News Stories

July 14, 2014

Pollution Prevention Institute awards grants

The New York State Pollution Prevention Institute awarded $455,000 to six projects to help New York companies remain competitive while reducing their environmental footprint.
July 11, 2014

RIT recognized by ‘Fiske Guide to Colleges 2015’

The Fiske Guide to Colleges recognized RIT for its computing, art and design, and engineering programs as well as the co-op program.
July 10, 2014

Women in STEM advocate DiGeronimo addresses teens

JJ DiGeronimo, president of Advancing Women in STEM, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Women in Engineering WE Explore summer program.
July 10, 2014

RIT astronomers help find star ‘necklace’

RIT scientists helped analyze data from the Hubble Space Telescope that could reveal rare insights about elliptical galaxies.
July 10, 2014

Gueldenpfennigs receive prestigious NRS Award

Klaus and Brigitte Gueldenpfennig, top executives at REDCOM Laboratories Inc., will receive the 2014 NRS Award, the highest honor given by RIT’s Nathaniel Rochester Society.
July 9, 2014

Doctoral student shares climate change information

Engineering doctoral student Susan Spencer will be presenting information from her recent trip to Australia as a participant in the Climate Reality Corp. Training.
July 9, 2014

Team unveils Web-based program for shipping routes

RIT researchers contributed to the program, which helps governments and companies choose timely and environmentally sustainable freight transportation options.
July 9, 2014

RIT/NTID team wins NAD College Bowl

For the second consecutive time, a team from NTID won the National Association of the Deaf College Bowl Championship for deaf and hard-of-hearing college students.
July 8, 2014

Students explore video game industry in Germany

Fifteen students spent two weeks touring the German video game industry, a world leader in free-to-play and Web video game design and development.
July 8, 2014

Destler and Johnson pledge $1M to City Scholars

RIT President Bill Destler and Rebecca Johnson continue funding for the program, which provides free tuition to RIT for eligible city students.
July 8, 2014

RIT helps create app featuring historic sites

FLIP: Finger Lakes Interactive Play highlights multiple historic sites in the nine-county area of the Finger Lakes Economic Development Council to enhance visitor experiences.
July 2, 2014

Access technology exhibitors win conference awards

Three exhibitors from the RIT conference on Effective Access Technology received awards for their innovative ideas that could benefit people with disabilities.