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March 6, 2017

NTID to offer degree in 3-D graphics technology

NTID has been granted approval by the New York State Education Department to establish a new degree program in 3-D graphics technology. Beginning this fall, RIT/NTID will become the first college to offer this kind of associate degree program to deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
March 3, 2017

AMPrint, imaging science centers receive grants

RIT’s AMPrint Center and Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science received grants from FuzeHub, the statewide New York Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program center, to purchase equipment for use in center laboratories focused on advanced manufacturing research and new product development.
March 1, 2017

Student enters game into Intel Showcase at GDC

John Miller, a third-year game design and development student, debuts his game Gibraltar in front of students and faculty from the nation’s top gaming schools at the highly anticipated Intel University Games Showcase at the 2017 Game Developers Conference.
February 27, 2017

RIT joins Grand Challenge Scholars Program

RIT is the newest university to be designated as part of the Grand Challenge Scholars Program, a national initiative to train future engineering and non-engineering professionals to play a significant role in solving the major challenges of the 21st century.
February 27, 2017

Game makers put to the test at GDC

Hundreds of game developers and designers from around the world come to the Prototype/Playtest Night, hosted by RIT, at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco hoping to have their games torn apart.
February 23, 2017

Gaming students catch Train Jam to GDC

Five RIT game design and development students are on track for the annual Train Jam, a 52-hour video game building event held on an Amtrak train from Chicago to California. The train’s final stop is San Francisco, for the Game Developers Conference Feb. 27–March 3.
February 20, 2017

RIT heads to Game Developers Conference

More than 100 RIT students, faculty, alumni and staff will travel to San Francisco this week to participate in the Game Developers Conference 2017, the world’s largest professional gaming industry event of the year.
February 16, 2017

RIT hosts all-women hackathon Feb. 25–26

The free collaborative programming event creates an inviting and encouraging environment for young women to explore the world of technology, to learn something new and develop the confidence needed to succeed in a competitive tech industry.
February 15, 2017

Alumni pitch business on ‘Shark Tank’

Two Saunders College of Business alumni will pitch their Elephant Pants product line on the ABC network reality TV show Shark Tank in an episode airing Feb. 24.
February 10, 2017

Venture Creations grad partners with Delaware North

Electronic-sports franchise Splyce, a 2016 graduate of RIT’s Venture Creations business incubator, has signed a deal with Delaware North, a global food service and hospitality company.
February 9, 2017

Researcher studying medical device cybersecurity

Mehran Mozaffari Kermani, an assistant professor of electrical engineering, recently received a grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to design security measures for computing systems that will protect wearable and implanted medical devices from cyberattacks.
February 7, 2017

Professor studies print service provider cycle times

A study led by Professor Chris Bondy reveals the primary and costly limitations that are dramatically hampering estimating cycle times for many of today’s print service provider businesses and identifies the desired features of modern estimating systems.

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