Alumni News

RIT students, faculty, and staff will contribute music, dance, comedy, poetry, photojournalism, and more during the 11th annual Rochester Fringe Festival, which begins Sept. 13 and continues through Sept. 24 in downtown Rochester.

Kasey Portanova '25 (medical illustration) took the initiative to connect with alumnus Kevin O'Neill '86, leading to a valuable internship under his tutelage at The Scranton Times-Tribune.

America’s Got Talent season 16 winner Dustin Tavella will be performing his magic at RIT’s Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend on Oct. 14. Tavella won the show’s top prize of $1 million last year with his act, which blends magic and inspirational messages.

Caralie Fennessey '20 MS (integrative design) is the operations director at Endless Highway, a nonprofit that provides equipment, experiences, funding and partnerships to ensure children and adults with physical disabilities can participate in adaptive and inclusive activities.

RIT's Performing Arts Scholars are smart and academic achievers, inquisitive and curious, creative and imaginative, driven to succeed, do not accept failure, and are goal oriented.

Ph.D. student Jade Myers, who uses 3D print technology to develop upper and lower limb prostheses for amputees, was a top three winner of the nTopology-EOS 2022 Responsible Part Challenge, an international design competition.

By using radio telescopes to study sun-like stars in their death throes, scientists hope to reveal important information about the origin of life-enabling chemicals in the universe. The NSF is awarding a $339,362 grant to a team led by Professor Joel Kastner to conduct such a study.

Our solar system, Duke Ellington’s America, and mysteries of the mind are just some of the 43 classes offered this fall by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at RIT.

Jennifer O’Neil was recently named a KEEN Rising Star, an honor given to recognize a faculty member’s ability to improve student learning and to equip undergraduate engineers with the tools to solve societal problems.

Shehzil Malik '14 MFA (visual communication design) is an award-winning illustrator and designer focused on themes related to human rights, feminism and her South Asian identity.

Seth Meyers, comedian and host of Late Night with Seth Meyers, will be the guest speaker at RIT’s Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend, Oct. 14-16. Other Brick City Weekend highlights being planned include the popular “Dueling Pianos” concerts, family activities, RIT college programming, performing arts, RIT Sports Hall of Fame Ceremony, and a 5K run.

RIT President David Munson welcomed the community for the start of a new academic year with a call to re-energize the campus’s atmosphere to its pre-pandemic level. During his annual President’s Address in Ingle Auditorium this morning, Munson encouraged all RIT faculty, staff, and students to make a new academic year resolution to spend more time face-to-face with one another.