News Stories

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

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 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 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.
July 17, 2014

‘Resource Magazine’ honors photo school

Resource, a leading photo trade magazine, has recognized the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences as one of the nation’s top photo schools.
July 16, 2014

MotionSavvy co-founder named Deaf Youth Ambassador

Ryan Hait-Campbell, who with three other RIT students started a business to help deaf and hearing people communicate, was honored by the National Association of the Deaf.
July 16, 2014

RIT announces lineup for 2014 Fringe Festival

RIT President Bill Destler on the banjo and his spouse, vocalist Rebecca Johnson, are one of the many acts in this year’s First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival Sept. 18–27.
July 14, 2014

San Francisco opens its Golden Gate to RIT grads

About 2,000 alumni call the Bay Area home and that number is steadily growing. No surprise: The region is a worldwide epicenter for innovation and technology.
July 14, 2014

Grads solve problem, create business