Social media technologies are transforming education, politics, business, and the way people interact with each other. RIT professors and social media researchers have embraced social media to engage their students and inspire innovation. [more]

Tiger sports are in full swing at RIT as our teams compete with high expectations for tournament berths. Get the latest scores and highlights now. [more]

Professor, Researcher, Mentor: Dr. Suzanne O’Handley, associate professor, and Joshua Thomson, junior biochemistry student, work side-by-side exploring potential novel antibiotic targets. [more]

Medicine and Technology Connected Through Innovation: RIT and Rochester General Health System have formed a strategic alliance to capitalize on education and research programs. [more]

Our annual Convocation ceremony kicks off the academic year as RIT welcomes its largest class ever. More than 2,650 freshmen moved onto campus and became Tigers. [more]

Outdoor Orientation: Six incoming students traversed the High Peaks region of the Adirondack Mountains as part of a new pre-orientation outdoor program. Participants say the excursion eased the anxiety associated with heading off to college. [more]

Putting RIT on the 'viral' map and showcasing some creative interactive media, the following entries won RIT's first ever [more]

RIT Commencement: Ursula Burns, the incoming chief executive officer of Xerox, delivered a keynote address during RIT’s 124th annual commencement. ABC’s World News was on campus to feature Burns’ remarks. [more]

Advancing Multimodal Imaging: Dr. Maria Helguera is conducting research designed to advance the use of positron emission tomography (PET), X-ray computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). [more]

Biomedical Engineering: Professors in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering, are using computational modeling and experimental methods to simulate and predict cardiovascular and respiratory systems within the body. [more]

Analyzing crime in real time: Mayor Robert Duffy and Professor John Klofas are collaborating to make communities safer. Klofas leads a multi-agency partnership designed to enhance the use of technology in crime analysis. [more]

Transportation systems modeling: Dr. Nabil Nasr, director of the Golisano Institute, and researchers Patrick Villaume and David Keegan monitor the system health of vehicles. [more]

From preserving images to preserving archives: James Reilly, director of RIT’s Image Permanence Institute, is well known for his research on the effects of temperature and humidity on library archives, and museum collections. [more]

Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity festival featured RIT President Bill Destler’s Green Vehicle Challenge. Ten entries competed to build vehicles that could consume less energy than Destler’s electric bicycle. [more]

Lauren Tracy reviews a shot for the making of her senior thesis film 427 Suitcases. Tracy, a senior in the School of Film and Animation, has created a filmmakers award for female students called “The X-Factor Filmmakers Fund.” [more]

Not many universities can lay claim to owning their own island, but students at RIT certainly have bragging rights to theirs. [more]

Four-time Pulitzer Prize winning photographer and RIT alumnus William Snyder is back in the RIT classroom, inspiring future photojournalists to be passionate about their craft. [more]

Student soars in and out of the classroom—Ian Tewksbury has been flying high since he first touched down on the RIT campus. [more]

Found in space—John Glenn, Eileen Collins and Rochester’s Pamela Melroy are among the public faces of space exploration. RIT alumni at NASA’s Johnson Space Center are part of the team making space missions possible. [more]

Athletics keeps business student ‘on track’—Kathrine “Kat” Springate works as a recreation attendant in RIT’s Hale-Andrews Student Life Center. The accounting major is also an avid track and cross-country competitor. [more]

RIT professor captures beauty and science in award-winning image—An image of a rapidly spinning string, shot by Andrew Davidhazy, won an honorable mention in the sixth annual International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge. [more]

RIT researchers work on bio-robotic prostheses—Robots may be the solution for people who are struggling to regain the use of their limbs, thanks to a research team that includes engineers and students from RIT. [more]

Student team takes flight on NASA’s ‘Weightless Wonder’ aircraft—Three recent graduates and one student from RIT’s imaging and photographic technology program experienced human spaceflight without leaving earth’s orbit. [more]