News Stories

August 6, 2015

Professor co-chairs international conference

Jie Qiao is the general co-chair of the international conference on Ultrafast Optics UFO X in Beijing. The biennial event is expected to draw 200 scientists from 20 countries.
August 5, 2015

NTID receives $4 million boost for DeafTEC program

The National Science Foundation awarded $4 million to DeafTEC: Technological Education Center for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students.
August 5, 2015

Center for Detectors adds astrophysicist

Michael Zemcov will join RIT this fall from the California Institute of Technology, where he served as an affiliate scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
August 5, 2015

RIT collaborates with Ithaca on teacher program

Qualified RIT undergraduate science students will be able to pursue graduate-level coursework in the Ithaca College teacher education program as part of a new agreement.
August 4, 2015

Student e-motorcycle team impresses professionals

The e-vehicle team participated in the 2015 eMotoRacing Varsity Challenge at the New Jersey Motorsports Park and was awarded a $1,000 scholarship.
August 4, 2015

Crush turns into love at homecoming

Bonnie Harriman ’06 and Jake Brunner ’08 ended up at the same bar during Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend in 2011 and hit it off. The couple married on May 8.
August 4, 2015

Saldinger honored for outstanding volunteer work

Scott Saldinger ’91 will receive the RIT Volunteer of the Year award for his involvement in one of the largest RIT alumni chapters and two Big Shot projects.
August 4, 2015

Brenneman named Outstanding Alumnus of 2015

Andrew Brenneman ’86, ’88 will be honored for his ongoing support of RIT with the Outstanding Alumnus of 2015 award.
August 4, 2015

Graduate masters art of oil business

When Clancy Cottman ’77 was a student at RIT, he made art from scratch through his photography. Today, he builds wealth from scratch in the oil and gas business.
August 4, 2015

Princeton Review names RIT among best colleges

The education-services company features RIT in the just-published 2016 edition of its annual book The Best 380 Colleges.
August 4, 2015

Alumnus part of Pulitzer Prize-winning team

David Carson ’94 is now one of eight RIT graduates who have won a combined 12 Pulitzer Prizes.
August 4, 2015

Grad makes career pulling off the impossible

Mitch Klaif ’79, who doesn’t have a technology education, was named senior vice president and chief information officer for Time Warner Inc.