News Stories
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June 15, 2018
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Student from RIT GEAR UP program wins national Student of the Year award
A high school student involved in RIT’s Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program (NYGEAR UP) earned national recognition as the 2018 GEAR UP Student of the Year. -
June 14, 2018
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Professor inducted into international hall of fame
Santosh Kurinec, a microelectronic engineering professor, was one of six influential women from around the world honored for their work as visionaries in technology, engineering and science and inducted into the Women in Technology Hall of Fame. -
June 13, 2018
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Ian Mortimer named VP for Enrollment Management
Mortimer ’04 (MBA), who has 25 years of experience in higher education, joins RIT on July 30 and will be responsible for expanding and improving the student profile of RIT. -
June 12, 2018
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RIT students and parents ‘Explore Croatia’
Six students and eight parents spent a week at the end of May in Croatia for “Explore Croatia,” a program sponsored by RIT’s Parent and Family Programs that provided non-credit study-abroad experience. It was the first time a trip was planned for students as well as their parents. -
June 11, 2018
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Saunders College names Vanden Brul Award winner
John “Dutch” Summers, CEO of Graywood Companies, Jasco Heat Treating and Jasco Pharmaceuticals LLC, has been named the 2018 recipient of the Herbert W. Vanden Brul Entrepreneurial Award, which is given to entrepreneurial leaders within the upstate New York region. -
June 11, 2018
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RIT wins grants to expand study-abroad experiences
RIT received two grants from the 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund to provide students new study-abroad experiences in Peru and Colombia. -
June 7, 2018
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Industrial design grad student receives GlassLab Design Fellowship
David Villarreal has been selected the recipient of this year’s GlassLab Design Fellowship, given annually to an outstanding student in the industrial design department and sponsored by the Corning Museum of Glass. -
June 6, 2018
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Vicki Hanson named CEO of world’s largest computing society
Vicki Hanson is retiring from her position as Distinguished Professor at RIT to become CEO of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). -
June 5, 2018
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Baja team wins 2018 North American Series Championship
The RIT Baja Racing team won its third and final competition of the season on Saturday, as well as the 2018 championship title against hundreds of other college teams from around the world. -
June 4, 2018
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Team creates solar-powered 3D printing system
RIT engineering students and faculty traveled to Cali, Colombia, to deliver and show residents how to use a new solar-powered 3D printing system they developed. The team worked with partners from the Universidad Autónoma de Occidente throughout the spring semester to create the product. -
May 30, 2018
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RIT ranked No. 1 game design school on East Coast
Animation Career Review has again named RIT the top game design school on the East Coast. RIT also ranked second on the list of Top 50 Game Design Schools in the U.S., moving up from third in 2017. -
May 29, 2018
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RIT puts final wrap on successful NYC Design Week
Dozens of RIT students, faculty and staff left New York City exhausted yet inspired after the university’s most ambitious presence ever at NYCxDESIGN, the Big Apple’s sixth-annual celebration of design. Scores of visitors crowded into RIT’s seven exhibits and events showcased May 16 to 23.
