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Chinese tea culture, with its rich history existing since before the third century, has always been a lifelong passion for Tian Tian and Zining Chen. The graduates of RIT’s advertising and public relations program (2017) and master’s in entrepreneurship program (2019), yearned to share their culture in a new and exciting way—by founding Taichi Bubble Tea. 

Alex Kipman ’01 leads thousands of people on Microsoft’s mixed-reality team—including many RIT alumni. With the team, Kipman is working to create mixed-reality devices that allow people to have real collaborative experiences.

Robert Spina, Ph.D., MS ’89 is chief technology officer of Bowhead Specialty Insurance and is being honored by Kate Gleason College of Engineering.

Ryan Bowen BS ’08, MS ’13, Ph.D. ’16 is chief technology officer at NRGXP and is being honored by the Graduate School.

Brick by brick—that’s how members of RIT’s Electronic Gaming Society have built a digital version of the RIT campus in the video game Minecraft.

Franklyn Athias BS ’85 is chief technology officer and senior vice president of Xfinity Mobile Retail Convergence and is being honored by the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences.

Laurie E. Axelrod BS ’86 is co-founder and CEO of Wheelhouse Group and is being honored by the College of Science.

Rain Bosworth, an assistant professor and experimental psychologist at RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf, has created a new research lab that will help scientists learn more about cognition, language, and perception in infants and young children.

Ted Van Horne BS ’99 is chief operating officer of Global Medical Response and is being honored by the College of Health Sciences and Technology.

Kristine I. Simmons BS ’90 is vice president of government affairs for Partnership for Public Service and is being honored by the College of Liberal Arts.

Jean-Marc (J.M.) Allain BS ’03 is managing general partner of JA Pro Services and is being honored by the School of Individualized Study.

Sherry Dadgar ’08 MS (bioinformatics) wants the future of medicine to empower patients. Dadgar, a clinical assistant professor of medicine at George Washington University, launched her company, Personalized Medicine Care Diagnostics (PMCDx), in 2020 with a goal of delivering advanced clinical genomic diagnostic testing to patients and their physicians.