Myneco Taylor fondly thinks of Rochester as a small town. That’s why the fourth-year information technology student in RIT’s B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences hadn’t previously given much thought to building her career here. “I hadn’t planned on staying because I

RIT’s School of Photographic Arts and Sciences hosts its first Charles Arnold Lecture Series of the year with a presentation by award-winning documentary photographer Nina Berman. Berman’s talk is at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 7, in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging

The 11th annual RIT Staff Recognition Awards were held Oct. 17. The awards are given to individuals or teams who have excelled in the performance of their duties and created a positive environment for all members of the RIT community. This year’s honorees are:

Kelly Redder, executive director of alumni relations since 2001, has been promoted to assistant vice president. Redder has effectively led the growth and enhanced visibility of RIT’s alumni relations program, according to Lisa Cauda, vice president for development and alumni relations. Redder has instituted new

In addition to the newly dedicated plaza outside the E. Philip Saunders College of Business, several changes inside the college have also taken place. Under the direction of Dean Ashok Rao, the organizational structure within the dean’s office has been re-aligned to provide a

Affordable airfare, clean planes with leather seats, novel snacks like Terra Blue chips, 36 channels of LiveTV and perky service. Today, JetBlue operates a fleet of 126 jets to 51 cities in 21 states and six countries with 550 daily flights. David Neeleman, founder

Introducing “Studio 86,” the newest University News-produced podcast series. Recorded live in Building 86, “Studio 86” features in-depth discussions with RIT newsmakers. In the premiere episode, Mary Lynn Broe, the Caroline Werner Gannett Professor of Humanities, previewed this year’s Caroline Werner Gannett Project. Follow-up episodes

There’s a new, low-cost way for RIT community members to get around town. RIT has reached an agreement with Flexcar, a car-sharing company that specializes in making low-emission and fuel-efficient cars available for short periods of time at low hourly and daily rates. Rates start

RIT’s E. Philip Saunders College of Business has been selected as one of America’s top 121 undergraduate business programs, according to BusinessWeek. The Saunders College is highlighted in the October 2007 soft-cover edition of BusinessWeek Fast Track: The Best Undergraduate B-Schools. This at-a-glance guide

If you or a member of your family has benefited by services provided by a United Way-funded agency, the RIT United Way Steering Committee would like to hear from you. Volunteers are needed to share their stories for the annual United Way campaign posters,

Jorge DГ­az-Herrera, dean of the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, has been appointed to Gallaudet University’s Board of Trustees. He is among six new members to be appointed. DГ­az-Herrera says he has a passion for trying to bring to bear cyberinfrastructure technology