News Stories

April 12, 2013

Robert Rice named distinguished alumnus of NTID

A Distinguished Alumni is selected each year by each of RIT’s nine colleges from a pool of more than 111,000 alumni.
April 11, 2013

Professor builds business on NASA technology

Forty years after Apollo 11 used a silicon wafer to preserve messages to the U.S. from around the world, the concept being used as an archiving system by RIT researchers.
April 11, 2013

New director of Interactive Games and Media named

Tona Henderson has been named director of RIT’s School of Interactive Games and Media. She is an expert in automated classification, structured markup and women in computing.
April 11, 2013

Students honored with Leadership Awards

Students received scholarships from the RIT Leadership Institute Program for their involvement with student organizations on campus and other leadership positions.
April 10, 2013

‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ on NTID stage

The spring production presented by National Technical Institute for the Deaf Performing Arts is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, beginning April 25 at RIT.
April 10, 2013

Student helps to raise money for autism awareness

A Q&A with second-year illustration student Tia Canonico, a member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority at RIT. The sorority is hosting Xi Marks the Spot for autism awareness.
April 10, 2013

RIT recognizes Outstanding Undergraduate Scholars

The scholars will be honored with a ceremony on April 11. High school and community college teachers who had an impact on the students also will be present.
April 10, 2013

RIT project to be featured at conference

RIT’s partnership in a project to improve board oversight of student learning will be highlighted at the 2013 National Conference on Trusteeship April 19–23.
April 9, 2013

Maya Angelou program rescheduled for April 30

“An Evening with Maya Angelou” has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, at the Gordon Field House. Previous registrants will be automatically re-registered.
April 8, 2013

Student connects community with ‘Lines’

Ryan Meadows and his crew are traversing Rochester and Syracuse with 100 canvases to collect 30 lines per canvas—each painted by a volunteer—and producing a short film.
April 8, 2013

Symposium explores Russian literature, music, art

“From Russia With Love” on April 18 includes academic papers, roundtable discussions, musical performances, film screenings, stage productions and book and poetry readings.
April 8, 2013

Events celebrate release of ‘With Fire’

Author Scott Meyer will discuss the artist’s career of Richard Hirsch in two community events.