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  • March 28, 2017

    People gathered for picture in room

    Alumnus to discuss 18th-century printing press

    Recent engineering grad Seth Gottlieb will speak about the 18th-century wooden printing press that he and his classmates recreated for their senior design class. Following the talk, the press will be used to print new copies of one of the 18th century’s most iconic documents: the First Amendment.

  • March 28, 2017

    couple poses on boulders.

    Ice-breaker was really love at first sight

    Guerin Gagliastri ’14 (physician assistant) and Stephen Jones ’13 (film and animation) met as Resident Advisors in 2011 and instantly became friends. They were married in September.

  • March 28, 2017

    Person holding rings made of circuits

    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

    Mike Jeffries speaking to an audience, not pictured, from behind a computer. On a screen behind him is a photo of robots fighting each other.

    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

    Justin Hamilton and Christopher Stern pose for a photo on a set of modern-looking stairs.

    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

    Teacher posing with students

    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

    Person sleeping on chairs

    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.