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  • October 13, 2016

    Panel addresses insider’s view on politics

    Current and former elected officials will discuss “How Politics Really Works: An Insider’s View” on campus on Thursday for more than 200 Advanced Placement government and U.S. history students from high schools in Rochester and surrounding counties.

  • October 12, 2016

    NTID awarded grant for educational training

    The $443,200 grant from the National Science Foundation will help Sara Schley, co-director of NTID’s Research Center for Teaching and Learning, and her team develop an “accessibility toolkit” for STEM faculty who teach classes in which deaf, hard-of-hearing and hearing students are present.

  • October 12, 2016

    RIT again ranked among leading green colleges

    RIT is one of the most environmentally responsible colleges, according to The Princeton Review. The university is featured in the 2016 edition of The Princeton Review Guide to 361 Green Colleges.

  • October 10, 2016

    RIT honors Outstanding Alumna, Volunteer of the year

    Sharon Napier ’04, founder and CEO of Partners + Napier, is RIT’s Outstanding Alumna of the Year for 2016, and Michael Krupnicki ’99 is RIT’s Volunteer of the Year. They will receive the awards during the Presidents’ Alumni Ball on Friday.

  • October 10, 2016

    RIT celebrates Optical Society’s 100th anniversary

    RIT will have a strong presence at the centennial anniversary meeting of the Optical Society, including a technical exhibit by the Future Photon Initiative, the RIT-led “Global Women of Light” symposium and several presentations by faculty, students and alumni.

  • October 10, 2016

    A student presents about her product design.

    Metaproject connects RIT students to industry

    RIT’s Metaproject—marking its seventh iteration this academic year—has regularly demonstrated that education partnered with industry is a successful vehicle for fostering innovative thinking and thoughtful product design.

  • October 7, 2016

    portrait of Jie Qiao.

    Symposium highlights female scientists

    The international symposium “Global Women of Light,” organized by RIT associate professor Jie Qiao, features female scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs working in optics and photonics and celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Optical Society.

  • October 6, 2016

    NTID audiologist earns Oticon Focus on People award

    Catherine Clark, an audiologist and faculty member at NTID, is among the individuals honored by the 2016 Oticon Focus on People Awards, a national competition that celebrates people who are helping to eliminate negative stereotypes of what it means to be deaf or hard of hearing.

  • October 6, 2016

    RIT gets grant for nanofabrication equipment

    Assistant Professor Jing Zhang received a $305,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to acquire a new etching system for photonic, electronic and bio-device fabrication.

  • October 5, 2016

    RIT gets $1M grant to develop food waste solutions

    Callie Babbitt, an associate professor in RIT’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability, has received a nearly $1 million award from the National Science Foundation to research sustainable solutions for minimizing and managing food waste generated across the food supply chain.