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.

February 23, 2017

Gaming students catch Train Jam to GDC

Five RIT game design and development students are on track for the annual Train Jam, a 52-hour video game building event held on an Amtrak train from Chicago to California. The train’s final stop is San Francisco, for the Game Developers Conference Feb. 27–March 3.
February 20, 2017

RIT heads to Game Developers Conference

More than 100 RIT students, faculty, alumni and staff will travel to San Francisco this week to participate in the Game Developers Conference 2017, the world’s largest professional gaming industry event of the year.
February 16, 2017

RIT hosts all-women hackathon Feb. 25–26

The free collaborative programming event creates an inviting and encouraging environment for young women to explore the world of technology, to learn something new and develop the confidence needed to succeed in a competitive tech industry.
February 15, 2017

Alumni pitch business on ‘Shark Tank’

Two Saunders College of Business alumni will pitch their Elephant Pants product line on the ABC network reality TV show Shark Tank in an episode airing Feb. 24.
February 10, 2017

Venture Creations grad partners with Delaware North

Electronic-sports franchise Splyce, a 2016 graduate of RIT’s Venture Creations business incubator, has signed a deal with Delaware North, a global food service and hospitality company.
February 9, 2017

Researcher studying medical device cybersecurity

Mehran Mozaffari Kermani, an assistant professor of electrical engineering, recently received a grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to design security measures for computing systems that will protect wearable and implanted medical devices from cyberattacks.
February 7, 2017

Professor studies print service provider cycle times

A study led by Professor Chris Bondy reveals the primary and costly limitations that are dramatically hampering estimating cycle times for many of today’s print service provider businesses and identifies the desired features of modern estimating systems.
February 2, 2017

Venture Creations company featured in NASA report

Dimension Technologies Inc. was lauded by NASA for its LCD display technology that enables viewers to see full-resolution 3-D images without the need for special glasses or headsets.
January 17, 2017

Engineer researches stress on cell circulation

Jiandi Wan, an assistant professor of microsystems engineering, received a $476,505 award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to better understand blood flow and how cells moving through blood vessels are affected by pressure and friction.
January 16, 2017

RIT named core partner of new robotics institute

RIT’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability is a core academic partner in a new advanced robotics manufacturing institute announced by the U.S. Department of Defense on Jan. 13. The Advanced Robotics Manufacturing Innovation Hub is the 14th Manufacturing USA institute announced and seventh for RIT.
January 16, 2017

Professor discusses cyber situational awareness

Shanchieh (Jay) Yang, department head of computer engineering at RIT, was a plenary speaker and presented a master class on “Network attack simulation: An enabler for cyber situational awareness analytics and training” at the Australasian Simulation Congress and annual conference.
January 11, 2017

RIT experiences ingenuity at CES

More than 170,000 tech enthusiasts gathered from around the globe to experience technology innovation at the 50th anniversary of the Consumer Electronics Show, including dozens of RIT alumni, faculty and students.

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