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  • August 22, 2017

    Students pitching business idea at Investor Demo Night

    Students pitch business ideas to investors

    The Saunders Summer Startup Program held its Investor Demo Night, in which the 11 teams that spent the summer working on their business ideas got the chance to pitch their ventures to potential investors.

  • August 7, 2017

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    RIT well represented at Digital Rochester awards

    The 2017 Greater Rochester Excellence and Achievements in Technology Awards, presented by Digital Rochester Inc., recognize the Greater Rochester community’s entrepreneurial spirit in technological achievement for advancing commerce and resource conservation.

  • June 16, 2017

    Portrait of Joseph M. Lobozzo II

    RIT honors entrepreneur Joseph M. Lobozzo II

    Joseph M. Lobozzo II, founder of JML Optical Industries Inc., is the recipient of the 2017 NRS Award, the highest honor given by RIT’s Nathaniel Rochester Society. The award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding and significant contributions to the university’s advancement.

  • May 25, 2017

    A professional, black and white photo of the UNA team with the UNA logo and the Top 100 2017 Brasil logo.

    Alumni company makes Top 100 startups list

    UNA Smart, touted by developers as an innovative way to brew coffee and tea anywhere and anytime and created by five RIT alumni, was recently named to Brazil’s Top 100 startups list.

  • May 15, 2017

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    RIT student entrepreneur wins business competition

    Kailey Bradt, a student in RIT’s Master of Science in product development program from Corning, N.Y., won first place and $10,000 in the “Products” category at the eighth annual New York Business Plan Competition for OWA Haircare, a waterless shampoo product.

  • May 12, 2017

    People rigging sailboats

    Nine-credit course pushes critical thinking

    “The Meaning of Things—in Three Objects” encourages critical thinking/entrepreneurship—where students study three objects (the sail, the harmonica and the game) and reflect on their design, history, social and cultural past.

  • May 6, 2017

    Person demonstrating augmented reality at event

    A decade of innovation, creativity engages thousands

    The 10th Imagine RIT festival drew big crowds, despite cool and rainy weather. Tens of thousands came to experience nearly 400 exhibits in science, technology, engineering, fine arts and mathematics, including student research projects and displays organized by campus clubs.

  • May 4, 2017

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    Saunders College hosts youth business competition

    Saunders College of Business at RIT is hosting the ninth annual Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) Saunders College Competition on Friday. Ninety-two semifinalists representing 35 states will be at RIT to present their business plans to a panel of judges.

  • May 3, 2017

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    Venture Creations teams win big in competition

    Two clients of the Venture Creations Business Incubator at RIT—Empire Medicinals and ThermApparel—have won the top prizes at the 2017 Rochester Venture Challenge business competition, hosted by High Tech Rochester.

  • May 1, 2017

    Professor and Students posing with check

    BAGMAG wins top prize in Next Big Idea competition

    Four teams of deaf and hard-of-hearing students from NTID went head-to-head April 26 during The Next Big Idea Competition, a Shark Tank-style business competition. BAGMAG, a hands-free solution for making skateboards easily portable on the back of a backpack, won first place.