News Stories

  • April 5, 2022

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    RIT incubator company Circle Optics reaches $2.5 million in investments

    Circle Optics, a member company of RIT’s Venture Creations technology business incubator, has earned two significant investments totaling $800,000 to further advance its panoramic imaging technology. As a result, the company enters the second quarter with $2.5 million in total contract awards.

  • April 5, 2022

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    Satish Kandlikar recognized as a top researcher in his field by Research.com

    Satish Kandlikar, professor of mechanical engineering, has been recognized by Research.com as one of the country’s top researchers in his field. This first edition of the national and international rankings of more than 3,600 mechanical and aerospace engineering scientists from around the world included Kandlikar, who ranks 31st in the U.S., and 54th in the world ranking.

  • April 5, 2022

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    Podcast: Technology In Art 

    Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 57: In every art course and studio environment at RIT, technology is integral to the delivery of content and production of work. Elizabeth Kronfield, director of the School of Art and School for American Crafts, and Abigail Benkovich, an MFA metals and jewelry design student, discuss how RIT is in a unique position to blur the line between technology and making for students in the College of Art and Design.

  • April 4, 2022

    Matthew Reynell, assistant director, Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships.

    Matthew Reynell earns RIT’s 2022 Four Presidents Distinguished Public Service Award

    A quiet champion for Rochester’s youth facing homelessness, poverty, despair, and abandonment earned RIT’s annual award for faculty or staff who stand out for their community service. Matthew Reynell, assistant director of the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships, will receive the 2022 Four Presidents Distinguished Public Service Award at the Alfred L. Davis Public Service Awards Ceremony on April 5.

  • April 4, 2022

    Maduka Gunasinghe, biomedical sciences student.

    Biomedical sciences major Maduka Gunasinghe wins RIT public service award

    For RIT biomedical sciences major Maduka Gunasinghe, compassion for others is a gift he shares freely and community service is the expression of his character. RIT has recognized his commitment to other people’s well-being with a Bruce R. James Distinguished Public Service Award. He will receive the award at a ceremony on April 5.

  • April 1, 2022

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    RIT celebrates outstanding staff with university’s Presidential Awards

    RIT honored the service and dedication of its employees with the Presidential Awards for Outstanding Staff ceremony March 31. The annual awards are presented to staff members who exemplify outstanding service and dedication to the university and who exhibit a high degree of personal ethics and integrity while consistently demonstrating a strong commitment to student success.