Alumni News

The future of occupational therapy is on display at RIT in a suite of cutting-edge laboratories that support RIT’s new doctorate in occupational therapy.

WHAM-TV speaks with RIT alumnus Joe Burke '89 (graphic design) following his successful appearance on ABC’s Shark Tank, pitching his product, Ollyball, to investors and landing a $250,000 investment with Shark Lori Greiner.

RIT's Baja team captured first place at the Baja SAE Ohio competition, outperforming 83 collegiate teams from around the world. The win positions RIT Baja No. 2 in North America for the 2026 season.

Artist Christine “CK” Sun Kim ’02 has been named a 2026 MacArthur Fellow, a prestigious award known as a “genius grant” that comes with an $800,000 stipend.

Rochester Institute of Technology alumnus Joe Burke ’89 (graphic design) turned his innovative idea into reality by accepting an offer on the hit TV show Shark Tank.

Check out some of the great things our Saunders alumni are doing around the globe.

To help students stand out in a competitive job market, RIT alumni recruiters attending the University-Wide Career Fair on Sept. 23 shared advice on networking, showing initiative, and building confidence. The Career Fair featured more than 200 local, regional, and national companies.

Rochester Business Journal features alumna Jennifer Hungate '13 (civil engineering technology), founder of Hungate Construction, discussing her path to business ownership and efforts to expand opportunities for women in the construction industry.

Hands-on educational experience is key to future innovation, and students in RIT’s Freshman Imaging Project receive it as soon as they step foot on campus.

Researchers at RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf have collaborated with Google to test new AI technology that converts sign language into text in real time.

RIT’s decades-long partnership with the federal Landsat program will continue with a $2.2 million grant from NASA.

Kevin Sheldon ‘02 (management information systems), chief people officer of Arcadia and chief operating officer of CareJourney, has endowed a scholarship in the name of Debbie Kingsbury ‘95 (applied arts and sciences) ‘98 (MS, career and human resource development), former assistant dean of the College of Art and Design and one-time academic advisor in Saunders College of Business.