News

  • September 7, 2017

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    Arnold Air Society to hold Sept. 11 tribute

    Taps will be played in front of a flag array at 8:46 a.m., 9:03 a.m., 9:37 a.m. and 10:03 a.m. on Sept. 11 at the Sentinel in front of the campus Student Alumni Union.
  • June 30, 2017

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    RIT celebrates manufacturing partnership

    A group of industry leaders and RIT researchers detailed new trends in electronics manufacturing at the “Enabling the Digital World: The Future of Electronics and Manufacturing” conference. The event recognized the expansion of RIT’s partnership with ASM Assembly Systems.
  • May 26, 2017

    Portrait of Irene Sterian

    RIT hosts ‘Enabling the Digital World’ conference

    RIT is expanding its partnership with ASM Systems focusing on next-generation electronics manufacturing, research and workforce development. The partners are highlighting projects underway during the “Enabling the Digital World: The Future of Electronics and Manufacturing” conference.
  • May 25, 2017

    A professional, black and white photo of the UNA team with the UNA logo and the Top 100 2017 Brasil logo.

    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.
  • May 22, 2017

    A grid map that outlines the path data takes in an emergency situation.

    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 15, 2017

    People gathered for picture on stage of the "Student Beacon Awards"

    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 9, 2017

    Portrait of Leah Bockhahn

    A family first: Graduating from college

    Thousands of RIT students took the stage in the Gordon Field House May 19 as their status shifted from student to graduate. For Leah Bockhahn, Muhammad Ibraheem and Shantel Forrest, crossing the stage had an even deeper meaning as they became the first in their families to graduate from college.
  • May 3, 2017

    RIT logo.

    Two to receive public service awards

    James Watters, RIT’s senior vice president of Finance and Administration and treasurer, will receive the 2017 Four Presidents Distinguished Public Service Award, and Wilson Darko, a fifth-year electrical engineering technology student, will receive the 2017 Bruce R. James Award at a ceremony May 10.