Research News
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May 25, 2017
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Alumni company makes Top 100 startups list
UNA Smart, touted by developers as an innovative way to brew coffee and tea anywhere and anytime and created by five RIT alumni, was recently named to Brazil’s Top 100 startups list. -
April 19, 2017
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Center for Urban Entrepreneurship offers workshops
RIT’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship is offering a series of free events and workshops for current or aspiring business owners seeking insight into understanding the market environment. -
November 16, 2016
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Professor: High-end chefs’ success starts at home
In a new study, John Ettlie, professor and Rosett Chair for Research at RIT’s Saunders College of Business, found that success as a master chef of haute cuisine depends less on going to culinary school than having an innovative support team along the way. -
September 30, 2016
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Two new companies join Venture Creations
ThermApparel, a garment that helps regulate body temperature, and Positive Science, an eye-tracking system, have joined the Venture Creations business incubator at RIT. -
September 27, 2016
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RIT named in $4.2 million NSF grant
The Upstate New York Alliance for Entrepreneurial Innovation—a partnership of Cornell University, RIT and University of Rochester—has been awarded $4.2 million from the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps Program. -
September 26, 2016
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Venture Creations manager wins award
Bill Jones, manager of business development at RIT’s Venture Creations business incubator, won the Magical Mentor award presented by Upstate Venture Connect. Jones was honored during the 2016 Upstate Unleashed Conference Sept. 16. -
September 23, 2016
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Ebony Miller selected for ‘Forty Under 40’ award
Ebony Miller, interim director of RIT's Center for Urban Entrepreneurship, has been selected for a Rochester Business Journal “Forty Under 40” award. -
September 23, 2016
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RIT student team, alumna win big at Digital Rochester GREAT Awards
A team of RIT students and an RIT alumna won top awards for their innovative creations and technology leadership at the 2016 Greater Rochester Excellence and Achievements in Technology Awards, presented by Digital Rochester Inc. -
September 21, 2016
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Center for Urban Entrepreneurship named finalist for award
RIT’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship is a finalist for the Reshaping Rochester 2016 Robert Macon Award for Urban Innovation, given in recognition for a building, development, or planning effort that has contributed in a unique way to the community. -
February 8, 2016
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RIT announces investments in four research areas
Teams focusing on cybersecurity, health care technology, photonics and unmanned aerial vehicle imaging will each receive up to $1 million over five years. -
February 26, 2014
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Workshop links researchers, business students
The Access Technology Commercialization Workshop is designed to promote commercialization of faculty-developed technology inventions for people with disabilities. -
September 25, 2013
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Center for Urban Entrepreneurship awarded $1.5M
The federal government is investing $1.5 million toward construction and renovation costs for the facility that will house RIT’s new Center for Urban Entrepreneurship.
