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  • 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.

  • April 25, 2017

    A student drives the Baja Racing vehicle as the crowd looks on. The car sails through the air after driving over a ramp.

    RIT motorsport teams unveil new race vehicles

    RIT’s three sleek Formula racecars, Baja off-road vehicle, Hot Wheelz hybrid electric Formula car and EVO, the electric motorcycle, all built by RIT students, will be unveiled as part of the Imagine RIT festival on May 6.

  • April 13, 2017

    Engineer posing in sound booth

    RIT hosts Grammy-winning recording engineer

    Richard King, professor of music research at McGill University, will discuss how science influences the art of recording for the 2017 CAST Dean’s Lecture Series on April 19.

  • April 11, 2017

    Jasmine Phan presses buttons on the OVI meteorology equipment, preparing to demonstrate how it works.

    RIT hosts Plastics Night today

    Current research in new plastic and polymer-based materials for applications such as photonics, construction and mechanical systems will be featured during Plastics Night at RIT.

  • April 6, 2017

    Students gathered for picture outside building

    RITz dinner anchors RIT Croatia’s 20th anniversary

    Marko SekuliÄá ’04, director of Business Development at the Hilton Molino Stucky Venice, is the Honorary Chair of the 2017 RITz Dinner Event taking place on Friday at the Hotel Imperial Dubrovnik. The annual dinner is one of the events highlighting RIT Croatia’s 20th anniversary.

  • March 28, 2017

    Mike Jeffries speaking to an audience, not pictured, from behind a computer. On a screen behind him is a photo of robots fighting each other.

    Robot pastime helped alumnus build career

    Mike Jeffries is proud when Bombshell is on the attack, knowing there’s no “tapping out” or yielding in competitions. During this past season of ABC’s BattleBots show, taped over the summer, Bombshell and Jeffries’ Chaos Corps team battled to an impressive second place finish.