News Stories

Fierce Biotech features healthcare technology firm Casana, founded by alumnus Nick Conn. RIT Trustee Austin McChord is CEO of the company that makes a smart toilet seat that measures heart rate and oxygen saturation.

WXXI features Imagine RIT.

WRTV-TV talks to student Matthew Bussell of the CS:GO RIT Esports team. 

Essay written by Hinda Mandell, professor in the School of Communication, published by The Boston Globe. (This content requires a subscription to view.)

WROC-TV features Imagine RIT.

WHEC-TV features Imagine RIT.

WHAM-TV previews Imagine RIT as part of the Good Day Rochester segment. Reporter Sam Carter talks to Ann Ielapi, director of Imagine RIT, and highlights several exhibits: Theme Park Enthusiasts, NASA balance gamification, space radiation shield, the RIT Drumline, interpreting dreams from brainwaves, Couchbot, AI car chase, RC cars from RIT Dubai, belt sander racing, That Damn Goat, digital weaving from RIT Kosovo, robotic dog, and the human hamster wheel.

Spectrum News features Christopher Kurz, professor in the MS in secondary education program, student Ashley Gleason '20 (biomedical sciences), and their ASL Core project.

Fox Rochester features applied arts and sciences student Janessa Steenberg, whose company Panacheeza is part of RIT's Venture Creations business incubator.

WXXI’s “Connections” program features students Lucy Zhang, Jordan Cincotti, and Ian Dolfi, talking about their Imagine RIT exhibits.

WHEC-TV features Diana Pryntz '79 (computer science), '83 MS (instructional technology). 

Inside Higher Ed features RIT’s Performing Arts Scholarship program and talks to student Mia Clarizio, School of Performing Arts Director Erica Haskell, and RIT President David Munson.