News Stories

May 16, 2017

N.J. teacher receives Scouten Endowed Internship

NTID selected Katie O’Dell, a teacher at Neptune Middle School in New Jersey, for the 2017 Scouten Endowed Internship in English Literacy. Her internship took place in April at RIT/NTID.
May 15, 2017

Division of Diversity honors students, alumnus

The Division of Diversity & Inclusion hosted A Celebration of Excellence on May 3 and presented Beacon Awards to three students—Maria Smith, Rashik Sikder and Brendan John—as well as alumnus Orlando Ortiz ’04, ’08.
May 15, 2017

RIT student entrepreneur wins business competition

Kailey Bradt, a student in RIT’s Master of Science in product development program from Corning, N.Y., won first place and $10,000 in the “Products” category at the eighth annual New York Business Plan Competition for OWA Haircare, a waterless shampoo product.
May 15, 2017

Hot Wheelz wins in Formula SAE electric category

The all-female RIT Hot Wheelz Formula SAE Electric vehicle team took home first place in the electric-only category at the 2017 SAE Formula Hybrid competition May 5 in New Hampshire Motor Speedway, along with other trophies and recognition.
May 15, 2017

Grad defines strength in the face of adversity

Amie Sankoh came to the U.S. from Sierra Leone when she was 12 years old. The biochemistry student, who is deaf, will begin studying in August for her Ph.D. at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
May 15, 2017

Baseball wins first Liberty League title

Friday’s win over Clarkson earns the Tigers an automatic berth into the 2017 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship, the first in the program’s 65-year history.
May 12, 2017

Lea Vacca Michel earns the 2017 Edwina Award

Lea Vacca Michel, associate professor in the School of Chemistry and Materials Science, received the 2017 Edwina Award at the Women’s Career Achievement Dinner on April 24 for her significant contributions to enhance gender diversity and inclusiveness at RIT.
May 12, 2017

Nine-credit course pushes critical thinking

“The Meaning of Things—in Three Objects” encourages critical thinking/entrepreneurship—where students study three objects (the sail, the harmonica and the game) and reflect on their design, history, social and cultural past.
May 11, 2017

Goodbye, Goodbuy! starts next week at RIT

One of the largest college recycling and sustainability programs in the country is set to begin Monday, when the third annual Goodbye, Goodbuy! event kicks off as students begin to move out at the end of the academic year at RIT.
May 11, 2017

NASA astronaut photography gets big boost from RIT

Kevin Moser, an imaging science student, and alumnus Peter A. Blacksberg ’75 (photography) met with the heads of various NASA departments to present an algorithm that Moser developed to remove the effects of damaged pixels in photographs by astronauts on the International Space Station.
May 10, 2017

Student to defend U.S. cybersecurity in new job

Jesse Buonanno, a fifth-year student graduating with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in computing security, plans to give back to his country the best way he knows how—by enhancing U.S. cybersecurity.
May 10, 2017

MBA grad will take leadership skills back to Egypt

Dalia Rehab, a pharmacist from Egypt, graduates this May with an MBA degree in entrepreneurship from RIT’s Saunders College of Business. She says she was particularly drawn to educational experiences that could help her gain confidence in communication, public speaking and leadership.