Alumni in the news
Recent highlights of media coverage of RIT alumni
May 2013
- Antietam graduate’s team chased Oklahoma tornado
Rachel Sager ’04 (graphic design) featured, Reading Eagle, May 23 (Web Link) - A final test for college grads: Get a job
Rachel Rosenbaum ’13 (biomedical photographic communications) quoted , Democrat and Chronicle, May 22 (Web Link) - Speaker Alex Kipman to RIT graduates: ‘The world needs you to keep dreaming’
Democrat and Chronicle, May 17 (Web Link) - Justice for labor on the farm
Librada Paz ’03 (mechanical engineering technology) featured, Times Union, May 16 (Web Link) - Fast Start: An eye for a future built on the past
Benjamin Woelk ’12 (professional studies) featured, Rochester Business Journal, May 10 (Web Link) - See new juried art show, fun souvenirs
Amy Margolis ’74 (art and design) mentioned, Democrat and Chronicle, May 9 (Web Link) - Students, faculty show off creative side at Imagine RIT
Democrat and Chronicle, May 4 (Web Link) - Toptica grows with focus on scientific fields
Mark Tolbert ’94 (physics) featured, Rochester Business Journal, May 3 (Web Link) - RIT to induct 6 in Innovation Hall of Fame Friday
Democrat and Chronicle, May 2 (Web Link) - Imagine RIT event to showcase innovation, creativity
Democrat and Chronicle, May 2 (Web Link)
April 2013
- Seven new deacons to be ordained
David Kepler ’91 (electrical engineering technology) featured, Catholic Courier, April 29 (Web Link) - Big Brain Awards 2013
Justin Katz ’08 (film and video) featured, Phoenix New Times, April 25 (Web Link) - Emerging Designers Fashion Show
Vignelli Center for Design Studies referenced, Her Rochester, April 22 (Web Link) - Designs That Help Redefine ‘Craft’
John Liston ’99 (metalcrafts and jewelry) featured, The New York Times, April 18 (Web Link) - ConXion Close-Up: Destiney Fraguada
Destiney Fraguada ’11 (applied arts and sciences) ’12 (professional studies) featured, Democrat and Chronicle, April 15 (Web Link) - Fargo movie theaters offer features for hard-of-hearing, visually impaired
John Neiss ’09 (electrical engineering technology) featured, Inforum, April 7 (Web Link) - Campus stations keep the beat unique
Emily Ziemba, fourth-year professional and technical communications major; Jacob Walsh, second-year media arts and technology major; Arun Blatchley, fourth-year international studies major; and Michael Saffran ’08 (communication and media technologies) quoted, Democrat and Chronicle, April 7 (Web Link) - Man made
Joe Allgeier, technician, 3-D design, and Adam Francey ’03 (illustration) ’11 (fine arts studio) featured, City Newspaper, April 4 (Web Link) - Beirut of the Matter: Ilili Chef Philippe Massoud Brings Upscale Lebanese Dining to Flatiron
Philippe Massoud ’95 (hotel and resort management) featured, The New York Observer, April 2 (Web Link)
March 2013
- Q&A: Kim Jones of Kgrafix Creative Design
Kim Jones ’87 (graphic design) featured, Orange County Register, March 27 (Web Link) - Cowboys Stadium turns into RIT light show
Arlington Voice, March 27 (Web Link) - Rochester technology students choose Cowboys Stadium for Big Shot project
Herald Democrat, March 25 (Web Link) - RIT photographers take ‘Big Shot’ at Cowboys Stadium
Henrietta Post, March 25 (Web Link) - Here’s One, Beautiful Photograph of Cowboys Stadium
RIT Big Shot project featured, Dallas Observer, March 25 (Web Link) - Cowboys Stadium Painted with Light
RIT Big Shot project featured, NBCDFW.com, March 25 (Web Link) - Photo project at Cowboys Stadium draws about 2,400
RIT Big Shot project featured, The Dallas Morning News, March 23 (Web Link) - About 2,400 volunteers gather in Arlington to help organizers by ‘painting with light’
RIT Big Shot project featured, Star-Telegram, March 23 (Web Link) - Hot Wax Painting and Chain Saws: New HAM exhibition at Hunterdon Art Museum
Howard Werner ’77 (woodworking and furniture design) featured, Hunterdon County Democrat, March 22 (Web Link) - RIT to host career fair
Henrietta Post, March 18 (Web Link) - Niagara’s coach has RIT roots
Democrat and Chronicle, March 13 (Web Link) - Veteran’s award-winning art on display at Canandaigua VA
Kurt Carlson ’82 (glass) featured, Messenger Post Newspapers, March 12 (Web Link) - WSU bringing hospitality program to Vancouver
Russell Brent ’97 (hotel and resort management), ’98 (service management) quoted, Vancouver Business Journal, March 8 (Web Link) - Detroit Rapper Sean Forbes Connects Being Deaf and Hearing Music
Sean Forbes ’08 (multidisciplinary studies) featured, Vibe, March 6 (Web Link) - Archiving Innovations Preserve Essential Historical Records
P.R. Mukund, professor of electrical engineering, and Ajay Pasupuleti ’02 (electrical engineering), ’07 (microsystems engineering), featured (page 126), Spinoff, March 6 (Web Link) - Deaf rapper wants you to feel his music
Sean Forbes ’08 (multidisciplinary studies) featured, Democrat and Chronicle, March 5 (Web Link) - Area skaters on U.S. team for World Deaf Hockey Championship
Miles Gates ’12 (graphic design) quoted, Erie Times-News, March 4 (Web Link) - Downingtown grad Scott Vosbury is Oscar winner
Scott Vosbury ’04 (film and animation) featured, Daily Local News, March 3 (Web Link) - Potters’ Workshop welcomes new instructor, plans classes
Po-Wen Liu ’99 (ceramics) featured, Hickory Daily Record, March 2 (Web Link) - New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin reunites with former RIT players
Democrat and Chronicle, March 1 (Web Link) - RIT’s Chris Saracino hopes to go out with a roar
Democrat and Chronicle, February 28 (Web Link)
