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  • August 7, 2018

    A 3D printer at work, printing 10 blue, flat, circular objects.

    RIT students learn value of entrepreneurship

    Saunders Summer Startup Program encourages multidisciplinary student teams to jumpstart their ventures in hopes of kick starting real companies. It culminates with Investor Demo Night on Wednesday.

  • August 6, 2018

    Emily Young poses in the doorway of a lounge in Max Lowenthall building.

    Networking trips expose students to opportunities

    Each spring, Saunders College of Business Honors students spend a week visiting companies in different cities. The trips are funded by RIT Trustee Charles Brown Jr. ’79 and his wife, Renee Brown, and are one example of how students are already benefiting from RIT’s $1 billion blended campaign.

  • August 6, 2018

    A portrait photo of Brian Hall.

    Brian Hall named RIT’s Outstanding Alumnus of 2018

    Brian Hall ’78 (MBA) will be honored with the Outstanding Alumnus of 2018 award at the Presidents’ Alumni Ball on Oct. 19 during Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend. The award is the highest honor RIT can bestow upon an alumnus.

  • August 6, 2018

    A group of graduating students from Rochester Prep High School stand on a stage and hold up t-shirts from the colleges they have been accepted into for the fall.

    RIT helps prep Rochester seniors for next step

    The Rochester Prep High School graduating class of 25 students received 96 college acceptances, and 100 percent of these students will attend college in the fall--three of whom will attend RIT.

  • August 6, 2018

    Melanie and Steve Shapiro pose for a photo wearing sweatshirts with the logo of their newest company, Token, on the front of it.

    Inventors develop ring to combat cyber threats

    Husband-and-wife entrepreneurs and RIT graduates Steve and Melanie Shapiro are celebrating the success of their third start-up, Token, an identity technology company that manufactures a biometric, encrypted ring with a fingerprint sensor with two-factor authentication.

  • July 11, 2018

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    Students awarded E. Philip Saunders scholarships

    Three Livingston County students are the recipients of this year’s annual E. Philip Saunders Endowed Business Scholarship. They have been accepted at RIT’s Saunders College of Business, where they will begin classes in the fall.

  • June 27, 2018

    Company develops solar generators for hurricane victims

    David Rodriguez ’92 is the founder of inverSOL, a client company of Venture Creations business incubator that produces solar generator systems. The company will open a manufacturing and retail facility in Puerto Rico to help those living in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

  • June 11, 2018

    Person holding award surrounded by faculty.

    Saunders College names Vanden Brul Award winner

    John “Dutch” Summers, CEO of Graywood Companies, Jasco Heat Treating and Jasco Pharmaceuticals LLC, has been named the 2018 recipient of the Herbert W. Vanden Brul Entrepreneurial Award, which is given to entrepreneurial leaders within the upstate New York region.

  • May 8, 2018

    Man speaking at a podium.

    Saunders College names lab in honor of Sklarsky family

    RIT alumnus and trustee Frank Sklarsky and his family have made a gift to Saunders College of Business to help support costs associated with the Sklarsky Center for Business Analytics, a 800-square-foot space to the right of the entry to Saunders College formally dedicated on May 4.

  • May 4, 2018

    Portrait of Nathan Raw outside of Saunders college of business.

    Research opens doors for business graduate

    Nathan Raw considers himself an expert at providing simple answers to complex questions, thanks to the undergraduate research he has done at RIT’s Saunders College of Business. He says his immersion into research led him to his next chapter as a data scientist for PricewaterhouseCoopers.

  • May 3, 2018

    Gabby Garcia and E. Philip Saunders pose for a photo together with trophy.

    Saunders College hosts young entrepreneurs contest today

    Saunders College of Business at RIT is the host and a sponsor for the 10th annual Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) Saunders College Competition, in which young students compete in a Shark Tank-style competition for the opportunity to advance to the finals.