News Stories
- RIT/
- University News
-
April 30, 2021
RIT Libraries moves to temporary home in Ritter Arena
RIT Libraries will move to the Frank Ritter Ice Arena for the duration of construction on the Student Hall for Exploration and Development, or “the SHED.” The multi-use space is expected to open in 2023 and will include extensive renovations to Wallace Library.
-
April 30, 2021
RIT announces name for new market space and performing arts complex
WHEC-TV features the unveiling of the name of the SHED.
-
April 30, 2021
RIT’s newest high-tech workspaces and innovative tools to be housed in the SHED
RIT has an understated new name for a high-tech complex that will soon centralize the university’s makerspace and performing arts. RIT announced on Friday that the facility currently under construction will officially be called the Student Hall for Exploration and Development, or simply “the SHED.”
-
April 29, 2021
President Munson reflects on the past year and looks ahead
RIT President David Munson reflected on the challenges of the past year of a campus living collectively through a global pandemic in his final “Ask Munson” question-and-answer show of the academic year on WITR (89.7) radio Wednesday.
-
April 29, 2021
Innovative alumni share vision at Imagine RIT Futurists Symposium
A highlight of the Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival on May 1 features the virtual return of a collection of alumni who will explore the latest innovations in technology, art, and design. The Futurists Symposium is from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Zoom. Registration is now open.
-
April 29, 2021
Open@RIT Fellowship Program supports faculty and staff open projects
RIT’s open programs office has established a fellowship program to support faculty and staff with their work in the open community. Twenty-one projects have been selected from across the university for open work in everything from game development to ASL linguistics.
-
April 29, 2021
RIT’s VEX Robotics U team takes top placement in national competitions
The RIT VEX U Robotics team placed third overall in its late March competition at the Purdue SIGBots Remote Skills Qualifier. It was the fourth event of the season and the team moved up to 12th among the 300 teams in the league that includes robots from the U.S., Canada, China, Puerto Rico, Morocco, Spain, and Mexico.
-
April 28, 2021
Rochester’s Financial Empowerment Program Aims to Smooth Income Volatility
Next City talks to Javier Espinosa, chair of the Department of Economics, about the Earned Income Tax Credit.
-
April 28, 2021
Imagine RIT Festival goes virtual Saturday
Spectrum News previews the Imagine RIT festival, happening virtually on Saturday, May 1.
-
April 28, 2021
RIT researchers use Frontera supercomputer to study eccentric binary black hole mergers
Researchers from RIT’s Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation are using the world’s most powerful academic supercomputer to perform simulations that will help scientists study eccentric binary black hole mergers.
-
April 28, 2021
Senior design program results in more than prototypes
Multidisciplinary Senior Design is a required, two semester, design-based course for engineering students. Currently, more than 400 students are working on 80-plus projects.
-
April 28, 2021
Alumni join forces to market smart toilet seat
Alumnus Nick Conn’s vision for a one-of-a-kind smart toilet seat that will improve the health of people around the world has made giant leaps toward becoming a reality with the help of one of RIT’s most generous patrons, Austin McChord.