News Stories

March 28, 2017

Chemist turns hobby into full-time business

Despite having earned a Ph.D. in chemistry, Amanda Preske ’09 has put her career as a researcher on hold to commit herself full time to her jewelry business, Circuit Breaker Labs, through which she crafts and sells pieces made from recycled circuit boards and resin.
March 28, 2017

Robot pastime helped alumnus build career

Mike Jeffries is proud when Bombshell is on the attack, knowing there’s no “tapping out” or yielding in competitions. During this past season of ABC’s BattleBots show, taped over the summer, Bombshell and Jeffries’ Chaos Corps team battled to an impressive second place finish.
March 28, 2017

Graduates construct Rochester Top 100 company

Justin Hamilton and Christopher Stern were standing on the basketball court sidelines in 1998 when they started talking about majors. That was the beginning of Hamilton Stern Construction, a company that was No. 1 on the Rochester Chamber Top 100 list of fastest growing private companies in 2016.
March 28, 2017

Education fueled by hard work—and fruit cakes

Rosalie Rosini is proof that age is just a number and that life is what you make it to be. The 70-year-old, who celebrated the 50th anniversary of her graduation from RIT last May, said that she’s more active in her life now than she’s ever been.
March 28, 2017

Need a nap? RIT has a map for that

Students at Rochester Institute of Technology can now find the best spots on campus to catch a few Z’s between classes with help from “Naps,” a website that shows and rates places to get some shuteye.
March 27, 2017

Researchers publish paper on dark matter, Milky Way

Research conducted by scientists at RIT rules out a challenge to the accepted standard model of the universe and theory of how galaxies form by shedding new light on a problematic structure.
March 27, 2017

Researchers win grant to improve Landsat 8 data

Two RIT researchers have won funding from the U.S. Geological Survey to ensure accurate temperature data from NASA’s Landsat 8 satellite. Climate researchers depend on public data from the Earth-sensing satellite to measure surface changes over time.
March 27, 2017

Machine learning guru to talk at RIT March 31

Robert Schapire, senior research scientist at Microsoft Research, will present “The Contextual Bandits Problem: A Fast, Simple and Optimal Algorithm” as part of the RIT Data Science Research Group Seminar Series.
March 27, 2017

RIT brings business lessons to elementary school

Saunders College of Business and Junior Achievement of Rochester are teaming up with the Rochester City School District for an all-day learning marathon to educate K-6 children in School No. 50 about business, economics and free enterprise.
March 24, 2017

RIT hosts 12th Creative Industry Day on March 30

Creative Industry Day offers career-related programming and the opportunity for students to meet professionals from the creative industry, obtain feedback on their portfolios, and make valuable connections that may benefit their careers.
March 24, 2017

Students provide 3D-printed arm to teen in Rwanda

Laura Alderfer and Ken Postel, both undergraduate students in RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering, traveled to Rwanda to deliver a 3D-printed prosthetic arm after spending the fall semester designing, printing and testing it for a 19-year-old boy in Rwanda.
March 24, 2017

RIT/NTID segment on WXXI program wins award

A segment on WXXI’s Arts InFocus featuring RIT’s Joseph F. and Helen C. Dyer Arts Center at NTID has won a bronze Telly Award, which recognizes distinction in local, regional and cable TV programs and commercials, as well as video and film productions.