News Stories

September 10, 2013

RIT’s Leadership Institute helps at-risk teens

A program by the Leadership Institute, the Community Place of Greater Rochester and Hillside Family of Agencies helps teens learn skills such as conflict resolution.
September 10, 2013

Fisher-Price project engineer to speak at RIT

RIT alumnus Brian Argauer will open this year’s Engineering Dean’s Alumni Speaker Series with “An Engineer for the Next Generation: Building a Multi-Disciplinary Background.”
September 10, 2013

Lecture addresses the ‘academically adrift’

Richard Arum, a renowned sociologist of education, will discuss critical thinking skills at the second annual Eugene H. Fram Chair in Applied Critical Thinking lecture.
September 10, 2013

Lecturer judges Chilean wine competition

Lorraine Hems joined wine experts from around the world, tasting the best Chilean wines at the Catad’Or W Santiago Wine Awards in Chile in June.
September 10, 2013

RIT celebrates Constitution Day Sept. 16

Leading this year’s discussion is Elizabeth Kaufer Busch, associate professor of American studies at Christopher Newport University.
September 10, 2013

RIT ranked among best regional universities

RIT ranked seventh in the “Best Regional Universities (North)” category in the latest report by U.S. News & World Report.
September 9, 2013

Hundreds of students enjoy NTID’s Apple Festival

The annual Apple Festival, put on by NTID’s Student Life Team since 1998, is a way to introduce first-year students to the organizations available on campus.
September 9, 2013

RIT, URMC partner on cancer screening technology

RIT’s Navalgund Rao is working on photoacoustic imaging, a hybrid technique that combines light and ultrasound waves, to detect prostate and thyroid cancers.
September 9, 2013

Conference center hosts Freescale seminar

Thought-leader Kaivan Karimi will discuss the Internet of Things—considered a new era in computing technology—at the 2013 Designing with Freescale Seminar Series on Oct. 3.
September 6, 2013

RIT Observatory holds open house Sept. 13

The open house is free and open to the public—and weather dependent.
September 6, 2013

NYSP2I accepting grant applications

The New York State Pollution Prevention Institute, housed at RIT, provides financial and technical assistance for projects that promote pollution prevention practices.
September 6, 2013

Saunders Dean ogilvie honored by The PhD Project

Dean dt ogilvie has been inducted into The PhD Project Hall of Fame, established in 2011 to recognize a select few who have inspired many.