News Stories

November 4, 2015

RIT students vying for Hasbro top prize

“Hexes!!, The Card Game“, created by five RIT students, is one of five finalists in the Hasbro Gaming Lab and Indiegogo “Next Great Game“ contest.
November 4, 2015

Students work with Mozilla to help research world

Four software engineering students from RIT are teaming up with Mozilla to create a discovery tool that will be used by researchers around the world.
November 4, 2015

Amenda Quartet to perform at RIT

RIT's Performing Artists Concert Series presents the Amenda Quartet. The Quartet will perform Mozart and Beethoven at 8 p.m. on Friday in Ingle Auditorium.
November 3, 2015

Professor wins award from entertainment industry

David Long, chair of the motion picture science BS program, has received the Kodak Educational Award from the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.
November 3, 2015

Academics to world leaders: stop global warming

An open letter warning world leaders of climate change initiated by Lawrence Torcello, assistant professor of philosophy, has been signed by more than 1,500 academics.
November 2, 2015

RIT secures $1 million for undergrad scientists

With help from the Fred L. Emerson Foundation, RIT has established a $1 million endowed fund to support undergraduate research in the College of Science.
October 30, 2015

NTID 50th anniversary reunion dates announced

The 50th anniversary of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf will culminate in a reunion on campus June 28 through July 1, 2018.
October 30, 2015

First Collegiate Pentesting Competition Nov. 7-8

A new competition at RIT will allow students to attack cybersecurity problems from a different vantage point. Competitors will attack networks, rather than purely defend them.
October 30, 2015

Student interns with senator

Meet Chaitali Chanda, a fourth-year economics and criminal justice major who is interning with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's Rochester office.
October 29, 2015

MAGIC director briefs Congress on video games

Andrew Phelps, director of the MAGIC Center, participated in a briefing for members of the U.S. Congress to stress the vibrancy of the game development industry on Tuesday.
October 29, 2015

RIT appoints director of NanoPower Research Labs

Seth Hubbard, associate professor of physics and astronomy, has been named director of the university's NanoPower Research Laboratories.
October 29, 2015

New metal alloy may yield green cooling technology

A promising new metal alloy system could lead to commercially viable magnetic refrigerants and environmentally friendly cooling techniques, according to RIT research.