News Stories

April 19, 2017

Girls Who Code founder to speak at RIT

Reshma Saujani, the founder of Girls Who Code, a nonprofit organization dedicated to closing the gender gap in technology, will speak Friday as part of the ACM New York Celebration of Women in Computing Conference.
April 17, 2017

‘Reporter’ wins multiple awards

Reporter, the student-run magazine at RIT, has won several Mark of Excellence Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and awards from the 2016 Better Newspaper Contest given by the New York Press Association.
April 17, 2017

Archie Comics co-CEO to give Earth Day talk

Nancy Silberkleit will discuss Archie, environmental outreach and how comics can change the world during a talk Wednesday hosted by RIT’s School of Individualized Study.
April 17, 2017

RIT hosts Effective Access Technology Conference

RIT’s Effective Access Technology Conference, set for Friday in the Gene Polisseni Center, showcases the work, research and development that has been carried out by students and faculty to enhance accessibility for individuals across a wide range of physical or cognitive challenges.
April 17, 2017

Students compete in national cyber defense contest

RIT’s cyber defense team competed with the nation’s top cybersecurity colleges at the 2017 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition held April 13-15. A team of RIT students also took third-place in the weekend’s Panoply event, a capture-the-flag-style network attack and defense competition.
April 14, 2017

Art education student connects with community

Meet Lilyanna Landon, a graduate student pursuing her master’s degree in visual arts–all grades (art education).
April 13, 2017

Venture Creations companies advance in competition

Four clients of the Venture Creations Business Incubator at RIT have advanced to the final round of the 2017 Rochester Venture Challenge business competition.
April 13, 2017

RIT hosts Grammy-winning recording engineer

Richard King, professor of music research at McGill University, will discuss how science influences the art of recording for the 2017 CAST Dean’s Lecture Series on April 19.
April 13, 2017

Entrepreneurs compete in business plan competition

Thirty-five teams of student entrepreneurs will pitch their business ideas to a panel of judges at the fifth annual Finger Lakes Regional Semi-Finalist Presentation Round of the New York Business Plan Competition today at RIT.
April 12, 2017

RIT team heads to cyber defense championship

A group of RIT students will take on teams from the country’s top cybersecurity colleges in the 2017 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition, held April 13–15 in San Antonio.
April 11, 2017

Rod Blumenau Quintet performs Friday

The Rod Blumenau Quintet will perform “Jazz From the Silver Screen” on Friday as part of the Performing Artists Concert Series presented by RIT’s College of Liberal Arts.
April 11, 2017

RIT hosts Plastics Night today

Current research in new plastic and polymer-based materials for applications such as photonics, construction and mechanical systems will be featured during Plastics Night at RIT.