News Stories

April 22, 2015

RIT/NTID Performing Arts presents ‘Hairspray’

Hairspray, performed by deaf and hearing actors simultaneously, runs 7:30 p.m. April 24, 25, 30 and May 1; and 2 p.m. April 26 and May 3.
April 21, 2015

Alex Kipman to join RIT’s Innovation Hall of Fame

Alex Kipman ’01 is being lauded for the impact his revolutionary inventions—the Microsoft Kinect and HoloLens—have made on the world.
April 21, 2015

Alumnus part of Pulitzer Prize-winning team

The photography staff of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which includes RIT alumnus David Carson, won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography on Monday.
April 20, 2015

Mini smart cars hit the track at Imagine RIT

Student-designed “intelligent” cars will be featured in the Freescale Cup East Coast regional and USA final challenges at the upcoming Imagine RIT festival May 2.
April 20, 2015

Embark on sustainability adventure at Imagine RIT

Visitors to the “Re-Imagine a Green Future” exhibit at the Golisano Institute for Sustainability during will hear about how sustainability is part of our daily lives.
April 20, 2015

Hack your first computer at Imagine RIT

Students from RIT’s Competitive Cybersecurity Club will demonstrate and teach three common computer vulnerabilities at the Imagine RIT festival on May 2.
April 20, 2015

Two honored with public service awards

Sarah Brownell will receive the Four Presidents Distinguished Public Service Award and Hrushikesh Sagar will receive the Bruce James Distinguished Public Service Award.
April 20, 2015

William Harris Gallery hosts group thesis exhibit

“Solve for X” explores the questions, perspectives, frustrations and wonderment of life’s journey and runs April 23 through May 7.
April 20, 2015

RIT scientist chosen as educator ambassador

Astrophysicist Brian Koberlein is one of nine educators to participate in the Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program.
April 17, 2015

Wordistry seeks creative new words at Imagine RIT

The Wordistry exhibit at Imagine RIT encourages visitors to create new words, such as “ignention,” “textversate” and “techista.”
April 17, 2015

Companies with RIT ties win business competition

Splyce eSports won first place and Mendon Precision won second in the 2015 Rochester Venture Challenge. Both companies were founded by RIT alumni.
April 17, 2015

RIT launches Tessoni Endowed Chair in Accounting

Dan Tessoni, the Saunders College of Business’s Forman Chair for Collaboration and an esteemed member of the RIT faculty since 1974, will be honored at a ceremony April 21.