News Stories

March 17, 2015

Timothy Copeland wins GlassLab Design Fellowship

Timothy Copeland, an industrial design graduate student, will receive this year’s GlassLab Design Fellowship, given annually to an outstanding student in the department.
March 17, 2015

Winner announced in 2015 Imagine RIT poster contest

Meagan Daymont, a fourth-year media arts and technology major, created the winning poster design.
March 16, 2015

Computing college dean Andrew Sears leaving RIT

Andrew Sears is taking a new position as dean of Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technologies.
March 16, 2015

Turning old into new

Built with funds from benefactor Susan Bevier, the Bevier Memorial Building is one of the few from RIT’s original downtown campus that still stands today.
March 16, 2015

Hockey fan scores perfect wedding

RIT and Friday the 13th play a huge role in the love story of Eric Ignatowski ’08 and Colleen Fitzgerald ’08.
March 16, 2015

Grad finds sweet spot in video game industry

Anna Sweet ’04 got her first computer in grade school and has been hooked ever since. She now is responsible for business development at Valve Corp.
March 16, 2015

Husband and wife team soars to new heights

After the economy crashed, Jennifer and Will D’Ovidio opened the Aerial Arts of Rochester, where students can learn aerial silks, aerial hoops and ballet barre.
March 16, 2015

Custom co-op forms furniture company

When Seth Eshelman ’06 couldn’t find a co-op his senior year, he decided to create his own. Today, that company focuses on functional sustainable design.
March 16, 2015

Controlling the air inside a masterpiece

Jackie Russo Anderson ’07 helped design an air management system to preserve the Sistine Chapel’s artwork without changing the building’s original structure.
March 16, 2015

Meet the 2015 Distinguished Alumni

The RIT Distinguished Alumni of 2015 will be honored on April 17 in a public ceremony in Webb Auditorium.
March 13, 2015

CUE helps entrepreneurs reach goals

Six local entrepreneurs graduated from a customized training program to grow their businesses through RIT’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship.
March 13, 2015

Travel snafu forces Baja team to think on its feet

After the RIT Baja Race Team’s car was impounded in customs in Brazil, the team built another in three days with the help of other Baja competitors.