News Stories

October 24, 2017

RIT honors Tom Golisano’s contributions to global health

Tom Golisano was honored at RIT for his contributions to global health, specifically through Special Olympics, in a new Golisano Archives exhibit unveiled Oct. 20.
October 24, 2017

RIT hosts national pentesting competition

Sixty of the nation’s top cybersecurity college students will face off this November at an offensive hacking competition at RIT.
October 24, 2017

Nominations for Four Presidents public service award due Thursday

A new streamlined nomination process makes it easier to apply for the Four Presidents Distinguished Public Service Award this year, which recognizes exemplary public service by a current member of the faculty or staff.
October 24, 2017

NTID presents adaptation of The Story of Beauty and the Beast

The Performing Arts program at NTID will present a dance and music adaptation of The Story of Beauty and the Beast, conceived by Thomas Warfield, director of NTID's dance department.
October 24, 2017

RIT hosts screening, discussion of ‘Poverty, Inc.’

The Global Health Association @ RIT will be screening the award-winning documentary Poverty, Inc., which focuses on the negative effects of the commoditization of global charity.
October 23, 2017

RIT receives $2.8M to support diversity programs

RIT received three grants to help underrepresented minority students receive access and support in their education. The grants will support the Upward Bound Classic program, the RIT McNair Scholars program and the LSAMP program.
October 23, 2017

RIT hosts annual entrepreneurship conference Friday

Entrepreneurship experts will share their words of wisdom with aspiring business owners during the 13th annual Entrepreneurship Conference at RIT. The event features information sessions, networking opportunities, student competition and a keynote address.
October 22, 2017

Research in humanities and social sciences grows

Humanities and social sciences research at RIT represents a diverse array of scholarship that includes work in traditional disciplines as well as cybersecurity, personal health care, sustainability, cognition among individuals who are deaf, ethics within engineering, and studies to prevent crime.
October 22, 2017

A new approach to securing networks

RIT’s cybersecurity experts are studying the past, present and future of cybersecurity to gain a better understanding of the role that humans—and their behavior—play in keeping our technology secure.
October 22, 2017

Team studies crime trends for prevention

The Center for Public Safety Initiatives is a unique collaboration among RIT, the city of Rochester and criminal justice agencies in New York.
October 22, 2017

Interdisciplinary team studying skills gap

Amid the national discussion about skills gaps in filling STEM jobs, a trio of RIT researchers is diving into whether that gap exists in the optics and photonics industry in Rochester.
October 22, 2017

Researchers study how deaf people learn, grow

The Center on Cognition and Language, created in 2016, is the only center of its kind in the world led by a deaf director and staffed primarily by deaf researchers.