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.

February 22, 2013

RIT inducts 4th class into Innovation Hall of Fame

Six people—each pioneers and visionaries in their respective fields—will be inducted into RIT’s Innovation Hall of Fame on May 3.
February 20, 2013

RIT launches Albert J. Simone Innovation Series

The speaker series aims to introduce the investment and business community to innovative and entrepreneurial research being conducted by RIT’s faculty.
February 15, 2013

RIT launches new research center for digital media

RIT is creating the Center for Media, Arts, Games, Interaction and Creativity (MAGIC), which will provide research, development, education and entrepreneurial activities.
February 11, 2013

RIT student invents way to locate sunken vehicles

Jordan Darling has invented Retriever, a beacon to help locate submerged personal watercraft, which could save thousands of dollars in search and retrieval costs.
February 11, 2013

RIT hosts Design and Vision Competition

The Saunders College of Business invites students from across campus to enter a Design and Vision Competition to renovate RIT’s new downtown Center for Urban Entrepreneurship.
January 22, 2013

RIT students take the lead in Adirondack Cup

A team of students from the E. Philip Saunders College of Business is ahead of its competitors—17 schools from across the Northeast—in the mock portfolio competition.
January 18, 2013

Students develop heart monitoring system

Three computer engineering students are seeking venture capital support for the BioTelemetrix technology, a non-invasive monitoring device.
January 17, 2013

Saunders College to hold town hall meetings

College seeks ideas in developing a strategic plan and programming for the new Center for Urban Entrepreneurship, expected to open this fall.
January 16, 2013

Imagine RIT: Call for proposals

The Imagine RIT Program Committee is issuing a call for proposals to participate in this year’s festival on May 4. The submission deadline is March 29.
January 4, 2013

Registration open for business plan contest

Registrations are being accepted for the 2013 Rochester Regional Business Plan Contest, which recognizes, rewards and promotes early-stage start-up companies.
December 13, 2012

Alum creates cancer research crowdfunding website

David Fuehrer ’02, ’03 is seeking partnerships for cureLauncher, an online community that helps to bring new treatments to people more efficiently.
December 12, 2012

App helps track down perfect gift

RIT alumnus Joseph Peters ’09 launches Facebook app called Spoil Me! that is a gift registry for any occasion.

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