News Stories

January 18, 2013

Freezefest kicks off Feb. 1

Events include Rail Jam, PuppyFest, comedian Joel McHale, the Evolution of Pogo, a 5K race and more.
January 18, 2013

Windstream donates telecommunications equipment

Windstream, a national provider of advanced network communications, has donated $150,000 in Allworx Internet Protocol-based phones and phone systems to help train students.
January 18, 2013

Students develop heart monitoring system

Three computer engineering students are seeking venture capital support for the BioTelemetrix technology, a non-invasive monitoring device.
January 18, 2013

Professor kicks off film series at The Little

Skip Battaglia, whose work in animated shorts and films spans more than two decades, will introduce the film Zero Dark Thirty and lead a discussion afterward.
January 17, 2013

The Hearst Foundations award $150,000 to NTID

The gift will help fund construction of Sebastian & Lenore Rosica Hall, expected to be completed this fall.
January 17, 2013

RIT recognized as military-friendly school

For the fourth year in a row, RIT was recognized as a military-friendly school in the 2013 Guide to Military-Friendly Colleges and Universities.
January 17, 2013

Saunders College to hold town hall meetings

College seeks ideas in developing a strategic plan and programming for the new Center for Urban Entrepreneurship, expected to open this fall.
January 17, 2013

‘Presidential Papers’ on view at RIT

In celebration of Barack Obama’s inauguration, RIT Archive Collections is hosting an exhibition featuring The Frederick Wiedman Jr. Collection of Presidential Papers.
January 17, 2013

Executive MBA panelists talk Turkey

The International Resource Group is hosting a panel from the E. Philip Saunders College of Business to discuss their findings from company projects conducted in Istanbul.
January 17, 2013

Tutor for Hire offers academic support

The new website allows RIT community members to go online to offer their tutoring skills or find a tutor in their desired subject area.
January 17, 2013

Imagine RIT wins top CASE awards

The Council for Advancement and Support of Education honored RIT with a gold medal for Community Relations and a gold medal in Best Practices in Communications.
January 16, 2013

College of Science hosts speaker series Friday

Stefano Curtarolo, director of the Center for Materials Genomics at Duke University will discuss “Topological Insulators within the Materials Genome Initiative.”