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  • November 21, 2017

    Keita Wangari next to android statue.

    Online master's degrees make learning accessible

    More than 240 students from 13 countries are enrolled in a fully online master's degree program at RIT to open new doors in their careers, improve their salaries and advance their skills.

  • November 21, 2017

    Luvon Sheppard showing an illustration.

    Master's program 'like family' for artists who teach

    For nearly half a century, the School of Art in RIT's College of Imaging Arts and Sciences has offered a unique, one-year master's program for highly motivated students seeking to become certified in teaching art to students in kindergarten through 12th grade.

  • November 21, 2017

    student working on woodworking project.

    Graduate programs offer cutting-edge education

    Today, RIT offers 73 master's programs, with 14 new programs added in just the past 10 years. And the number of master's programs is likely to grow even more in the near future.

  • November 21, 2017

    Black and white photo of RIT building being built.

    A launching pad for the next 50 years

    RIT President Mark Ellingson was greeted by staff with a huge sign reading "Welcome Home, Mark" on his first day at RIT's brand new campus in Henrietta. His arrival and the official opening in the fall of 1968 were the culmination of nine years of intense planning, fundraising and construction.

  • November 21, 2017

    Child playing on a mat

    Venture Creations companies compete for $1M prize

    Two companies at RIT's Venture Creations business incubator, including the developer of the eye-tracking software pictured here, have been selected to compete for the $1 million grand prize in the New York state-funded Luminate NY accelerator program.

  • November 21, 2017

    Tiree Walker presenting work for four other people at the RIT Access Technology IdeaLab.

    IdeaLab teams brainstorm access technology solutions

    Seven teams of students and faculty coaches representing a variety of disciplines spent a weekend in November brainstorming solutions to problems impacting individuals with differing abilities during the RIT Access Technology IdeaLab.

  • November 21, 2017

    Bill and Brenda Michaels pose next to the entrance of their Cider Mill, holding a jug of their cider.

    Couple turns cider mill into destination

    Bill and Brenda Michaels like to tell people that they have three children and their oldest child is never going to leave the house. That oldest child is their business, Fly Creek Cider Mill & Orchard in Central New York.

  • November 21, 2017

    Ryan Steenberg hitting a golf ball at a competition, his arm and club still extended in the air.

    Graduate's career takes an unexpected swing

    In 2009, Ryan Steenberg graduated from RIT with a master’s degree in medical illustration. Seven years later, Steenberg was runner-up in the 2016 World Long Drive Championship.

  • November 21, 2017

    On the left, a headshot of Michele Conklin Williams. On the right, a photo of a product that Taylor Farms sells, Organic Mediterranean Crunch Chopped Salad Kid.

    Alumna crafts career in fresh food industry

    Michele Conklin Williams '94 has had a career as colorful and varietal as the flavorful salads produced by Taylor Farms, one of the top U.S. companies in the fresh food industry.