News

October 26, 2017

Student-run company heads to Hello Tomorrow global summit

Two RIT students have taken their revolutionary hair care product all the way to Europe for the unique opportunity to engage and brainstorm with investors, innovators and industry experts. Their student-run company, OWA Haircare, has been named to the Top 500 deep-tech startups worldwide.
October 23, 2017

RIT hosts annual entrepreneurship conference Friday

Entrepreneurship experts will share their words of wisdom with aspiring business owners during the 13th annual Entrepreneurship Conference at RIT. The event features information sessions, networking opportunities, student competition and a keynote address.
October 19, 2017

SCB dedicates Philip R. Tyler Active Learning Classroom

Saunders College of Business dedicated the new Dr. Philip R. Tyler Active Learning Classroom in honor of an associate professor emeritus of marketing who taught at RIT for 38 years.
October 18, 2017

Four companies graduate from business incubator

Venture Creations, the business incubator at RIT, celebrated the launch of four new businesses: Token, Impact Earth, Optel and Turbett Surgical, which makes a surgical container, shown here, designed to save time in preparing and delivering surgical instruments to the sterile field.
October 12, 2017

Grad’s gift completes Saunders College Challenge

RIT has received a $3 million gift from Joseph M. Lobozzo II ’95 (Executive MBA) to conclude the Saunders College of Business Challenge initiative.
October 9, 2017

Saunders College celebrates 10th anniversary

The celebration on Oct. 11 will unveil a permanent wall display featuring many of business school namesake E. Philip Saunders’ lifelong contributions to the business world.
October 4, 2017

NFL’s Dawn Hudson headlines Gasser lecture series

Dawn Hudson, the NFL’s executive vice president and chief marketing officer, will share some of her career strategies for brand success at Saunders College of Business Gasser Lecture Series on Oct. 13.
October 3, 2017

2017 Distinguished Alumnus: Meet Gerald McCue

Meet Gerald McCue ’80 (MBA), the Saunders College of Business 2017 Distinguished Alumnus.
September 14, 2017

Student Spotlight: Meet the man behind The RIT Newsman

Noah Chrysler is a fourth-year new media marketing major who aims to creatively publicize campus events through his RIT Newsman videos.
September 8, 2017

Raj Murthy named McClure Research Professor

Saunders College of Business at RIT has named Raj Murthy the J. Warren McClure Research Professor of Marketing. He is only the second professor to hold the position, following Professor Emeritus Eugene Fram.
August 22, 2017

Students pitch business ideas to investors

The Saunders Summer Startup Program held its Investor Demo Night, in which the 11 teams that spent the summer working on their business ideas got the chance to pitch their ventures to potential investors.
August 3, 2017

Yin-yang partners in love and business

Michael Murphy and Sau Cheng are globe trotters, business partners and co-founders of Wonka Lab, which they refer to as “adventure networking.”