News Stories

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.
September 21, 2017

International Week of the Deaf celebration

RIT will raise the Sign Union flag on Friday to commemorate International Week of the Deaf.
September 21, 2017

Student Spotlight: Meet the COLA Student Government Senator

Tayler Ruggero was involved in the reinvention of the Next Step, a career workshop for liberal arts students.
September 20, 2017

Interactive symposium highlights successful alumni

RIT alumni making significant impacts on the world will share their insights into the importance of creativity and innovation to their success during an interactive symposium at 2 p.m. today.
September 20, 2017

RIT well represented at Digital Rochester GREAT Awards

A staff member of RIT and two alumni won top awards for their innovative creations and technology leadership at the 2017 Greater Rochester Excellence and Achievements in Technology Awards.
September 20, 2017

RIT expands collaboration with Taiwan Tech

RIT entered into a partnership with the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, also called Taiwan Tech, to offer a dual Master of Science degree program.
September 19, 2017

Music, art and more continues at Fringe Festival

More than 1,600 people attended events by RIT students, faculty, staff and Osher members during the first weekend of the KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival. Events continue Friday and Saturday.
September 19, 2017

Glass Pumpkin Patch ready for picking on Sept. 30

The School for American Crafts’ glass program will sell its unique, hand-blown glass pumpkins and gourds during the 13th annual Glass Pumpkin Patch fundraiser on Sept. 30 in the Gene Polisseni Center.
September 18, 2017

New app could help detect atrial fibrillation

A team of engineers and clinicians at RIT and the University of Rochester Medical Center received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a non-contact, video recording technology to detect the presence of atrial fibrillation, a heart rhythm disorder.
September 18, 2017

Alumni participate in Global Day of Service

RIT’s positive influence stretched across the world on Saturday as alumni gathered to participate in the annual Global Day of Service.
September 15, 2017

Norma Holland kicks off diversity speaker series

Local news anchor Norma Holland will be the first of three notable figures to speak as part of RIT’s 2017 Division of Diversity and Inclusion Speaker Series.