Alumni News
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July 28, 2014
RIT Press publishes biography on Vignellis
Through research and personal interviews, Lella and Massimo Vignelli: Two Lives, One Vision documents the Vignellis’ minimalist and structured design method. -
July 24, 2014
Professor chronicles 127 years of printing history
Frank Romano’s History of the Linotype Company, published by RIT Press, chronicles the history of one of the landmark typesetting and printing industries. -
July 22, 2014
RIT hosts Undergraduate Research Symposium Aug. 8
More than 180 undergraduate students will showcase their projects at the 23rd annual RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium Friday at the RIT Inn and Conference Center. -
July 16, 2014
RIT announces lineup for 2014 Fringe Festival
RIT President Bill Destler on the banjo and his spouse, vocalist Rebecca Johnson, are one of the many acts in this year’s First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival Sept. 18–27. -
July 14, 2014
San Francisco opens its Golden Gate to RIT grads
About 2,000 alumni call the Bay Area home and that number is steadily growing. No surprise: The region is a worldwide epicenter for innovation and technology. -
July 10, 2014
Gueldenpfennigs receive prestigious NRS Award
Klaus and Brigitte Gueldenpfennig, top executives at REDCOM Laboratories Inc., will receive the 2014 NRS Award, the highest honor given by RIT’s Nathaniel Rochester Society. -
June 4, 2014
Datto Inc. joins START-UP NY program
RIT applied its START-UP NY certification to entice one of its alumni to open a New York office of his highly successful Connecticut-based company. -
May 29, 2014
Alumni donor challenge: ‘Rally for RIT’
Rally for RIT—taking place June 1–12—is a challenge to alumni to make 1,829 gifts to RIT in 12 days to commemorate RIT’s founding on June 12, 1829. -
May 22, 2014
RIT names interim dean of Saunders College
Jacqueline Mozrall, professor and senior associate dean of the Kate Gleason College of Engineering, will lead Saunders College while a national search is underway. -
May 20, 2014
Tiger Tales: RIT launches Toastmasters chapter
Established this past January, the chapter is sponsored by RIT’s Office of Graduate Studies and has 21 members consisting of students, faculty and staff. -
May 19, 2014
Engineering students build camera rig for the Met
Seven students from the Kate Gleason College of Engineering installed a Vertical X-Y Camera Rig they designed and built for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. -
May 14, 2014
RIT announces winners of Civic App Challenge
Four RIT students, four alumni and one staff member were among the winners of the 2014 AT&T Rochester Civic App Challenge, a two-month “virtual hackathon.”