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  • December 13, 2017

    Rit campus buildings.

    A history of philanthropy for RIT

    RIT has benefited from the generosity of many. Top lifetime donors to the university are James S. Gleason and the Gleason Family Foundation, B. Thomas Golisano and the Golisano Foundation, Eastman Kodak Co., The Nippon Foundation and E. Philip Saunders.

  • December 11, 2017

    A person writing on a clipboard while looking at a robot.

    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

    A headshot of Hamad Ghazle.

    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

    graphic for board game called Lost and Found.

    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

    Rochester soul band Danielle Ponder and the Tomorrow People performing on stage.

    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

    Student with VR headset, in front of the MAGIC logo.

    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

    Saunders College of Business brick building on RIT campus.

    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

    NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in space.

    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

    The teams who attended the Associated Schools of Construction annual design competition pose for a photo with their large checks and other awards.

    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.