News Stories

April 10, 2014

RIT properties approved for START-UP NY program

RIT is the first private university to be selected to participate in the state’s START-UP NY business development initiative, officials announced April 10.
April 10, 2014

Student rides cross-country for cancer fundraiser

A Q&A with Kelsey Taylor, a fourth-year photography major who plans to ride her bike cross-country to raise money for the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults.
April 10, 2014

Exhibition highlights creative research

“Research, Scholarship and Creativity in the College of Imaging Arts & Sciences” is currently on view in University Gallery, and a reception will be held April 16.
April 10, 2014

Twyla Cummings wins diversity award

Cummings, senior associate dean of the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, was named the winner of the 2014 Isaac L. Jordan Sr. Faculty Pluralism Award.
April 9, 2014

RIT celebrates graduate students

The first Graduate Education Week at RIT will be held April 14–18 and features speakers, workshops, information fairs and a keynote address and luncheon.
April 8, 2014

Exhibition features work by MFA students

Artwork by students Maggie Pinke, Jay Tyndall and Yuwen Wang will be on display at the William Harris Gallery April 24 through May 7.
April 8, 2014

National math whizzes compete at RIT/NTID

More than 80 sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders from 16 states and Canada attended the ninth annual National Math Competition for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students at NTID.
April 8, 2014

Company co-owners to receive Vanden Brul award

Ronald Ricotta and Michael Nuccitelli, co-owners of Century Mold Inc. and Parlec Inc., have been named the recipients of the 2014 Herbert W. Vanden Brul Entrepreneurial Award.
April 7, 2014

Michelle Lanphear honored by FIRST Robotics

RIT’s Michelle Lanphear, event logistics coordinator, and UR’s Elayne Stewart, judge adviser, were named Volunteers of the Year at the FIRST Robotics Finger Lakes Regionals.
April 7, 2014

RIT hosts Assessment Network of N.Y. conference

The Assessment Network of New York Conference examines the return on investment of a college education and whether students are learning what faculty think they should know.
April 7, 2014

Meet RIT’s 2014 distinguished alumni

Each year, the leaders of the colleges and centers select one graduate from each college who represents the best of RIT. This year, RIT honors 10 distinguished alumni.
April 7, 2014

Student Government rolls out bike share program

A fleet of 20 new orange Fuji Barnebey bicycles will be available for students to borrow. A kickoff event is set for 2–3 p.m. today in the Gordon Field House.