News Stories

December 11, 2014

RIT wins state funding for MAGIC Spell Studios

RIT has received $1.5 million as part of the $80.7 million awarded to the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council.
December 10, 2014

Clean Snowmobile Team hoping for first competition

Meet John Bulzacchelli, fifth-year mechanical engineering technology student and president of the Clean Snowmobile Team, which was founded two years ago.
December 10, 2014

Season premiere of ‘Undercover Boss’ features grad

True Value president and CEO John Hartmann ’85 will rely on his experiences as an FBI agent when he investigates the frontlines of his company in Undercover Boss.
December 9, 2014

Beware of online scams this shopping season

RIT’s Information Security Office offers tips on how to safely shop online.
December 9, 2014

Renowned graphic design educator joins CIAS

Anne Ghory-Goodman, an award-winning graphic designer and educator, has joined the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences as a visiting scholar.
December 9, 2014

RIT expands relationship with AGI

The Vignelli Center for Design Studies will host Alliance Graphique International’s foundation operations.
December 8, 2014

Re-energize with ‘Destination Intersession’

Destination Intersession, hosted by The Wallace Center, is designed to help faculty renew and re-energize between academic terms.
December 8, 2014

FIRST Robotics kicks off 2015 season on Jan. 3

This year’s game will be announced at the national FIRST Robotics Kick-Off event during a live, worldwide telecast that will include FIRST founder Dean Kamen.
December 8, 2014

RITz dinner returns to prohibition era

This year’s guests will be treated to the decadent delights of a 1930s prohibition-era speakeasy to mark the 30th anniversary of the annual black-tie dinner.
December 8, 2014

Famine project is lesson in global engagement

For 20 days this fall, Kaitie Spaude fed herself on the equivalent of $1 a day—her take on an assignment to explore a region of the world. She picked a slum region of Nairobi.
December 8, 2014

RIT welcomes photo giant Clay Patrick McBride

Clay Patrick McBride, widely recognized in the photo industry for his striking portraits of top athletes and musicians, joined RIT this fall as a guest lecturer.
December 3, 2014

Engineering students raise thousands for charity

The students in engineering professor Robin Borkholder’s project management class worked this semester to raise more than $9,000 for local nonprofit agencies.