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  • February 2, 2018

    Daniel Burge, left, and Jean-Louis Bigourdan in button down shirts standing in front on books.

    Image Permanence Institute receives major grants

    RIT's Image Permanence Institute has received $544,198 in grants from the Division of Preservation and Access at the National Endowment for the Humanities to support two major education and research initiatives.

  • January 26, 2018

    Student uses 3D ceramic printer.

    3D ceramic printing on the rise

    Last February, the ceramics program in RIT's School for American Crafts hosted Bryan Czibesz for a three-day workshop during which students and College of Imaging Arts and Sciences faculty worked with the visiting artist to create a 3D printer from scratch.

  • January 21, 2018

    portrait of artist Wendell Castle.

    Renowned artist Wendell Castle dies at 85

    Wendell Castle, treasured Artist in Residence at RIT and widely recognized as the 'father of the art furniture movement,' died in his Scottsville, N.Y., home on Jan. 20. He was 85 years old.

  • January 2, 2018

    Students and faculty involved in the Character Mosaic project.

    RIT project addresses dearth of minority characters in 3D animations

    Discouraged by an underrepresentation of minority characters in 3D-animated works, two School of Film and Animation faculty launched the Character Mosaic Project. The initiative aims to build a library of ethnically diverse, well-built characters that are free of charge to independent animators/filmmakers and students around the globe.

     

  • December 11, 2017

    graphic for board game called Lost and Found.

    Professor launches games about religious legal systems

    A team of interdisciplinary researchers, designers and developers led by Owen Gottlieb, an assistant professor of interactive games and media at RIT, has produced two first-of-their-kind table-top games that aim to promote and enhance the public understanding of religion and law.

  • November 21, 2017

    Luvon Sheppard showing an illustration.

    Master's program 'like family' for artists who teach

    For nearly half a century, the School of Art in RIT's College of Imaging Arts and Sciences has offered a unique, one-year master's program for highly motivated students seeking to become certified in teaching art to students in kindergarten through 12th grade.

  • November 21, 2017

    student working on woodworking project.

    Graduate programs offer cutting-edge education

    Today, RIT offers 73 master's programs, with 14 new programs added in just the past 10 years. And the number of master's programs is likely to grow even more in the near future.

  • November 21, 2017

    Child playing on a mat

    Venture Creations companies compete for $1M prize

    Two companies at RIT's Venture Creations business incubator, including the developer of the eye-tracking software pictured here, have been selected to compete for the $1 million grand prize in the New York state-funded Luminate NY accelerator program.

  • November 21, 2017

    Bill and Brenda Michaels pose next to the entrance of their Cider Mill, holding a jug of their cider.

    Couple turns cider mill into destination

    Bill and Brenda Michaels like to tell people that they have three children and their oldest child is never going to leave the house. That oldest child is their business, Fly Creek Cider Mill & Orchard in Central New York.

  • November 21, 2017

    Ryan Steenberg hitting a golf ball at a competition, his arm and club still extended in the air.

    Graduate's career takes an unexpected swing

    In 2009, Ryan Steenberg graduated from RIT with a master’s degree in medical illustration. Seven years later, Steenberg was runner-up in the 2016 World Long Drive Championship.