News
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June 3, 2024
RIT to offer new pathway for earning MS in sustainable systems and MBA degrees
The Rochester Business Journal talks to Amit Batabyal, the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics and interim head of the Department of Sustainability, and Bill Dresnack, associate professor in the Department of Finance and Accounting, about the collaborative degree.
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June 3, 2024
Recent glass graduate continues RIT trend of Windgate-Lamar Fellowship recipients
Spider Martins ’24 (studio arts BFA - glass option) is a Windgate-Lamar Fellowship nominee for their work incorporating themes of personal identity and challenging the notion of what constitutes “high craft.”
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May 29, 2024
2023-24 Alumni News and Recognitions
Submit your latest career move or latest achievement to communications@saunders.rit.edu.
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May 29, 2024
Why service is at the core of the qualities of a good leader
MBAGRADSCHOOLS.com explores how Megan Antonitto’s journey through the MBA program at Saunders College of Business shaped her into a servant leader at Genesee Regional Bank. As the concept of effective leadership has evolved from power and control to influence and service, Antonitto's experience reflects this shift.
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May 29, 2024
Rochester professor changes lives of family in Haiti
Spectrum News speaks to Jade Myers, research development specialist in the AMPrint Center, about her life-changing bond with an amputee for whom she provided a prosthetic arm.
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May 28, 2024
John Moore built legacy of construction excellence and community at RIT
John Moore has spent the last quarter century-plus overseeing the construction of world-class buildings and creating workplace environments that empower people. Come the end of June, he wants to build in more quality time with family and friends.
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May 28, 2024
RIT student video game wins big at GameFest 2024
A team of students won the Grand Prize at GameFest 2024 for developing Mushroom Kid’s Big Grass Sword. The platformer game follows Mica, a little mushroom on a journey to claim a powerful weapon and rescue its village after the residents are captured by a gigantic bird.
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May 21, 2024
WXXI Business Report: RIT video game now available for the Nintendo Switch
WXXI discusses the Nintendo Switch release of RIT's student-faculty developed video game That Damn Goat.
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May 20, 2024
RIT research examines spread and flow of soil contaminants
Understanding how contaminants in porous materials flow and are transported is key in the fields of industry, medicine, and environmental science. A two person team in the School of Physics and Astronomy recently had their research on the topic published and featured on the cover of Soft Matter, a journal by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
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May 20, 2024
Anne Zachmeyer bids farewell to RIT after 37 years
Anne Zachmeyer, who is retiring in June after recently marking 37 years at the university, began her RIT career downtown in the former School of Applied Industrial Studies, then part of the College of Continuing Education (CCE).
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May 15, 2024
RIT student-faculty developed video game ‘That Damn Goat’ now available for purchase on Nintendo Switch console
A video game created by RIT students and faculty has reached a long-awaited milestone. That Damn Goat, developed and published through RIT’s MAGIC Spell Studios, is now available for purchase on the popular Nintendo Switch gaming console.
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May 13, 2024
Ceramics and Illustration graduate Emma Herz Thakur travels to France as a Fulbright awardee
Emma Herz Thakur ’24 feels fortunate that at RIT she met people who have won major grants, had their work featured in museums, and are connected with scholars from around the world. Now, she is one of them.