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Adobe highlights two RIT projects: the game Fragile Equilibrium and an augmented reality app called “Wave.”

Rochester Institute of Technology and Autodesk, the international software company whose name is synonymous with computer-aided design (CAD) software, have signed a partnership agreement that will expand RIT’s multidisciplinary educational initiatives with Autodesk across the university.

Most college career fairs pair students with company recruiters looking to hire students after graduation. But at RIT, thousands of co-op placements a year are also offered, giving students experiential learning and a foot in the door after graduation.

College students from across the continent are saving some brain power for the weekend of Feb. 16-17, where they will have 24 hours to create projects at RIT’s annual BrickHack event.

Sandy Wu, third-year management information systems student, and the other officers in Women in Business (WIB) club plan to travel to the Silicon Valley and San Francisco area to visit companies, including Google, from Feb. 20 to Feb. 24.

Undergraduate students at RIT recently received a $10,000 donation from the Raymond Corp., one of the top material handling companies in the field today. The Multidisciplinary Robotics Club will use the funding to support current projects and professional development opportunities.

Through a new program called the Completer Project, RIT is letting former students know that it’s never too late to come back and finish.

RIT’s MAGIC Spell Studios opened the doors to its new home this fall, inviting students, faculty and industry professionals to experience a digital media development and publishing learning laboratory never before seen in the Northeast.

The Golisano Institute for Sustainability is employing food waste treatment technology and equipment in its new food waste utilization testbed—the goal of which is to share results with businesses—by using excess food from RIT’s dining halls.

Stanford University took home the top trophy in the 2018 National Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition, held Nov. 2–4 at RIT.

Girls as young as 11 will use their laptops, imagination and teamwork skills for social good at ROCGirlHacks Powered by AT&T, Rochester’s all-girl youth hackathon hosted Nov. 17 at RIT.

Students from the nation’s best colleges will use their hacking skills for good in the largest offensive-based collegiate cybersecurity competition, to be held Nov. 2–4 at RIT.