News Stories

April 20, 2015

William Harris Gallery hosts group thesis exhibit

“Solve for X” explores the questions, perspectives, frustrations and wonderment of life’s journey and runs April 23 through May 7.
April 20, 2015

RIT scientist chosen as educator ambassador

Astrophysicist Brian Koberlein is one of nine educators to participate in the Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program.
April 17, 2015

Wordistry seeks creative new words at Imagine RIT

The Wordistry exhibit at Imagine RIT encourages visitors to create new words, such as “ignention,” “textversate” and “techista.”
April 17, 2015

Companies with RIT ties win business competition

Splyce eSports won first place and Mendon Precision won second in the 2015 Rochester Venture Challenge. Both companies were founded by RIT alumni.
April 17, 2015

RIT launches Tessoni Endowed Chair in Accounting

Dan Tessoni, the Saunders College of Business’s Forman Chair for Collaboration and an esteemed member of the RIT faculty since 1974, will be honored at a ceremony April 21.
April 17, 2015

RIT honors 2014-15 Outstanding Undergraduate Scholars

RIT honored 104 students on Thursday whose academic and personal achievements have made them this year’s Outstanding Undergraduate Scholars.
April 17, 2015

RIT named among nation’s leading ‘green colleges’

RIT, for the fifth consecutive year, has been named one of North America’s greenest universities by The Princeton Review.
April 17, 2015

Petitions for change give students a greater voice

Launched in September by RIT Student Government, the PawPrints online petition program has helped bring several changes to campus.
April 16, 2015

Andre Hudson awarded Erskine Fellowship

Biochemist Andre Hudson will give lectures and conduct research at University of Canterbury in New Zealand as part of the Erskine Fellowship.
April 16, 2015

Purdue dean gets first Kate Gleason Medal

Purdue University dean of engineering Leah Jamieson is being recognized with the first Kate Gleason Medal for Leadership in Engineering Education.
April 16, 2015

Three teams win top prizes in Tiger Tank

The winning business ideas are a system to provide real-time feedback to weightlifters, a scarf that can act like a medical mask and a recycling service for sound equipment.
April 15, 2015

Facebook security director to speak April 23

Jennifer Lesser Henley, director of security operations at Facebook, will discuss the state of cybersecurity as part of the GCCIS Dean’s Lecture Series.