News Stories

August 4, 2014

Family ties pull graduate into restaurant business

Thomas Provo has emulated and updated the family diner model with his Charred American Bar + Grill, which opened a little more than a year ago in Mount Morris.
August 4, 2014

Outstanding alumnus has long history of giving

A. John Bartholomew ’60 will be honored for his ongoing support with the Outstanding Alumnus of 2014 award at the Presidents’ Alumni Ball during Brick City Homecoming.
August 4, 2014

7 ways to reduce your carbon footprint

Here are seven simple steps that will get you well on your way to going green without breaking the bank, by senior sustainability advisor Enid Cardinal.
August 4, 2014

Changing the story one college fair at a time

Kenneth Holley is an undergraduate admissions volunteer. Over the past five years, he has represented RIT at events in the New York City area and in Cincinnati.
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 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.