News Stories

September 28, 2017

Student teams win national packaging design challenge

Four of eight student design teams from RIT that were entered in the national Paperboard Packaging Alliance competition were awarded top placements for excellence in design.
September 27, 2017

Diverse candidates to visit RIT for Future Faculty program

The Future Faculty Career Exploration Program welcomes diverse prospective faculty to explore teaching and post-doctoral opportunities at RIT.
September 27, 2017

Mapping black holes collisions gives astronomers a new guide

RIT researchers helped pinpoint the precise location of a gravitational wave signal—and the black hole merger that produced it—detected by gravitational wave observatories in the United States and in Europe.
September 27, 2017

RIT ranks high in Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education ranking

RIT placed 130th out of 1,054 U.S. colleges and universities in The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Ranking.
September 25, 2017

NTID partners with Environmental Protection Agency

Deaf and hard-of-hearing students attending NTID will benefit from enhanced educational and career opportunities in the environmental sciences, thanks to a memorandum of understanding between the college and the Environmental Protection Agency.
September 25, 2017

Osher at RIT celebrates 30-year milestone of lifelong learning

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at RIT is celebrating its 30th anniversary on Oct. 20 at Locust Hill Country Club.
September 25, 2017

Assistant professor wins award for excellence in teaching

Reginald Rogers, an assistant professor of chemical engineering, received the Henry C. McBay Outstanding Teacher Award from the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers.
September 25, 2017

RIT introduces new ‘computing for all’ initiative

RIT’s B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences is establishing the Center for Computing Outreach, Research and Education (C-CORE) to change the way that computer science is introduced and spark an interest in computing for students from all disciplines, backgrounds and ages.
September 25, 2017

MAGIC Center co-sponsors game festival at Irondequoit library

Made in Rochester Game Festival takes place Saturday at the Irondequoit Public Library. Participants are encouraged to play games created by local game developers.
September 22, 2017

RIT hosts local companies for 2017 National Manufacturing Day

Manufacturing Day provides current students and local guidance counselors with important information about regional automotive, computer, plastics and electronics manufacturing opportunities and the coursework necessary to be successful in these fields.
September 22, 2017

Professor receives IBM award for innovations in cybersecurity education

Bill Stackpole, professor of computing security, received an IBM Faculty Award for his efforts to extend cybersecurity learning beyond the traditional classroom and get students the hands-on experience needed in today’s threat landscape.
September 22, 2017

RIT again named among leading ‘green colleges’

For the seventh consecutive year, RIT has been named one of the greenest universities by The Princeton Review.