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  • April 17, 2017

    Picture of Awards for Mark of Excellence

    ‘Reporter’ wins multiple awards

    Reporter, the student-run magazine at RIT, has won several Mark of Excellence Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and awards from the 2016 Better Newspaper Contest given by the New York Press Association.

  • April 17, 2017

    CEO posing next to globe

    Archie Comics co-CEO to give Earth Day talk

    Nancy Silberkleit will discuss Archie, environmental outreach and how comics can change the world during a talk Wednesday hosted by RIT’s School of Individualized Study.

  • April 17, 2017

    People speaking at event

    RIT hosts Effective Access Technology Conference

    RIT’s Effective Access Technology Conference, set for Friday in the Gene Polisseni Center, showcases the work, research and development that has been carried out by students and faculty to enhance accessibility for individuals across a wide range of physical or cognitive challenges.

  • April 17, 2017

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    Students compete in national cyber defense contest

    RIT’s cyber defense team competed with the nation’s top cybersecurity colleges at the 2017 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition held April 13-15. A team of RIT students also took third-place in the weekend’s Panoply event, a capture-the-flag-style network attack and defense competition.

  • April 13, 2017

    Engineer posing in sound booth

    RIT hosts Grammy-winning recording engineer

    Richard King, professor of music research at McGill University, will discuss how science influences the art of recording for the 2017 CAST Dean’s Lecture Series on April 19.

  • April 13, 2017

    Person speaking to classroom of people

    Entrepreneurs compete in business plan competition

    Thirty-five teams of student entrepreneurs will pitch their business ideas to a panel of judges at the fifth annual Finger Lakes Regional Semi-Finalist Presentation Round of the New York Business Plan Competition today at RIT.

  • April 12, 2017

    Students gathered for picture in classroom

    RIT team heads to cyber defense championship

    A group of RIT students will take on teams from the country’s top cybersecurity colleges in the 2017 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition, held April 13–15 in San Antonio.

  • April 11, 2017

    Poster for "RIT Performing Artists Concert Series: Jazz from the Silver Screen"

    Rod Blumenau Quintet performs Friday

    The Rod Blumenau Quintet will perform “Jazz From the Silver Screen” on Friday as part of the Performing Artists Concert Series presented by RIT’s College of Liberal Arts.

  • April 11, 2017

    Jasmine Phan presses buttons on the OVI meteorology equipment, preparing to demonstrate how it works.

    RIT hosts Plastics Night today

    Current research in new plastic and polymer-based materials for applications such as photonics, construction and mechanical systems will be featured during Plastics Night at RIT.