Alumni News

RIT’s physician assistant program celebrated its 30th graduating class this year, and now its biggest champion, former director and founder Heidi Miller, is preparing to retire at the end of June after nearly 32 years.

13WHAM interviews alumnus Jayden Neal '25 (robotics and manufacturing engineering technology) about his family's startup company, UdderWays, and the Vortex, a new udder washing and sterilization system created by Neal.

Sarah Bono '14 (graphic design) oversees the product design for ESPN’s app, website, and living room devices like TVs and gaming consoles. Wherever ESPN content is found digitally, Bono and her team likely had a hand in the creative process. 

Robert Pearson helped make history when RIT began its microelectronic engineering program in the early 1980s. An RIT alumnus of the electrical engineering program and MicroE’s first faculty hire, Pearson reflected on some of that history—and his place in it—before retiring this summer after more than 40 years.

Quantum Zeitgeist features research by Sonia Lopez Alarcon and Cory Merkel, associate professors in RIT's Department of Computer Engineering, and Mark Danza '25 MS (computer engineering).

Rochester Business Journal features James Gould '85 MS (accounting), president and co-founder of Alesco Advisors LLC, who has been named as the 2025 recipient of the Herbert W. Vanden Brul Entrepreneurial Award, presented by Saunders College of Business.

RIT’s partnership with Rochester Prep High School celebrated its 10-year anniversary.

James G. Gould, president and co-founder of Alesco Advisors LLC and an RIT alumnus, has been named as the 2025 recipient of the Herbert W. Vanden Brul Entrepreneurial Award, presented by Saunders College of Business.

City speaks to blacksmith Ben Spangler '16 (mechanical engineering) about how his backyard forge blends traditional craftsmanship with modern artistry to create hand-forged knives.

Rochester Business Journal highlights the growth of Token, a smart ring built to prevent cyberattacks, which uses technology developed by Steve Shapiro '04 (human computer interaction) and Melanie Shapiro '08 (MBA).

Students around the world will be crossing the stage to become RIT alumni as the global campuses celebrate their 2025 spring commencement ceremonies.

Hockey is constantly evolving, expanding into new communities and welcoming new voices. RIT alumna Julia Takatsuka ’18 (graphic design) is helping lead that change from one of the NHL’s youngest outposts: her native Pacific Northwest.