News Stories

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.
August 27, 2013

Grant fuels ‘Rochester Bridges to the Doctorate’

A $2.1 million grant to the University of Rochester Medical Center and NTID will help deaf and hard-of-hearing students who are pursuing graduate degrees.
August 27, 2013

RIT Formula Racing hosts open house Aug. 31

The team will provide an overview and presentation in the Xerox Auditorium anad a tour of the machine shop where the Formula car is built.
August 26, 2013

RIT to celebrate semester conversion

Students, faculty and staff will gather Aug. 29 to celebrate the efforts of everyone involved in helping the university move from a quarterly academic calendar to semesters.