News by Topic: Entrepreneurship

The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well at RIT. Thanks to resources and programs from the Saunders College of Business and the Simone Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, students are encouraged to take their out-of-the-box ideas and develop them into a fully realized products and business ventures.

  • November 15, 2016

    Picture of RIT's Magic building

    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.

  • October 24, 2016

    Venture Creations launches three new companies

    RIT’s business incubator, Venture Creations, is celebrating the graduation of Council Rock, Splyce and TouchStream Solutions on Tuesday. The event will feature a networking reception and a keynote address.

  • October 7, 2016

    portrait of Jie Qiao.

    Symposium highlights female scientists

    The international symposium “Global Women of Light,” organized by RIT associate professor Jie Qiao, features female scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs working in optics and photonics and celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Optical Society.

  • October 3, 2016

    Reddit co-founder headlines SCB lecture series

    Alexis Ohanian, the 33-year-old co-founder of the website Reddit, will speak Oct. 14 as part of the Saunders College of Business Gasser Lecture Series. He will discuss “Think like a startup: Insights from a digital entrepreneur and startup investor.”

  • September 30, 2016

    Two new companies join Venture Creations

    ThermApparel, a garment that helps regulate body temperature, and Positive Science, an eye-tracking system, have joined the Venture Creations business incubator at RIT.

  • September 27, 2016

    RIT named in $4.2 million NSF grant

    The Upstate New York Alliance for Entrepreneurial Innovation—a partnership of Cornell University, RIT and University of Rochester—has been awarded $4.2 million from the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps Program.

  • September 26, 2016

    RIT to welcome hundreds of entrepreneurship experts

    This weekend, more than 425 entrepreneurship experts will arrive in Rochester, as the city showcases two universities’ entrepreneurial expertise and endeavors as well as dynamic growth, excellence in programming and the impact on the local community and beyond.

  • September 26, 2016

    Venture Creations manager wins award

    Bill Jones, manager of business development at RIT’s Venture Creations business incubator, won the Magical Mentor award presented by Upstate Venture Connect. Jones was honored during the 2016 Upstate Unleashed Conference Sept. 16.

  • September 21, 2016

    Center for Urban Entrepreneurship named finalist for award

    RIT’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship is a finalist for the Reshaping Rochester 2016 Robert Macon Award for Urban Innovation, given in recognition for a building, development, or planning effort that has contributed in a unique way to the community.

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