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.

January 10, 2017

Alumnus to receive Academy Award

Brian Cantwell ’99 (film and animation) is a member of the team at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) that will be recognized for its design and development of ILM’s facial performance-capture solving system.
January 9, 2017

Researcher presents at Consumer Electronics Show

Callie Babbitt, associate professor in the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, presented the initial results of a comprehensive materials baseline study for all consumer electronics sold into the U.S. market for the past 25 years at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 7.
January 4, 2017

RIT to lead new Manufacturing USA Institute

Golisano Institute for Sustainability was selected today by the U.S. Department of Energy, as part of its Manufacturing USA initiative, to lead its new Reducing Embodied-Energy and Decreasing Emissions (REMADE) Institute.
January 3, 2017

RIT alumnus named Forbes ‘30 Under 30’

RIT alumnus Sean Petterson landed on the prestigious 2017 Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ list in manufacturing and industry. Petterson, who graduated from RIT in 2013 in industrial design, is a founder of the industrial safety products company StrongArm Technologies Inc.
December 12, 2016

Professor gets grant to help gaming scholars

Owen Gottlieb, assistant professor in the School of Interactive Games and Media and research affiliate in the MAGIC Center, received a National Science Foundation grant to design a capacity-building program tailored to early-career scholars.
December 8, 2016

Venture Creations welcomes two new companies

Empire Medicinals, a biotech manufacturer, and Dimension Technologies, a research and development company, have joined RIT’s business incubator, Venture Creations.
December 7, 2016

RIT launches MicroMasters program in cybersecurity

Starting in March, learners can begin the RIT Cybersecurity MicroMasters program with edX, the leading nonprofit online learning destination. Upon completing the five-part program, learners can apply to RIT and may be awarded nine credit hours toward their degree requirements.
November 16, 2016

Professor: High-end chefs’ success starts at home

In a new study, John Ettlie, professor and Rosett Chair for Research at RIT’s Saunders College of Business, found that success as a master chef of haute cuisine depends less on going to culinary school than having an innovative support team along the way.
November 15, 2016

RIT officially launches MAGIC Spell Studios

RIT today launched the building that will house MAGIC Spell Studios, a first-of-its-kind effort in higher education that will link RIT’s internationally ranked academic programs with high-tech facilities needed to commercialize computer gaming, film and animation, and digital media projects.
November 11, 2016

Students compete in cybersecurity competition

College students from Maine to California traveled to RIT to test their hacking skills in the annual Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition. University of Central Florida took home the top trophy in the competition, while University at Buffalo placed second and RIT placed third.
November 10, 2016

Local video game developers, entrepreneurs visit

Brothers Karthik and Guha Bala, co-founders of video game giant Vicarious Visions, will speak on Monday in Student Innovation Hall.
November 1, 2016

RPO performs music from Legend of Zelda

The concert, featuring music and scenes from the Legend of Zelda video game and a panel discussion afterward, is co-sponsored by RIT, RIT’s MAGIC Spell Studios and Upstate Region Interactive Technologies Hub.

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