In the News

Follow the latest news related to the Festival.

2013

May 6 - RIT engineering senior design projects to be recognized at conference
May 4 - Experiencing the future
May 3 - Cute animals and mobile gaming inspire student exhibit at Imagine RIT
May 2 - Live at Imagine RIT: Video shoot with Channel 13 WHAM
April 15 - Imagine RIT set for May 4
April 1 - Paper tiger design wins 2013 Imagine RIT poster contest

2012

May 24 - An underwater view of Imagine RIT
May 23 - Imagine RIT exhibits honored
May 7 - Record crowd ‘experiences the future’ at Imagine RIT
April 30 - Open your eyes and draw at Imagine RIT
April 27 - Imagine RIT exhibit gives visitors the chance to reach out to presidential hopefuls
April 16 - Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival Returns May 5

2011

Nov. 7 - E-Dragster Race Brings Fresh Spark to Imagine RIT
May 9 - Entrepreneurship Abounds at Imagine RIT
April 27 - Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival Returns May 7
April 18 - Student Creativity Unleashed in Imagine RIT Video Contest
April 12 - Building a Technological “Magic Kingdom”
April 8 - RIT Develops Mobile Application for Real-Time Digital Conversion
March 25 - Imagine This: Festival Helps Students Succeed

2010

May 2 - Imagine RIT draws record crowd, 32,000 visitors
May 2 - RIT shows off ingenious products from creative minds
May 1 - Thousands attend Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival
May 1 - RIT on TV News: Imagine RIT
May 1 - RIT on TV News: Imagine RIT
April 30 - RIT on TV News: Imagine RIT preview
April 8 - RIT events combines science, imagination

2009

May 4 - SEESCYT enviara comision festival Innovacion
May 2 - RIT on TV News: Imagine RIT
May 2 - RIT on TV News: Imagine RIT
May 2 - Imagine RIT Festival Dazzles 25,000 Visitors
May 2 - Green Vehicle Challenge Kicks Off Second Imagine RIT Festival
May 1 - RIT on TV News: Imagine RIT Preview
May 1 - “Imagine RIT”-Art, Technology and Science = Creativity Fest
May 1 - Imagine RIT
Apr. 30 - Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival promises something exciting for visitors of all ages
Apr. 30 - RIT gears up for annual Imagine RIT innovation festival (May 2)
Apr. 30 - RIT on TV News: Imagine RIT Preview
Apr. 24 - Be Amazed. Be Astonished. Be Inspired.
Apr. 23 - Printable Donates Fusionpro Server to RIT
Apr. 21 - 11 days remain until the return of Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival
Apr. 20 - Imagine RIT is almost here
Apr. 14 - RIT President invites Barack Obama to RIT event
Apr. 14 - Imagine RIT rally and poster unvieling
Apr. 13 - Rally Tomorrow Touts Return of Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival
Apr. 13 - Why not invite President Obama to the Imagine RIT Festival?
Apr. 13 - RIT on TV News: President Obama Invitation
Apr. 9 - Imagine RIT Spotlight
Mar. 26 - Imagine RIT Spotlight
Mar. 26 - Rochester General Health System named festival partner
Mar. 24 - ‘Inside Imagine RIT’ Wins Prestigious 2009 Silver Telly Award
Mar. 12 - Imagine RIT exhibit proposals pour in
Feb. 26 - Imagine RIT: Project Showcase
Feb. 12 - Viewpoints- A look ahead to this year’s Imagine RIT Festival
Jan. 29 - Destler issues ‘Green Vehicle Challenge’ for Imagine RIT
Jan. 15 - Imagine RIT (Jan. 23)
Dec. 11 - Viewpoints- ImagineRIT: A student’s imagination at work

2008

May 13 - Hear part two of ‘roving reporter’ coverage of the first Imagine RIT Festival on the RIT news podcast “Studio 86 ‘On the Road’: Imagine RIT
May 6 - Hear part one of ‘roving reporter’ coverage of the first Imagine RIT Festival on the RIT news podcast “Studio 86 ‘On the Road’: Imagine RIT
May 5 - Rush-Henrietta Post: Hotdog robot can cut the mustard
May 3 - R News: ‘Imagine RIT’ Fest Draws Thousands
May 2 - R News: A New Family Festival of Creativity
Apr. 15 - Hear Barry Culhane discuss the festival in this week's "Studio 86" podcast
Apr. 3 - Highlighted Exhibit: Walk-In Mobius Trihedral Kaleidoscope
Apr. 1 - Both sides now
Apr. 1 - Can you Imagine?
Mar. 14 - PAETEC leads sponsorship of Innovation and Creativity Festival
Mar. 14 - Highlighted Exhibit: Human everyday movement
Mar. 11 - Rochester Business Journal: PAETEC to sponsor RIT’s first innovation festival
Mar. 11 - 13 WHAM News: RIT chock full of creativity
Feb. 21 - Highlighted Exhibit: Exposure to toxic pollutants
Feb. 14 - Higlighted Exhibit: The Steel Bridge
Jan. 17 - News & Events update on the Festival
Jan. 17 - ‘Imagine RIT’ poster contest
Dec. 14 - Video of Imagine RIT Informational Session
Dec. 10 - Video of President Destler inviting the RIT family, the Rochester community and the world to the inaugural Fest
Nov. 30 - Celebrate innovation and creativity on May 3 (A message from the President)
Sept. 6 - Destler: Imagine RIT as the first ‘innovation university’
Aug. 30 - Imagine what RIT can be (President Destler first mentions the Innovation Festival)

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