News Stories

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.
July 24, 2014

Students jumpstart businesses in summer program

Saunders Summer Startup is a small-business launchpad where young innovators with bright ideas form interdisciplinary teams to start real companies.
July 23, 2014

Director of Center for Imaging Science steps down

Stefi Baum has accepted the position of Dean of Science at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada, effective Oct. 1.
July 22, 2014

RIT hosts Undergraduate Research Symposium Aug. 8

More than 180 undergraduate students will showcase their projects at the 23rd annual RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium Friday at the RIT Inn and Conference Center.
July 22, 2014

Dyer Arts Center exhibit features photos, drawings

Justin Wallace and Dennis Revitzky will showcase their work in “Revitzky: 50 Years of Drawing & Wallace: The Shoe” in Dyer Arts Center Aug. 4-25.
July 22, 2014

RIT names executive director of CMS

A University of Alabama director and African-American culture scholar will join RIT Aug. 1 as the executive director of the Center for Multidisciplinary Studies.
July 21, 2014

RIT mourns passing of deaf pioneer Robert Panara

Robert F. Panara, author, poet, historian and international authority on deaf figures in literature, and NTID's first deaf professor, died July 20. He was 94.
July 17, 2014

Report highlights successes of The Wallace Center

TWC Impact 2013-14 uses personal stories to showcase how The Wallace Center has helped students, faculty and staff achieve academic, professional and personal goals.