News by Topic: Creativity And Innovation

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  • September 28, 2018

    group of students being handed t shirts.

    RIT launches new brand strategy and identity

    RIT will start telling its story in a more compelling and cohesive fashion with the launch of a new brand strategy. The new brand is derived from rigorous qualitative and quantitative research that includes feedback from target audiences as well as students, faculty, staff and alumni.
  • September 27, 2018

    The three research test sample images are side by side. The photo is of a clear champagne glass with a geometric, rainbow background. The image on the left is very clear, the image in the middle is fairly clear but slightly distorted, and the image on the right is very faded and blurry.

    Research evaluates water-damaged inkjet prints

    The Image Permanence Institute at RIT has received a National Leadership Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services for a research project aimed at the recovery of inkjet collections affected by water disasters.
  • September 27, 2018

    Brandon Hudson stands in a suit with purple lighting on him, speaking about his business at the competition.

    Company led by RIT student wins $250,000

    Brandon Hudson, a fourth-year applied arts and sciences major and CEO of Connexus, won $250,000 at the 76West Clean Energy Competition. Connexus is a heating and cooling control and monitoring company based in RIT’s Venture Creations technology business incubator.
  • September 26, 2018

    An artistic rendition of Leigh Rubin, the left half of the image looking to be illustrated while the other half looks like a normal photo. The split between illustration and real-image falls across the middle of Rubin's face.

    ‘Rubes’ creator named RIT’s first cartoonist-in-residence

    Syndicated cartoonist Leigh Rubin, the creator of Rubes, has been named the first cartoonist-in-residence at Rochester Institute of Technology and will meet with students in RIT’s College of Art and Design, School of Individualized Studies and College of Liberal Arts.
  • September 26, 2018

    A group of people gathered on a short foot-bridge leading into REDCOM Laboratories.

    RIT, alumni honor REDCOM milestone anniversary

    Saunders College of Business is honored to recognize the 40th anniversary of REDCOM Laboratories Inc., a local communications company with many ties to RIT. More than 30 percent of the employees at REDCOM—including the founders and several members of the leadership team—are graduates of RIT.
  • September 18, 2018

    Head-and-shoulders view of man wearing striped polo shirt

    RIT hosts seminar on quantum computing

    Robert “Bo” Ewald, president of D-Wave Computing’s global business and a member of the White House Information technology Advisory Council, presents “D-Wave Systems and Quantum Computing” on Thursday.
  • September 13, 2018

    Austin McChord, David Muson and Brandon Hudson stand together for a photo.

    RIT helps students take an entrepreneurial gap year

    Brandon Hudson is the first student selected for the Gap Year Entrepreneurship Fellows Program, which allows students with an ongoing enterprise to take a year to focus their full attention on the venture. He will receive $15,000 in support and mentoring while also making progress on his RIT degree.
  • September 11, 2018

    Graphic of city of Rochester elements to look like a blocky video game

    MAGIC Center co-sponsors Rochester Game Festival

    Forty tabletop and video game projects created by local college students, faculty and game developers from Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse will be available to play during the second annual Rochester Game Festival on Sept. 15.
  • September 10, 2018

    Learn about engineering leadership programs

    Engineers, scientists, technical managers and other professionals looking to move into mid- and senior-level management positions in high-tech industries can attain the needed product development and leadership skills through programs offered at RIT. Learn more at a webinar on Sept. 26.
  • September 4, 2018

    RIT to open gallery space in historic Sibley Square

    The College of Art and Design is moving its gallery space to the historic Sibley Tower Building in the heart of downtown Rochester, where the newly named exhibition venue will invite the public to engage with RIT through creativity.