News Stories

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.
September 5, 2013

Student helping to lead popular campus event

A Q&A with Gabriel Isserlis, co-president of the Humans vs. Zombies club, as the campus-wide game of tag is set to kick off Sunday night.
September 5, 2013

RIT alumni continue child care legacy

Mary Beth Pratt helped to found Child Care Council Inc. while she was attending RIT in the 1970s. The company has grown into a major not-for-profit child care resource.
September 4, 2013

Destler and his banjos featured on WXXI radio show

RIT President Bill Destler, who collects historical banjos, will join host Mona Seghatoleslami on this week’s ‘Arts Friday.’
August 30, 2013

NASA chief technologist visits RIT Sept. 3

NASA’s Chief Technologist Mason Peck will explain the interconnection between technological advancements and space exploration, and what it means back on Earth.
August 30, 2013

Top RIT News stories and videos from the summer

While many students, faculty and staff were away during the summer months, much was happening on campus. Here are some stories and videos you may have missed.
August 29, 2013

‘Unfinished Stories’ links pioneer photographers

Author Janet Zandy parallels the lives and works of Hansel Mieth and Marion Palfi in her book, published by RIT Press.
August 28, 2013

RIT marks 400th anniversary of King James Bible

The exhibition ‘Manifold Greatness: The Creation and Afterlife of the King James Bible’ makes its final stop at the Cary Graphic Arts Collection.