News Stories

February 28, 2013

Alumna, family create award for students

RIT alumna Ashley Aberg is hoping an award created by her family will provide substantial financial assistance to RIT students looking to promote their research.
February 26, 2013

RIT faculty members win seed funding for research

The annual Grant Writers’ Boot Camp helps principal investigators propose and manage externally funded projects by focusing on the art of persuasive grant writing.
February 26, 2013

Survivors come together at art showcase March 11

Rochester Institute of Technology will host “You Are Not Alone: Voices of Survivors of Violence,” 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Monday, March 11, in the Campus Center Bamboo Room.
February 25, 2013

RIT celebrates International Women’s Day March 8

From noon to 2 p.m., RIT will host a tulip giveaway in the Student Alumni Union lobby honoring the contributions of women on campus and around the world.
February 22, 2013

12 groups receive NYSP2I’s Community Grants

The New York State Pollution Prevention Institute has announced recipients of its 2012–2013 Community Grant Program.
February 22, 2013

RIT inducts 4th class into Innovation Hall of Fame

Six people—each pioneers and visionaries in their respective fields—will be inducted into RIT’s Innovation Hall of Fame on May 3.
February 21, 2013

Dyer Arts Center hosts photo exhibition

‘Time & Again’ highlights more than 150 of Professor Tom Policano’s print media images.
February 21, 2013

Computing security chair receives award from IBM

Sylvia Perez-Hardy, an associate professor and chair of the newly created Department of Computing Security, received a $25,000 Faculty Award from IBM.
February 20, 2013

Business students earn Google AdWord grant

New media marketing students won $10,000 to help develop an online advertising campaign for the CURE Childhood Cancer Association.
February 20, 2013

RIT launches Albert J. Simone Innovation Series

The speaker series aims to introduce the investment and business community to innovative and entrepreneurial research being conducted by RIT’s faculty.
February 19, 2013

Clean Snowmobile team dashing through the snow

The new RIT Clean Snowmobile team will compete in its first national event March 4–9.
February 19, 2013

Callie Babbitt receives CAREER award

Babbitt will study the sustainable management of lithium-ion batteries that are discarded after use in electric vehicles and modern consumer electronics.