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November 21, 2016

Alumni awarded highest rating for snowboard

Former roommates Zhenya Grinshteyn ’09 and Ben Beisler ’10 built a company out of building custom snowboards. The duo’s company, Empire Grown, was recognized for producing one of the best snowboards for 2017, according to the online publication Board Insiders.
November 21, 2016

Program helps Native American scholars thrive

The Future Stewards Program is the reason why RIT is recognized as one of the top schools in the country for Native American students. Through the program, Native scholars are recruited to RIT, supported while on campus and encouraged to be active in the future of their tribal communities.
November 21, 2016

Ph.D. in sustainability—Xue Wang

Wang is a project coordinator on the advisory team at Underwriters Laboratories’ Northbrook campus in Chicago. The 122-year-old company’s business unit helps manufacturers capture value for their sustainability efforts.
November 21, 2016

Program encourages NTID students to pursue Ph.D.s

The Rochester Bridges to the Doctorate program helps eligible students enrolled in master’s programs at RIT prepare and apply for doctoral programs in behavioral or biomedical science.
November 21, 2016

Ph.D. in astrophysical sciences and technology—Grant Tremblay

Tremblay is an astronomer and a NASA Einstein Fellow at Yale University whose research appeals to the popular press with exotic discoveries like a cold “rain” of gaseous clouds falling toward a supermassive black hole.
November 21, 2016

2006: The making of Saunders College of Business

Enhancing its reputation as a national leader in undergraduate, graduate and executive business education, RIT on July 11, 2006, announced the formation of Saunders College of Business.
November 21, 2016

Alumnus designs new RIT Alumni House

Architect Gian-Paul Piane ’07 (woodworking and furniture design) is in charge of designing RIT’s new Alumni House, which will open in 2017.
November 21, 2016

Ph.D. in imaging science—Siddharth Khullar

Khullar, now a senior researcher and product innovator at Apple Inc., integrates algorithms and sensing devices in products that advance human-machine interaction and wellness computing.
November 21, 2016

Ph.D. in color science—Yuta Asano ’15

Asano’s work as a camera image algorithm engineer at Motorola Mobility in Chicago has improved the color image quality of Motorola’s smartphones: the Moto G4, Moto G4 Plus, Moto Z Droid and the premium Moto Z Force Droid.
November 21, 2016

Successful alumna most proud of mentoring role

Linda Hummel ’71 didn’t think much at the time that she was one of few female senior leaders in the banking industry in Texas in the 1980s. But looking back, the self-described workhorse realizes that the experience paved the way for others and opened a door for her with the San Antonio community.
November 21, 2016

RIT eyes deeper engagement in Silicon Valley

San Francisco Bay area alumni in July provided feedback on how RIT can amplify its presence and network out West. An 82-member delegation also held strategic meetings with 27 global high-tech companies and organizations.
November 21, 2016

Organ donation bonds former roommates for life

Two former RIT roommates now share a bond that goes beyond memories of their time on campus: One donated his kidney to the other.

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