News Stories

  • January 3, 2017

    People working on project at table

    RIT alumnus named Forbes ‘30 Under 30’

    RIT alumnus Sean Petterson landed on the prestigious 2017 Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ list in manufacturing and industry. Petterson, who graduated from RIT in 2013 in industrial design, is a founder of the industrial safety products company StrongArm Technologies Inc.
  • January 3, 2017

    Poster for "Introduction to Audio Signal Processing"

    RIT Press publishes book on audio signal processing

    Introduction to Audio Signal Processing, written by RIT Professor Emeritus Warren Koontz, provides students and technical professionals with the knowledge to process audio in real time on their own computers.
  • December 23, 2016

    A headshot of Lella Vignelli.

    Lella Vignelli dies at 82

    Lella Vignelli, who enjoyed a lifelong collaborative working relationship with her husband, the late Massimo Vignelli, and whose Vignelli Center for Design Studies placed RIT onto the international forefront of design studies, died Dec. 22.
  • December 19, 2016

    Poster for "Lost and Found"

    Gaming professor aims to enhance religious literacy

    A team of interdisciplinary researchers, designers and developers led by Owen Gottlieb, an assistant professor of interactive games and media at RIT, has created a digital prototype for Lost & Found, a strategy game that aims to promote and enhance the public understanding of religion.
  • December 19, 2016

    Map of Pollen spread over region

    Researchers study plastic pollution in Great Lakes

    A new study by Matthew Hoffman of RIT’s College of Science and Eric Hittinger of the College of Liberal Arts inventories and tracks high concentrations of plastic in the Great Lakes and could help inform cleanup efforts and target pollution prevention.
  • December 14, 2016

    Portrait of T.J. Miller

    Comedian T.J. Miller to headline RIT’s FreezeFest

    Popular actor and comedian T.J. Miller performs at 9 p.m. Feb. 18 as part of RIT’s FreezeFest. The winter festival also will feature open skating, the FreezeFest 5K run and RIT men’s hockey vs. Air Force games on Feb. 17 and 18.
  • December 14, 2016

    People dressed up posing for camera

    Fisk Jubilee Singers to perform at RIT

    The Fisk Jubilee Singers, a renowned ensemble based at Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., will be the featured performer at the 2017 Expressions of King’s Legacy on Jan. 26.
  • December 12, 2016

    Professor teaching classroom to group of people

    Students help roller derby team stay on track

    Students in Professor David Neumann’s Campaign Management and Planning class presented their ideas to help the Roc City Roller Derby build its fan base and membership.
  • December 12, 2016

    Portrait of Owen Gottlieb

    Professor gets grant to help gaming scholars

    Owen Gottlieb, assistant professor in the School of Interactive Games and Media and research affiliate in the MAGIC Center, received a National Science Foundation grant to design a capacity-building program tailored to early-career scholars.