News Stories

April 19, 2016

Rock climbing team headed to national competition

Eight students from the RIT Rock Climbing Team will compete in the Collegiate Climbing Series in San Diego, Calif., on Friday and Saturday.
April 19, 2016

RIT recognizes dedicated volunteers

Cindee Gray, assistant vice president of the RIT & RRH Alliance, and student Amanda Schartau are the recipients of the Alfred L. Davis Distinguished Public Service Awards.
April 19, 2016

RIT symposium explores Japan-U.S. relations

Faculty members from RIT, The College at Brockport and Niagara University are expected to talk about history, politics, trade, science, technology and culture.
April 18, 2016

Baja team opens season with top placements

RIT’s Baja Race team placed first overall at the SAE Baja Tennessee event, April 14-17, competing against 100 international collegiate racing teams.
April 18, 2016

Faculty honored for enhancing student experience

The first Innovative Learning Institute Instructional Media Awards highlighted those who use video and other media in creative and effective ways for courses taught at RIT.
April 18, 2016

Karthik Namasivayam to head hospitality program

Karthik Namasivayam assumes his role as department chair of CAST’s hospitality and tourism management program on Aug. 10. Namasivayam joins RIT from Switzerland.
April 15, 2016

Film graduate brings movement of hope to Rochester

Marc Raco ’88 partnered with Villa of Hope, a human service organization for families and youth, to help several of its teenagers and adult influencers find hope.
April 15, 2016

High school students learn about career options

More than 100 students from area high schools came to RIT for the 2016 Youth Workforce Innovations Conference to learn about area career options that match their interests.
April 15, 2016

Alumna speaks on being deaf in corporate world

Pamela Siebert ’03, a software engineer at IBM, presents “Be Your Own Advocate as a Deaf person in the Corporate World” as part of The Edmund Lyon Memorial Lectureship Series.
April 15, 2016

Tom Bonadio to receive 2016 Vanden Brul award

Tom Bonadio, CEO and managing partner of The Bonadio Group accounting firm, will be honored at a luncheon at Oak Hill Country Club on April 21.
April 14, 2016

Companies advance to business competition finals

Two clients of Venture Creations Business Incubator have advanced to the final round of the 2016 Rochester Venture Challenge business competition. The winner receives $25,000.
April 14, 2016

PA student among first to earn BS/MS degree

Meet Alexandra Williams, a fifth-year student in the physician assistant program who is part of the first graduating class to receive a BS/MS degree in the program’s history.