News Stories

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.
December 1, 2016

Engineers group plays big role in student’s success

Meet Kayla Davis, a fourth-year software engineering student and president of RIT’s Society of Software Engineers.
December 1, 2016

RIT to hold first-ever winter glass sale Sunday

The School for American Crafts’ glass program will sell unique, hand-blown glass ornaments along with paperweights, vases and more during the school’s first-ever winter glass sale on Sunday.
December 1, 2016

Top stories and videos for November

News and a video about the launch of RIT’s MAGIC Spell Studios were among the most popular last month. Check out all of November’s top stories and videos.
November 30, 2016

RIT hosts Silicon Europe Alliance

Members of the Silicon Europe Alliance, Europe’s leading micro- and nano-electronic business clusters, traveled to New York to meet with economic development organizations, high tech companies and universities to discuss advanced nanoelectronic technologies. Their final stop was at RIT.
November 30, 2016

RIT awarded grant to develop curriculum modules

RIT was awarded nearly $75,000 from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop standards educational modules for the university’s College of Applied Science and Technology.
November 30, 2016

Osher at RIT hosts preview session on Jan. 5

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at RIT is offering a sneak peek of winter term classes for thinkers ages 50 and beyond.
November 29, 2016

RIT Theme Park Enthusiasts sweep competition

Six members of RIT’s Theme Park Enthusiasts club won four awards during the Ryerson Invitational Thrill Design Competition, hosted by Universal Creative. The competition invited teams from four colleges to create theme park rides or make modifications to existing rides.
November 28, 2016

Donate personal care items to Center for Youth

RIT students are collecting personal care items, such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, soap, shavers, toilet paper and feminine hygiene products, to be donated to the Center for Youth shelter for teens. Donations are being collected on campus through Thursday.
November 28, 2016

Robert Panara to be immortalized on postage stamp

Educator and icon Robert Panara, the first deaf faculty member of NTID, is being honored by the U.S. Postal Service with a stamp. The stamp features a photograph of Panara signing the word “respect” taken by RIT/NTID photographer Mark Benjamin.