Future generations of RIT students, faculty and staff will be able to reflect on the university’s 175th anniversary when they crack open a time capsule decades or perhaps centuries from now. Inside the time capsule are treasures commemorating RIT’s history.

Lyndsey Fisher’s curiosity led her to war-torn Kosovo to see for herself the issues facing the U.N. protectorate. She traveled to the region for a week last fall on a visit to the American University in Kosovo, one of RIT’s partner universities, with Jim Myers, director of...

In 1982, Brian Gonzales entered the world 10 minutes ahead of his twin brother. Not to be outdone, on May 21, Kevin Gonzales will beat his “older” brother to a college diploma by a full half hour. Not to say that either had input on the timing of these milestones.

During the past 30-plus years, the College of Business has graduated from small to big business for RIT. The college is ranked in the top 4 percent of undergraduate business schools (U.S. News & World Report) with 16,500 alumni worldwide in 50 states and 38 countries.

Offshore outsourcing of American jobs is reshaping the future of the United States workforce. In his new book, Outsourcing America: What’s Behind Our National Crisis and How We Can Reclaim American Jobs, Ron Hira seeks to give readers a clear understanding of the phenomena that are exporting highly skilled jobs to other countries.

New discoveries coming from a National Technical Institute for the Deaf-based research program are grabbing the attention of media and people suffering from age-related hearing loss. Since 1991, NTID’s founding director, D. Robert Frisina...

RIT’s Human-Powered Vehicle team finished with the second fastest time and earned sixth place overall in NASA’s 12th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race last month in Huntsville, Ala. RIT and 28 other college teams from 14 states, Germany and Puerto Rico traversed...

The RIT Information Security Office has issued a new security standard for desktop and portable computers. Effective June 1, all users of RIT-owned or leased computers are required to keep operating system patches up to date and run up-to-date anti-virus software, a personal firewall...

Susan Riley ’81 could easily play a starring role in a Donald Trump-like reality-television series about a self-reliant businesswoman who rides the elevator to the top of the corporate world and never comes down.
“I encourage women to be independent and not be afraid...

John Ettlie has been “granted” two wishes. He was recently awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to work on a joint project, Collaborative Research: Service Innovation, with Professor Stephen Rosenthal of Boston University.

Whether it’s a photograph of a homeless person or a portrait of Mrs. Smith and her prize-winning bundt cake, Loret Steinberg says photographers have to focus on more than taking a good picture. “It’s not enough for the photographer to show up and just begin recording...

It’s a job seeker’s oasis. Imagine dozens of potential employers, all gathered in one location waiting to meet you. Paradise arrived for RIT students last month at the Gordon Field House and Activities Center. The Spring 2005 Career Fair featured representatives from 85 companies...

The 2005-2006 state budget includes additional funding for two key initiatives of RIT’s Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies. CIMS will receive $400,000 to continue and expand its Remanufacturing Outreach program with industry.

If you took a bowl of spaghetti and tipped it upside down, you might create a scene that resembles Mammoth Cave. More than two million people visit Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky each year for a glimpse of this winding 365-mile long underground maze.

A week after RIT commencement ceremonies in Henrietta, RIT will reprise the occasion in Dubrovnik, Croatia—the home of RIT’s branch campus, the American College of Management and Technology.

Remote sensing techniques may help an RIT biology professor and her students observe the elusive otters that live in Black Creek. Lei Lani Stelle, assistant professor of biological sciences, and a group of 11 students are studying the success of the New York River Otter Project that reintroduced...

The job of an art critic or music critic is to express an opinion about an artist’s style. Xerox Corp., along with RIT faculty and students, has created its own kind of style critic—technology that checks the aesthetics of documents, such as print advertisements or Web sites.

Interested in sharing a piece of RIT with a friend? Then and Now is a new a book of 23 postcards that will be available at Campus Connections during Commencement weekend. The postcards illustrate a slice of RIT’s 175-year history.

RIT is home to one of the fastest computers in the world. The gravitySimulator is a special-purpose computer designed to simulate the evolution of galaxies. Built by RIT physics professor David Merritt, the computer sits...

Along with the ongoing reconstruction of the main campus entrance to RIT, Jefferson Road is also undergoing a “facelift” with significant improvements underway by the New York State Department of Transportation.

There are 20 individuals who drive or wield influence over significant local issues in the Greater Rochester area, according to Rochester Business Journal.