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June 7, 2017
RIT students win top prizes at MIT hackathon
Archit Jha and Rohan Patel, human-computer interaction master’s students, took home top honors and cash prizes for creating apps that help those with epilepsy and mental health disorders during the MIT Hacking Medicine Grand Hack. -
May 22, 2017
RIT team creates high-speed internet lane
Researchers at RIT are developing a faster and more reliable way to send and receive large amounts of data through the internet. By creating a new network protocol, researchers are essentially developing a new high-speed lane of online traffic, specifically for emergency information. -
May 22, 2017
Girl Scouts honor RIT’s women in STEM groups
RIT’s Women in Computing and Women in Engineering programs were honored with the Commitment to Excellence Award from the Girl Scouts of Western New York for their dedication to encouraging young girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math. -
May 15, 2017
Division of Diversity honors students, alumnus
The Division of Diversity & Inclusion hosted A Celebration of Excellence on May 3 and presented Beacon Awards to three students—Maria Smith, Rashik Sikder and Brendan John—as well as alumnus Orlando Ortiz ’04, ’08. -
May 10, 2017
Student to defend U.S. cybersecurity in new job
Jesse Buonanno, a fifth-year student graduating with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in computing security, plans to give back to his country the best way he knows how—by enhancing U.S. cybersecurity. -
May 9, 2017
RIT wins big in statewide Game Dev Challenge
RIT’s Center for MAGIC announced the winners of the first-ever New York State Game Development Challenge, with Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul and RIT President Bill Destler. Teams from RIT won first place in both the student and independent developer categories. -
May 8, 2017
Grad aims to pave the way for more Native Americans pursuing STEM degrees
Hard work, engagement with his community and dedication to research have defined Brendan John’s time at RIT, and he is poised to take the next step in pursuing his dream of becoming a professor. -
May 4, 2017
Students present VR horror game at Imagine RIT
Meet Jaben McCormack, a fifth-year computer science undergraduate student, and Sarathi Hansen, a computer science graduate student, who created a virtual reality horror game that will be on display at Imagine RIT. -
May 4, 2017
RIT ranked No. 1 game design school on East Coast
Animation Career Review has named RIT the top game design school on the East Coast. RIT also ranked third on the list of Top 50 Game Design Schools in the U.S. -
May 1, 2017
Technology turns sandbox into topographic map
Students from RIT’s Society of Software Engineers will showcase projects they’ve been building throughout the school year, including an augmented reality display that turns a sandbox into an interactive topographical map, during Imagine RIT. -
May 1, 2017
Interactive app sheds light on deaf pioneers
“Deaf Pioneers Adventure App Development” takes viewers on an interactive journey alongside Laura Redden Searing, a deaf 19th-century journalist and poet. -
April 28, 2017
Two graduate students earn NSF fellowships
Larwan Berke and Brendan John, graduate students in RIT’s B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, each received a three-year, $34,000 annual stipend from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program.