus to share their experience.