News Stories

December 14, 2016

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

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

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.
December 12, 2016

NTID alumnus establishes student workshop series

Marc Roer of Chicago has established a fund to provide a series of workshops that focus on students’ “soft skills” and practical use of today’s technology for career success.
December 9, 2016

RIT expands agreement with University in China

Tianjin University of Technology of China, a nationally recognized leader for its programs in engineering, technology and the arts and the first technological university providing education for the deaf in China, has entered into new partnership with RIT.
December 9, 2016

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December 9, 2016

FIRST Robotics season kicks off Jan. 7

FIRST Robotics will reveal the 2017 game for its annual competition on Jan. 7. Teams have six weeks to build their robots for the Finger Lakes regional competition at RIT in March.
December 8, 2016

Venture Creations welcomes two new companies

Empire Medicinals, a biotech manufacturer, and Dimension Technologies, a research and development company, have joined RIT’s business incubator, Venture Creations.
December 8, 2016

Imagine RIT poster design contest now open

The 10th annual poster design contest is open to current RIT students. More than 5,000 copies of the poster will be printed, and the winning artist will receive $500 in Tiger Bucks.
December 7, 2016

RIT launches MicroMasters program in cybersecurity

Starting in March, learners can begin the RIT Cybersecurity MicroMasters program with edX, the leading nonprofit online learning destination. Upon completing the five-part program, learners can apply to RIT and may be awarded nine credit hours toward their degree requirements.
December 6, 2016

RIT wins web design award for ‘Roar the Vote’

The ‘Roar the Vote’ website, which encouraged students to register to vote and was designed by an RIT team, has won a silver 2016 Davey Award for outstanding creative work.
December 5, 2016

RIT joins Scholars at Risk network

Scholars at Risk is an international network of over 400 higher education institutions in 40 countries that promotes academic freedom and protects more than 300 threatened scholars worldwide.