News Stories

February 15, 2013

RIT launches new research center for digital media

RIT is creating the Center for Media, Arts, Games, Interaction and Creativity (MAGIC), which will provide research, development, education and entrepreneurial activities.
February 15, 2013

Student musician organizing Pep Band fundraiser

Q&A with Gabrielle Potts, president and saxophone player in the RIT Pep Band. The band will be raffling autographed hockey jerseys at upcoming men's and women's hockey games.
February 14, 2013

Imagine RIT wins big in CASE Awards contest
February 13, 2013

RIT adopts Seneca Park Zoo tigers

During a student trip to the Seneca Park Zoo Feb. 9, RIT adopted the zoo’s two Amur tigers, Anastasia and Katya.
February 13, 2013

Maya Angelou at RIT for Women’s History Month

RIT will host poet Maya Angelou at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, March 25, in the Gordon Field House as part of its commemoration of Women’s History Month.
February 12, 2013

Business plan guide addresses needs of investors

The new 'Rochester/Finger Lakes Business Plan Guide for Technology Companies' has been created to serve Rochester-area investors, entrepreneurs and innovators.
February 12, 2013

FIRST Robotics event takes place March 1 and 2

The 2013 Finger Lakes Regional FIRST Robotics competition will be held at the Gordon Field House at RIT on Friday, March 1, and Saturday, March 2.
February 11, 2013

RIT Press takes honors in jacket and journal show

RIT Press was among a group of academic presses that were selected by the AAUP jury as “the very best examples” of excellent book design.
February 11, 2013

RIT hosts Design and Vision Competition

The Saunders College of Business invites students from across campus to enter a Design and Vision Competition to renovate RIT’s new downtown Center for Urban Entrepreneurship.
February 11, 2013

RIT student invents way to locate sunken vehicles

Jordan Darling has invented Retriever, a beacon to help locate submerged personal watercraft, which could save thousands of dollars in search and retrieval costs.
February 8, 2013

Local husband-wife team wins Data Challenge

Husband-wife team, Bogdan and Stephanie Yamkovenko, won first place in the 2012 Data Visualization Challenge sponsored by 'The Economist' magazine and Nielsen.
February 8, 2013

Statement from RIT Provost Jeremy Haefner

Statement from RIT Provost Jeremy Haefner regarding the death of Edline Chun