News

September 13, 2017

Professor to speak about AME Church founder in D.C.

Professor Richard Newman will discuss Richard Allen, the founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church at the Metropolitan AME Church in Washington, D.C., on Friday.
September 8, 2017

Author of Attica Prison uprising book to visit RIT

Heather Ann Thompson, whose book, Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy, won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in History, will talk about her book Sept. 14 at RIT.
August 17, 2017

Students help determine options for vacant city lots

RIT students are working with Rochester high school students to see if some of the 300 city-owned vacant lots in the Marketview Heights neighborhood can be turned into assets such as community gardens, playscapes or exercise stations.
July 27, 2017

RIT researcher to study energy storage in U.S. grid

Assistant Professor Eric Hittinger has received a National Science Foundation grant to study the environmental effects of energy storage on the electricity grid.
July 14, 2017

NTID gets $1M for deaf scientists-in-training program

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences has awarded a grant to RIT that is expected to provide $1.025 million in funding over five years to develop a Scientists-In-Training Program for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Undergraduates.
June 8, 2017

Digital humanities research gains national attention

In the two years since RIT began offering a bachelor’s degree in digital humanities and social sciences, the first two graduates of the program received their degrees, and projects involving students, faculty and alumni connected to the new major are already garnering national attention.
May 24, 2017

RIT, Seneca Park Zoo Society sign partnership

RIT and the Seneca Park Zoo Society have announced a new strategic partnership. The collaboration formally recognizes and builds upon a relationship that has existed for years and was formalized with a memorandum of understanding to develop, promote and implement mutually beneficial projects.
May 16, 2017

RIT honors criminal justice majors

RIT’s Department of Criminal Justice and Center for Public Safety Initiatives hosted the Senior Luncheon and Recognition Celebration and welcomed keynote speaker Denise O’Donnell, former U.S. Attorney and director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance in the U.S. Department of Justice.
May 9, 2017

Two first to graduate from digital humanities program

Dillon Guscott and Everett Kline are the first to receive bachelor’s degrees in RIT’s new digital humanities and social sciences program.
May 2, 2017

Andrew Herbert named associate dean of CLA

Andrew Herbert, who has been a member of RIT’s psychology department for 15 years, has been named associate dean of RIT’s College of Liberal Arts. He will focus on issues related to curriculum, global education, interdisciplinary programming, graduate education and sponsored research.
April 26, 2017

Survey to gather opinions on opiate addiction

Center for Public Safety Initiatives students are surveying visitors to Imagine RIT about their experience with prescription opiates in order to help find ways to curb overdoses.
April 25, 2017

Students honored for writing excellence

RIT’s College of Liberal Arts honored student achievement in writing with the presentation of the 2017 Henry and Mary Kearse Distinguished Lecture and Student Writing Awards.