News Stories

August 16, 2013

Program reaches out to city school parents

CausBuzz, developed by a team of RIT students, is a mobile, cloud-based, automated check-in system to increase parental engagement in the Rochester City School District.
August 15, 2013

RIT Day with the Rochester Red Wings on Aug. 24

RIT invites all its alumni, students, faculty, staff, parents and supporters to Frontier Field on Saturday, Aug. 24, for the first-ever RIT Day with the Rochester Red Wings.
August 15, 2013

RIT takes home top prize in film festival

A team of four College of Imaging Arts and Sciences students won the Audience Choice Award at the Sleepless in Lake Placid 24-hour Film Competition.
August 15, 2013

RIT welcomes first-year students

New students moved in Tuesday, and the academic year officially kicked off with convocation Wednesday in the Gordon Field House.
August 15, 2013

Professor encourages deaf students in research

NTID associate professor Peter C. Hauser and six deaf students traveled to England and Portugal to help broaden the participation of deaf students in sign language research.
August 14, 2013

Budding businesses pitch to potential investors

Students in the 2013 Saunders Summer Start-up Program pitched their business ideas to prospective investors, asking for investment, advice and networking connections.
August 13, 2013

City students solve business challenges

Forty junior and high school students from the Rochester City School District will graduate Saturday after completing the Future Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs program.
August 13, 2013

Hospitality students volunteer at PGA Championship

Three students worked alongside event organizers as hosts, servers and guides to the more than 25,000 people who attended the event daily.
August 12, 2013

RIT’s next Big Shot returns to Rochester

After Cowboys Stadium earlier this year, the Big Shot team is preparing to point its lenses at one of Rochester’s natural and iconic spectacles: High Falls.
August 8, 2013

Social bookmarking site receives award

The Research Network, which expands on the capabilities of RIT BookBag—which enable users to share research links with one another—was recognized by Campus Technology.
August 7, 2013

RIT tourism programs touted as among the best

Hospitality and tourism programs at RIT are among the 20 best tourism degree programs in the nation, according to a new ranking.
August 5, 2013

Princeton Review names RIT among best colleges

RIT is again being recognized by The Princeton Review in The Best 378 Colleges as one of the nation’s best universities for undergraduate education.