News Stories

May 3, 2017

Venture Creations teams win big in competition

Two clients of the Venture Creations Business Incubator at RIT—Empire Medicinals and ThermApparel—have won the top prizes at the 2017 Rochester Venture Challenge business competition, hosted by High Tech Rochester.
May 2, 2017

Andrew Herbert named associate dean of CLA

Andrew Herbert, who has been a member of RIT’s psychology department for 15 years, has been named associate dean of RIT’s College of Liberal Arts. He will focus on issues related to curriculum, global education, interdisciplinary programming, graduate education and sponsored research.
May 2, 2017

Top stories and videos for April

News about an RIT scientist’s research with the NASA New Horizons spacecraft was the most read story last month. Check out all of April’s top stories and videos.
May 1, 2017

Technology turns sandbox into topographic map

Students from RIT’s Society of Software Engineers will showcase projects they’ve been building throughout the school year, including an augmented reality display that turns a sandbox into an interactive topographical map, during Imagine RIT.
May 1, 2017

Interactive app sheds light on deaf pioneers

“Deaf Pioneers Adventure App Development” takes viewers on an interactive journey alongside Laura Redden Searing, a deaf 19th-century journalist and poet.
May 1, 2017

‘Switched at Birth’ star to visit RIT

Sean Berdy, best known for his portrayal of the “Deaf James Dean” character Emmett on Freeform’s Switched at Birth, will speak from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Panara Theatre.
May 1, 2017

BAGMAG wins top prize in Next Big Idea competition

Four teams of deaf and hard-of-hearing students from NTID went head-to-head April 26 during The Next Big Idea Competition, a Shark Tank-style business competition. BAGMAG, a hands-free solution for making skateboards easily portable on the back of a backpack, won first place.
April 30, 2017

Update: Road Closure and Bus Stop Relocation

For the remainder of the day on May 1, Gleason Circle around the Turf Field is closed due to a light pole falling on the field. The loop will reopen on Tuesday, May 2.
April 28, 2017

RIT hosts webinar for engineering professionals

RIT is hosting a webinar, “Engineering Leadership Programs at RIT,” from noon to 1 p.m. on May 24 for professionals looking to advance leadership skills within high-tech industries.
April 28, 2017

Two graduate students earn NSF fellowships

Larwan Berke and Brendan John, graduate students in RIT’s B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, each received a three-year, $34,000 annual stipend from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
April 27, 2017

Team introduces second-gen virtual therapists

RIT is advancing interactive medical technologies to help people dealing with addiction, anger management and violent behavior directed at their family and intimate partners. These digital tools can teach coping skills and keep clients focused on recovery.
April 27, 2017

Glimpse into the future of digital manufacturing

Visitors to the Imagine RIT festival can get a glimpse of what’s in store on the manufacturing horizon when they stop by the fourth floor of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability. They will be able to take home their own personalized souvenir of the festival’s 10th year.