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Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 10: Entrepreneurs have lots of ideas. But what does it really take to turn one of those ideas into a viable business? Rich Notargiacomo, director of RIT’s Venture Creations Technology Business Incubator, talks with Brandon Hudson, the first student selected for RIT’s Gap Year Entrepreneurship Fellows program, about the path taken by his award-winning energy services company.

With 1 million new cases of congestive heart failure diagnosed each year, a revolutionary product is making it easier for hospitals to monitor patients with the condition in the comfort of their own homes.  

A diverse set of speakers, including entrepreneurs, social activists and students, will inspire attendees at TEDxRIT, RIT’s independently organized TED event. The talks will be live streamed on Facebook.

Crazy Platez, a high-octane, Rochester-themed game, is now available on the Google Play Store for Android and the App Store for iOS.

Postdoctoral fellow Nicholas Conn hopes to lower the hospital readmission rates of patients with congestive heart failure through a toilet-seat based cardiovascular monitoring system.

The Entrepreneurship Conference at RIT features informational networking sessions, the student Tiger Tank competition and a keynote address from Mark Gentile, founder of Odyssey Software.

Jenny Fleiss, CEO and co-founder of Jetblack and Rent the Runway, will speak Friday as part of the Saunders College of Business Gasser Lecture Series.

Meet Nathan DeMario, a mechanical engineering graduate student and chief technical officer of Phase Innovations.

Meet Anna Sweet ’04 (computer science), the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences 2018 Distinguished Alumna.

Meet Rudi Winsberg ’01 (applied arts and sciences), the School of Individualized Study 2018 Distinguished Alumna/us

Brandon Hudson, a fourth-year applied arts and sciences major and CEO of Connexus, won $250,000 at the 76West Clean Energy Competition. Connexus is a heating and cooling control and monitoring company based in RIT’s Venture Creations technology business incubator.

Brandon Hudson is the first student selected for the Gap Year Entrepreneurship Fellows Program, which allows students with an ongoing enterprise to take a year to focus their full attention on the venture. He will receive $15,000 in support and mentoring while also making progress on his RIT degree.