News Stories

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.
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.