News by Topic: Creativity And Innovation

Breaking barriers is a specialty at RIT. Our students, staff, and faculty are always at the forefront, developing innovative technical solutions to today’s problems.

June 11, 2015

RIT joins Pioneer University program

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Pioneer Universities are dedicated to accelerating a global transition to a regenerative, circular economy.
June 4, 2015

RIT works with Staples on sustainability video

“Small choices, Big Impact,” created in the studios at RIT Production Services, illustrates the importance of sustainable purchasing decisions.
June 3, 2015

Adobe sponsors new media senior projects

Senior new media design and new media interactive development students collaborated on creating digital products for the cross-disciplinary course.
May 15, 2015

Professors present ideas at TEDxFlourCity

Sustainability engineer Callie Babbitt will discuss the emergence of industrial ecology and astrophysicist Sukanya Chakrabarti will talk about dark matter and dwarf galaxies.
May 6, 2015

RIT receives $495,608 federal grant

The Golisano Institute for Sustainability received the National Institute of Standards and Technology grant to help accelerate the growth of advanced manufacturing.
May 6, 2015

Sound recognition system wins business competition

A team of NTID students developed Hz Innovations, a system to alert homeowners of important sounds in the home, and won the grand prize in “The Next Big Idea” competition.
May 2, 2015

2015 Imagine RIT Festival packs some STEAM

A ‘flying cars’ challenge launched a perfect spring day with about 35,000 people experiencing more than 400 exhibits in science, technology, engineering, the arts and math.
April 30, 2015

Students’ video game helps children learn to read

At the Imagine RIT festival, visitors can play a prototype of “Remy and the Book of Rhymes,” a free, educational video game.
April 29, 2015

Experience world of virtual reality at Imagine RIT

Students in RIT’s School of Film and Animation are developing a virtual reality movie system that will immerse viewers into a cinematic experience at Imagine RIT on May 2.
April 23, 2015

RIT honors 386 researchers

RIT honored 386 researchers who secured funding for fiscal year 2014, serving as either principal or co-principal investigators on active research.
April 23, 2015

NYSP2I announces winners of student competition

The Research and Development student competition and K-12 student poster competition provides students across the state the opportunity to solve sustainability issues.
April 20, 2015

William Harris Gallery hosts group thesis exhibit

“Solve for X” explores the questions, perspectives, frustrations and wonderment of life’s journey and runs April 23 through May 7.

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