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.
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January 4, 2013
Registration open for business plan contest
Registrations are being accepted for the 2013 Rochester Regional Business Plan Contest, which recognizes, rewards and promotes early-stage start-up companies. -
December 17, 2012
Students offer design ideas for project in Turkey
RIT students collaborated with Kadir Has University in Istanbul, creating proposals for designs that incorporated old tires into an urban park in Istanbul. -
December 12, 2012
App helps track down perfect gift
RIT alumnus Joseph Peters ’09 launches Facebook app called Spoil Me! that is a gift registry for any occasion. -
December 12, 2012
School for American Crafts hosts Holiday Sale
Students selling ceramic, glass and wood wares and jewelry at annual sale. -
December 11, 2012
Teams to research effective access technology
RIT has awarded more than $100,000 in seed funding to 15 faculty-led student teams in an effort to spur research that will assist people with disabilities in the community. -
December 4, 2012
Top stories and videos for November
Coverage of NTID’s Todd Pagano being named U.S. Professor of the Year topped last month’s list of top RIT news stories. Check out all of November’s most popular stories. -
November 30, 2012
RIT ranked among world’s best design schools
School of Design is ranked 11th among “The World’s 25 Best Design Schools” in a new survey conducted by Business Insider magazine. -
November 28, 2012
Professors research optics through innovative math
Kara Maki and David Ross aim to improve the design process of contact lenses with help from a portion of a multi-university, $3.8 million federal research grant. -
November 27, 2012
RIT to participate in global hack-a-thon
Random Hacks of Kindness is made up of a community of more than 5,500 innovators developing open source technology to address some of the world’s most complex issues. -
November 16, 2012
RIT announces partnership with high-tech firms
The university hosted a demonstration of advanced manufacturing equipment for printed electronic devices and a discussion of the new university-industry partnership. -
November 15, 2012
Computing ‘rock star’ opens ARM Developer Day
Rob Bishop of Raspberry Pi Foundation to discuss group’s mini computing system Nov. 30. -
November 14, 2012
Business incubator honors graduates
Exiscan, OptiCool Technologies, Sweetwater Energy, Tenrehte, ThingWorx and Vnomics have graduated from Venture Creation’s Clean Energy Incubator.