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.

April 16, 2015

Three teams win top prizes in Tiger Tank

The winning business ideas are a system to provide real-time feedback to weightlifters, a scarf that can act like a medical mask and a recycling service for sound equipment.
April 14, 2015

Alumnus named 2015 Vanden Brul Award recipient

Serial entrepreneur John Smith ’73 (business administration) will be honored during a luncheon at Oak Hill Country Club on April 21.
April 3, 2015

Student-created video game recognized

Splattershmup, a video game created by a class of 15 RIT students, is being internationally recognized for its creativity and professional polish.
April 1, 2015

Top stories and videos for March

News and a video about RIT’s new solar array were among the most popular last month. Check out all of March’s top stories and videos.
March 20, 2015

RIT students win Rochester Addy Awards

As has become an annual tradition, RIT took several top student honors at the 24th annual American Advertising Awards—known as the Addys.
March 19, 2015

Start-ups with RIT ties compete in contest

Three start-up businesses with strong ties to RIT are among the eight semifinalists for the 2015 Rochester Venture Challenge.
March 18, 2015

CIAS well represented at graphic arts conference

Four School of Media Sciences graduate students and three professors will present at the 67th TAGA Annual Technical Conference next week.
March 18, 2015

IdeaLab, RRHS partner to solve healthcare issues

The spring IdeaLab@RIT featured a two-day brainstorming marathon where four teams of RIT students and their coaches addressed issues faced by Rochester Regional Health System.
March 17, 2015

Timothy Copeland wins GlassLab Design Fellowship

Timothy Copeland, an industrial design graduate student, will receive this year’s GlassLab Design Fellowship, given annually to an outstanding student in the department.
March 13, 2015

CUE helps entrepreneurs reach goals

Six local entrepreneurs graduated from a customized training program to grow their businesses through RIT’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship.
March 10, 2015

Teknic partners with RIT on robotic projects

Engineering staff from Teknic, a Rochester-based manufacturer of motion control components, is working with students and faculty on the TigerBot, a humanoid, autonomous robot.
March 10, 2015

Students practice cybersecurity defense skills

Representatives from Google, Cisco and 11 other sponsors came to RIT to see what cybersecurity students could do at the Information Security Talent Search competition.

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