News Stories
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March 19, 2018
![RIT pep band in matching RIT Jerseys pose for picture at hockey game.]()
Pep band grows as school spirit swells
When the RIT men’s hockey team played during Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend last October, 140 people were in the pep band cheering the team on, marking the largest attendance the modern pep band has ever seen since forming in 2006 with fewer than 20 members. -
March 19, 2018
![Lady Bird Johnson shaking hands with Bill Ingraham.]()
NTID celebrates 50 years
Since its establishment in 1968, NTID has become a catalyst for diversity and inclusion on the RIT campus, creating a post–secondary learning environment never before seen in this country. -
March 15, 2018
![Brandon Hudson standing behind his thermostat system.]()
Student dedicated to changing energy landscape
Fourth-year applied arts and sciences student Brandon Hudson is CEO of Connexus, a heating and cooling control and monitoring company that offers a suite of products designed to simplify the installation of any HVAC system. -
February 22, 2018
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Student Spotlight: Game designer and vibraphone player
Meet Justin Levine, a third-year game design and development major who plays the vibraphone in RIT’s Jazz Ensemble. -
February 22, 2018
![Logos for Finger Lakes Collegiate Task Force, RIT Criminal Justice, RIT Health & Addictions Research Center, and Center for Public Safety Initiatives.]()
Conference to address substance abuse by youth and young adults
"Emerging Issues: Alcohol and Substance Abuse by Youth and Young Adults," will be held April 12 at the RIT Inn & Conference Center and is sponsored by RIT's criminal justice department. -
February 20, 2018
![A photo of RIT's concert band performing. The conductor stands on a short platform at the front and uses his hands to instruct the players.]()
Concert Band debuts compositions of Italian immigrant on Thursday
Compositions of Samuel J. Porcelli, an Italian immigrant who lived in the Rochester area, will be performed for the first time by the RIT Concert Band on March 1. -
February 15, 2018
![Brown Haydn text logo.]()
RIT Press receives award for innovative journal
An online journal published by RIT Press and focused on scholarship exploring the music of Haydn has been recognized for innovation in journal publishing in the humanities and social sciences with the PROSE Award from the Association of American Publishers. -
January 24, 2018
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The Wonderful World of Oz comes to RIT/NTID
The performing arts department at NTID presents The Wonderful World of Oz, April 19-22, with encore performances June 28-July 1 in celebration of NTID's 50th-anniversary reunion celebration. -
January 24, 2018
![Ice carving display saying RIT with a tiger on top.]()
RIT's FreezeFest celebrates the snow and cold
A performance by Joywave, snowboarding and ski course, escape rooms, grocery bingo, basketball and hockey games are some of the more than 20 events and activities planned for the ninth annual FreezeFest, Feb. 1-4.
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January 5, 2018
![Black and white photo of RIT students and faculty.]()
RIT to digitize rare videos about ASL poetry and literature
NTID will digitize and make publicly accessible more than 60 videotapes held in the RIT/NTID Deaf Studies Archive that document the ASL poetry and literature movement in Rochester from 1970 through 2011. -
December 11, 2017
![A person writing on a clipboard while looking at a robot.]()
New season of FIRST Robotics begins Jan. 6
More than 3,500 teams from around the world will be part of the 2018 FIRST Robotics Kick Off, viewing a live, worldwide telecast at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 6. The Finger Lakes Regional competition takes place March 16-17 at the Gordon Field House. -
December 7, 2017
![Saunders College of Business brick building on RIT campus.]()
MBA students have winning edge in competition
MBA students at RIT's Saunders College of Business were named Global Top 100 Performers in a head-to-head competition against 1,754 teams from around the world in the Glo-Bus simulation strategy game.
