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December 11, 2017
New season of FIRST Robotics begins Jan. 6
More than 3,500 teams from around the world will be part of the 2018 FIRST Robotics Kick Off, viewing a live, worldwide telecast at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 6. The Finger Lakes Regional competition takes place March 16-17 at the Gordon Field House. -
December 11, 2017
Professor elected to sonography society board
Professor Hamad Ghazle, director of the diagnostic medical sonography program, has been named to leadership positions within the national Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography. -
December 11, 2017
Professor launches games about religious legal systems
A team of interdisciplinary researchers, designers and developers led by Owen Gottlieb, an assistant professor of interactive games and media at RIT, has produced two first-of-their-kind table-top games that aim to promote and enhance the public understanding of religion and law. -
December 11, 2017
Performers announced for King's Legacy event
Danielle Ponder and the Tomorrow People, a critically acclaimed soul band from Rochester, will be the featured performers at RIT's 2018 Expressions of King's Legacy event Jan. 25. -
December 7, 2017
RIT named in Top 200 Colleges for Native Americans
'Winds of Change' magazine recognized RIT as one of the Top 200 Colleges for Native American Students. This marks the eighth time RIT has made the annual list. -
December 7, 2017
Student Spotlight: Creating a Holo-Assistant
Meet Chirag Kular, a computer science graduate student who is working on an innovative research project using augmented reality technology and incorporating the technology of Microsoft HoloLens, Amazon’s Alexa and IBM’s Watson. -
December 7, 2017
MBA students have winning edge in competition
MBA students at RIT's Saunders College of Business were named Global Top 100 Performers in a head-to-head competition against 1,754 teams from around the world in the Glo-Bus simulation strategy game. -
December 6, 2017
Professor among first to use Webb Space Telescope
RIT astrophysicist Jeyhan Kartaltepe will be one of the first scientists to use NASA's James Webb Space Telescope soon after it launches in spring 2019. The Webb telescope is regarded by many as the powerful successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. -
December 5, 2017
CAST students take top placements in competition
For the second year in a row, RIT civil engineering technology undergraduates took top placements at the annual Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Region I student construction management competition. -
December 5, 2017
Saunders College cited in Poets&Quants ranking
Saunders College of Business has been named one of the Best Undergraduate Business Schools 2017 by Poets&Quants for Undergrads. -
December 4, 2017
Program named among top online engineering master's programs
RIT master's program in microelectronics manufacturing engineering has been recognized as one of the 30 best online master's in engineering degree programs from private colleges in 2018. -
December 4, 2017
New app assesses cellular coverage and download speeds
Researchers at RIT developed a new smartphone app, RIT Cellular Metrics, that allows users to measure the actual download speeds of cellular providers and compare results in the specific geographic area.