News Stories

August 4, 2014

Becki the Car Hunter

For the past four years, Becki Chernoff ’00 (mechanical engineering) has specialized in finding vintage Mercedes-Benzes for Mercedes Motoring in Glendale, Calif.
August 4, 2014

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August 4, 2014

Life is good for ‘Breaking Bad’ cinematographer

AMC’s Breaking Bad became the “pinnacle of creativity” for Michael Slovis ’76, who developed his love of visual storytelling as an undergraduate at RIT.
August 4, 2014

Volunteers of the Year see results of their effort

Lisa and Patrick Talty are RIT’s Volunteers of the Year for 2014 and will receive the award during the Presidents’ Alumni Ball on Oct. 17 during Brick City Homecoming.
August 4, 2014

Saunders grad gets top scores on CPA exam

Adena Thomson earned one of the highest overall scores in the world and was recognized by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants as a top CPA exam performer.
August 1, 2014

Boys and girls from near and far attend NTID camps

Thirty-five deaf and hard-of-hearing teens from around the country attended the six-day TechBoyz and TechGirlz technology camps at RIT/NTID, including a boy from Alaska.
July 31, 2014

French student earns 2014 Turkman Scholar Award

International engineering student Karine Florent was recently named the 2014 Ibrahim Renan Turkman Scholar in recognition of her outstanding academic achievements.
July 28, 2014

U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce tours RIT

U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce Jay Williams toured several RIT facilities July 24, including the Golisano Institute for Sustainability and the MAGIC Center.
July 28, 2014

RIT Press publishes biography on Vignellis

Through research and personal interviews, Lella and Massimo Vignelli: Two Lives, One Vision documents the Vignellis’ minimalist and structured design method.
July 25, 2014

RIT gets nearly $100,000 for fuel cell research

Golisano Institute for Sustainability has received nearly $100,000 from the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology to fund fuel cell research.
July 24, 2014

Professor chronicles 127 years of printing history

Frank Romano’s History of the Linotype Company, published by RIT Press, chronicles the history of one of the landmark typesetting and printing industries.
July 24, 2014

Teen girls explore STEM careers

Girls going into 10th-12th grades explored possible careers in engineering, science, technology and mathematics during WE Explore, hosted by the Women in Engineering program.