Alumni News

  • February 2, 2017

    Professor posing for camera

    Associate professor wins early career award
    Nathan Cahill, associate dean for industrial partnerships in the College of Science and an associate professor, was named a Rising Researcher by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, for his contributions to defense and security research.

  • February 1, 2017

    Logo for "The Princeton Review: Best colleges"

    RIT featured in ‘Colleges that Pay You Back’
    RIT is recognized by The Princeton Review in the 2017 edition of Colleges That Pay You Back: The 200 Schools That Give You the Best Bang for Your Tuition Buck. Ratings were based on academics, cost, financial aid, graduation rates, student debt, and alumni salaries and job satisfaction.

  • February 1, 2017

    Professor posing for camera

    Datto CEO McChord to give commencement address
    RIT alumnus Austin McChord, founder and CEO of the widely acclaimed technology company Datto Inc., will be the keynote speaker for the university’s 132nd commencement celebration.

  • January 26, 2017

    RIT President speaking at event

    David C. Munson Jr. introduced with high hopes
    David C. Munson Jr., who will follow retiring RIT President Bill Destler, received a standing ovation when he was introduced to the community in the Gordon Field House on Wednesday. Students, faculty and staff say they are excited to meet and work with the new president.

  • January 25, 2017

    Professor posing for camera in chair

    David C. Munson Jr. named RIT’s 10th president
    David C. Munson Jr. was introduced to the community today as Rochester Institute of Technology’s 10th president. Munson, who will assume RIT’s top post July 1, was introduced by RIT Board Chair Christine Whitman at a community-wide event this morning in the Gordon Field House.

  • January 19, 2017

    Picture of person eating leaf with blindfold on

    Dyer Arts Center opens 2017 with three exhibits
    The Dyer Arts Center hosts “(Re)Invention,” a traveling exhibition from the Kennedy Center; an exhibit with works from the personal collections of faculty artists from RIT/NTID’s Visual Communication Studies Department; and an exhibit on “Shakespeare in American Deaf History.”

  • January 13, 2017

    Hands making a cross with the New York City Skyline

    RIT to expand student anti-terrorism initiative
    It’s Time: ExOut Extremism, an online initiative to combat violent extremism that started as a classroom assignment, has been awarded $149,000 from the Department of Homeland Security.

  • January 11, 2017

    Three people posing for camera

    RIT experiences ingenuity at CES
    More than 170,000 tech enthusiasts gathered from around the globe to experience technology innovation at the 50th anniversary of the Consumer Electronics Show, including dozens of RIT alumni, faculty and students.

  • January 10, 2017

    Person posing for camera in hallway

    Alumnus to receive Academy Award
    Brian Cantwell ’99 (film and animation) is a member of the team at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) that will be recognized for its design and development of ILM’s facial performance-capture solving system.