News Stories

April 26, 2017

NYSP2I announces winners of student competition

Teams from UB, Clarkson, RPI and RIT were the top finishers in the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute’s Research & Development student competition.
April 26, 2017

Swiss designer to visit RIT

Laser cutters, pantographs and letterpress printing presses are just a few of the tools Swiss graphic designer Dafi Kuhne uses to produce one-of-a-kind poster designs. The artist will visit RIT May 3 to discuss his unique fusion of digital and analog techniques.
April 26, 2017

Students pitch business ideas in Tiger Tank

Five teams of student entrepreneurs at RIT will pitch their business ideas to a panel of Rochester-area investors today in hopes of launching their products or businesses.
April 25, 2017

Business students have winning edge in competition

Two student teams from Saunders College of Business were named Global Top 100 Performers in a head-to-head competition against 2,084 teams from 122 worldwide colleges and universities.
April 25, 2017

RIT among hosts of NASA Space Apps Challenge

RIT is one of 200 host sites from around the world for the two-day hackathon. The 2017 NASA International Space Apps Challenge is designed to engage thousands of problem-solvers in working with NASA to create solutions to international and interdisciplinary problems using open-source data.
April 25, 2017

Andy Grammer headlines RIT’s SpringFest

SpringFest features water games, giveaways, prom dress rugby and a concert by pop musician Andy Grammer, among other activities.
April 25, 2017

Visualize greenhouse gases at Imagine RIT

Visitors to the Imagine RIT festival on May 6 can see first-hand the effects of car tailpipe emissions using infrared light at the EZ-GAS: Imaging for Car Emissions Characterization exhibit.
April 25, 2017

Students honored for writing excellence

RIT’s College of Liberal Arts honored student achievement in writing with the presentation of the 2017 Henry and Mary Kearse Distinguished Lecture and Student Writing Awards.
April 25, 2017

NTID alumna is featured Lyon lecture presenter

Sasha Lakshmi Ponappa, director of the Program for Deaf Adults at LaGuardia Community College, will present “Finding Social Justice a Meaningful Home in Academia” as part of the Lyon Memorial Lectureship Series.
April 25, 2017

RIT motorsport teams unveil new race vehicles

RIT’s three sleek Formula racecars, Baja off-road vehicle, Hot Wheelz hybrid electric Formula car and EVO, the electric motorcycle, all built by RIT students, will be unveiled as part of the Imagine RIT festival on May 6.
April 25, 2017

Dyer Arts Center chosen for art conservation effort

NTID’s Dyer Arts Center is one of 75 institutions from across the United States selected to participate in the inaugural year of the Collections Assessment for Preservation program, which assists museums in improving the care of their collections.
April 25, 2017

Students showcase assistive technology projects

Two teams of RIT engineering students have found “endless possibilities” for second-hand clothing—from insulation and wall dividers to chairs and desks—through two upcycling projects in their senior design classes.