News Stories

June 12, 2017

Destler and Johnson honored with gala dinner, gifts

RIT bid a fond farewell to retiring President Bill Destler and his spouse, Rebecca Johnson, in part by announcing $3.6 million in donations raised in their honor. The announcement was made at a gala dinner in honor of the couple.
June 9, 2017

RIT hosts information session for part-time learners

The Adult and Part-time Study Connection on June 20 is helpful to adults who are looking to update professional skills, complete a graduate or undergraduate college degree part time, or change career paths.
June 9, 2017

RIT Formula team performs well despite challenges

The RIT Formula SAE Racing Team was ranked seventh overall in points among 30-plus collegiate teams during the Formula North competition despite a technical issue with the racecar’s drivetrain.
June 9, 2017

Student honored for 4.0 GPA

Kimberlee Keithley, who is pursuing bachelor’s degrees in chemical engineering and applied mathematics, is the 2017 winner of the Norman A. Miles Scholarship, given to a student entering their last year of undergraduate study with the highest GPA across the university.
June 8, 2017

Digital humanities research gains national attention

In the two years since RIT began offering a bachelor’s degree in digital humanities and social sciences, the first two graduates of the program received their degrees, and projects involving students, faculty and alumni connected to the new major are already garnering national attention.
June 7, 2017

RIT students win top prizes at MIT hackathon

Archit Jha and Rohan Patel, human-computer interaction master’s students, took home top honors and cash prizes for creating apps that help those with epilepsy and mental health disorders during the MIT Hacking Medicine Grand Hack.
June 7, 2017

RIT receives $1M to promote diversity

RIT has been awarded $1 million as part of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Inclusive Excellence Initiative to increase diversity and inclusivity among undergraduate science majors and develop a strategy for supporting their success.
June 5, 2017

RIT Press to bring Vignelli book back into print

RIT Press and an enthusiastic group of crowdfunders have revitalized a book that profiles the most iconic work of world-renowned Italian designers Lella and Massimo Vignelli. This August, RIT Press will release an exact reprint of the original, 196-page Vignelli: From A to Z.
June 5, 2017

Drawing new insights from gravitational waves

Richard O’Shaughnessy and collaborators reanalyzed the merging black holes detected by LIGO last year, linking the black hole’s misalignment to when it formed from the death of a massive star. The force expelled the newborn black hole with a “natal kick,” causing the misalignment.
June 1, 2017

Black hole computer simulations help ID third gravitational wave

RIT researchers continue to make significant contributions to gravitational wave astronomy, with the third detection of gravitational waves and a new black hole 49 times the size of our sun.
May 26, 2017

RIT hosts ‘Enabling the Digital World’ conference

RIT is expanding its partnership with ASM Systems focusing on next-generation electronics manufacturing, research and workforce development. The partners are highlighting projects underway during the “Enabling the Digital World: The Future of Electronics and Manufacturing” conference.
May 26, 2017

RIT appoints new member to Board of Trustees

Hyacinth “Hope” V. Drummond, an RIT alumna, has been appointed to RIT’s Board of Trustees. Drummond also sits on the boards of directors for Sojourner House at Pathstone in Rochester and the Morrison YMCA in Charlotte, N.C.