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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October 30, 2015
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First Collegiate Pentesting Competition Nov. 7-8
A new competition at RIT will allow students to attack cybersecurity problems from a different vantage point. Competitors will attack networks, rather than purely defend them. -
October 29, 2015
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Five companies graduate from Venture Creations
Venture Creations, RIT’s business incubator, celebrated the launch of five new businesses at a graduation ceremony yesterday. -
October 28, 2015
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RIT websites among W3 ‘best of the Web’
For the fourth year in a row, RIT Production Services has been recognized for its website designs, taking one gold and two silver awards in the 2015 W3 design competition. -
October 27, 2015
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Successful first flight for RIT SPEX group
Sunday morning, the RIT Space Exploration group launched a high-altitude weather balloon that soared higher than 99,000 feet before bursting and landing somewhere in Maine. -
October 26, 2015
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RIT takes third in national design competition
An interdisciplinary team of RIT students was awarded third place in the national Paperboard Packaging Alliance's 2015 Student Design Challenge. -
October 26, 2015
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Tiger Tank 2015 names winners
The Tiger Tank competition came to a close at the 12th annual Entrepreneurship conference last Friday. ShoRaq, an intuitive shopping interface, took first place. -
October 21, 2015
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Steven Sasson leads engineering seminar Oct. 23
Steven Sasson, inventor of the digital camera and member of RIT’s Imaging Hall of Fame, will discuss the story of that invention at noon on Friday in the Xerox Auditorium. -
October 20, 2015
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NTID co-hosts cyber security conference Oct. 22-23
NTID will co-host the New York Cyber Security and Engineering Technology Association’s Fall Conference Oct. 22–23. The event includes workshops, demos and presentations. -
October 20, 2015
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Robert Latorre headlines conference Oct. 23
Award-winning photographer Robert Latorre, inventor of ’The Big Freeze’ camera system, will headline the RIT Entrepreneurs Conference on Oct. 23. -
October 15, 2015
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SPAS hosting photo contest on Instagram
The School of Photographic Arts and Sciences is holding a photo competition over social media for students in high school and community college programs. -
October 14, 2015
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‘Father of the Internet’ Vint Cerf visits Oct. 16
Vint Cerf, Google’s vice president and chief Internet evangelist, will discuss his ideas for avoiding a digital dark age for the Golisano College’s Dean’s Lecture Series. -
October 13, 2015
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MAGIC Center welcomes social media expert Oct. 22
Amy Vernon, social media etiquette guru, says the internet is not at fault for cyber-bullying, and will explain why at 1 p.m. Oct. 22 in Student Innovation Hall.
