News

  • September 27, 2018

    Brandon Hudson stands in a suit with purple lighting on him, speaking about his business at the competition.

    Company led by RIT student wins $250,000

    Brandon Hudson, a fourth-year applied arts and sciences major and CEO of Connexus, won $250,000 at the 76West Clean Energy Competition. Connexus is a heating and cooling control and monitoring company based in RIT’s Venture Creations technology business incubator.
  • September 26, 2018

    A group of women pose for a photo at the Grace Hopper Celebration.

    RIT joins in celebration of women in computing

    More than 30 members of the RIT community are attending the Grace Hopper Celebration, the world’s largest gathering of women in computing to celebrate accomplishments in technology and recognize the diversity behind them.
  • September 26, 2018

    A group of people gathered on a short foot-bridge leading into REDCOM Laboratories.

    RIT, alumni honor REDCOM milestone anniversary

    Saunders College of Business is honored to recognize the 40th anniversary of REDCOM Laboratories Inc., a local communications company with many ties to RIT. More than 30 percent of the employees at REDCOM—including the founders and several members of the leadership team—are graduates of RIT.
  • September 24, 2018

    Characters from Final Fantasy assembled in a group looking off camera.

    RPO partners with RIT for ‘Final Fantasy’ performance

    As part of a university initiative that encourages its students to experience the city’s rich artistic community, RIT will partner with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and The Strong to make gaming come alive through music and art.
  • September 11, 2018

    Graphic of city of Rochester elements to look like a blocky video game

    MAGIC Center co-sponsors Rochester Game Festival

    Forty tabletop and video game projects created by local college students, faculty and game developers from Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse will be available to play during the second annual Rochester Game Festival on Sept. 15.
  • August 30, 2018

    A photo looking down on a drum set with five people holding out their drum sticks over the drums, as if they are about to all play the drums at once.

    RIT drumline welcomes new members

    Meet Tim Coon, a fourth-year software engineering major and member of the RIT drumline, Jazz Ensemble, RIT Pep Band and the newly created Game Symphony Orchestra.
  • August 6, 2018

    A portrait photo of Robert McLaughlin standing in front of a glass wall reading "society of software engineers."

    Software engineering projects build career

    The Alex A. Kipman ’01 Endowment for the Department of Software Engineering helps students like Robert McLaughlin ’18 work on cutting-edge projects. McLaughlin is one example of how students are already benefiting from RIT’s $1 billion blended campaign.