Business, Management, and Leadership News
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August 6, 2018
![A portrait photo of Brian Hall.]()
Brian Hall named RIT’s Outstanding Alumnus of 2018
Brian Hall ’78 (MBA) will be honored with the Outstanding Alumnus of 2018 award at the Presidents’ Alumni Ball on Oct. 19 during Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend. The award is the highest honor RIT can bestow upon an alumnus. -
August 6, 2018
![A group of graduating students from Rochester Prep High School stand on a stage and hold up t-shirts from the colleges they have been accepted into for the fall.]()
RIT helps prep Rochester seniors for next step
The Rochester Prep High School graduating class of 25 students received 96 college acceptances, and 100 percent of these students will attend college in the fall--three of whom will attend RIT. -
August 6, 2018
![Melanie and Steve Shapiro pose for a photo wearing sweatshirts with the logo of their newest company, Token, on the front of it.]()
Inventors develop ring to combat cyber threats
Husband-and-wife entrepreneurs and RIT graduates Steve and Melanie Shapiro are celebrating the success of their third start-up, Token, an identity technology company that manufactures a biometric, encrypted ring with a fingerprint sensor with two-factor authentication. -
July 5, 2018
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June 12, 2018
![A group of RIT students and parents pose on the mountainside in Croatia, a beautiful city landscape behind them. They hold a banner that reads "Rochester Institute of Technology."]()
RIT students and parents ‘Explore Croatia’
Six students and eight parents spent a week at the end of May in Croatia for “Explore Croatia,” a program sponsored by RIT’s Parent and Family Programs that provided non-credit study-abroad experience. It was the first time a trip was planned for students as well as their parents. -
June 11, 2018
![Team members demonstrate their new 3D printer and young students crowd around them to look and see the machine function.]()
RIT wins grants to expand study-abroad experiences
RIT received two grants from the 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund to provide students new study-abroad experiences in Peru and Colombia. -
May 20, 2018
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April 30, 2018
![Three Clockwyse team members hold up a large check while the CPSI director talks to a crowd about their first-prize accomplishment.]()
Emergency mass notification clock wins STEAM contest
A team of three computer engineering majors has developed a prototype for an emergency mass notification clock, which won the top prize and $5,000 in RIT’s first STEAM competition, sponsored by RIT’s Center for Public Safety Initiatives. -
April 28, 2018
![Zachary smiles at the camera, leaning against an outdoor sculpture behind the College of Liberal Arts.]()
Economics grad aiming for a Ph.D.
When Zachary Grzelka transferred to RIT in his second year as an economics major, he didn’t expect it would be a move that would become a stepping stone to shape his career as a college professor. -
April 16, 2018
![An artistic photo of eggs in a basket, milk in a glass bottle, and a large block of cheese with daisies on top of it.]()
Imagine RIT preview: Testing nutrition know-how
Students in RIT’s nutrition programs have created a tour of calcium-rich foods for Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival.
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March 30, 2018
![Oren Cohn poses for a photo in his RIT Ambulance uniform in front of one of the ambulance vehicles.]()
Student earns national recognition for EMS service
Oren Cohn, RIT Ambulance chief of operations, was honored as EMS Provider of the Year by the National Collegiate EMS Foundation. Cohn was recognized for his leadership role with the all-volunteer campus ambulance team. -
February 1, 2018
![Members of the College Activities Board pose for a photo with T.J. Miller.]()
Student Spotlight: Enriching campus life through CAB
Meet Dimple Joseph, a fifth-year industrial engineering and engineering management major and director of the College Activities Board.
