News Stories

May 14, 2014

RIT honors its outstanding adult students

Three students have received the Outstanding Adult Student award for successfully combining full-time college study with other adult responsibilities.
May 14, 2014

Students share ideas to revitalize Honeoye Falls

Interior design students created concept designs for potential businesses to fill the empty storefronts of Main Street in Honeoye Falls. The designs are on display May 16-26.
May 14, 2014

RIT announces winners of Civic App Challenge

Four RIT students, four alumni and one staff member were among the winners of the 2014 AT&T Rochester Civic App Challenge, a two-month “virtual hackathon.”
May 13, 2014

Business student named Outstanding Senior

Hannah Miller will receive the 2014 RIT Outstanding Female Senior Award, given to a senior who demonstrates academic success in the face of personal challenges.
May 13, 2014

Multicultural Center recognizes campus leaders

The Multicultural Center for Academic Success recognized student, faculty and staff leaders on May 6 at the center’s annual “Celebration of STARS.”
May 13, 2014

Alumna launches weather game app with Al Roker

Katie Linendoll ’05 teamed up with animator Steve Lunny and weatherman Al Roker to create Al’s Weather Rokies app. The cartoon-style game incorporates real-time weather.
May 12, 2014

Former baseball player discusses changing culture

Anthropology professor and former minor leaguer George Gmelch presents “The Changing Culture of Baseball” May 13.
May 12, 2014

Book says ecologists, economists must collaborate

Economics professor Amit Batabyal stresses interdisciplinary research to solve natural resource use, invasive species management and biodiversity conservation problems.
May 12, 2014

East House College Enrichment Program opens June 2

Forty participants of East House Career Services will take part in a two-week college enrichment experience at RIT. Each component of the program mirrors a college experience.
May 12, 2014

Student recognized for research on concrete

Valeria Gonzalez’s work was recognized at the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers annual conference, and her research was awarded the best undergraduate research paper.
May 9, 2014

‘Next Big Idea’ winner a real wake-up call

Three students developed an idea for an alarm clock for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals that is programmed with a smartphone, taking first place and $5,000 in the contest.
May 9, 2014

Health care career website unveiled

A new website dedicated to providing centralized information for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals interested in health care careers is now online.