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April 13, 2017
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Entrepreneurs compete in business plan competition
Thirty-five teams of student entrepreneurs will pitch their business ideas to a panel of judges at the fifth annual Finger Lakes Regional Semi-Finalist Presentation Round of the New York Business Plan Competition today at RIT. -
April 5, 2017
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RIT scores high in ‘CEO Magazine’ MBA rankings
RIT’s graduate business programs continue to be among the best in the nation and globally among colleges and universities, according to The CEO Magazine’s 2017 Global MBA Rankings, released today. -
March 31, 2017
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GE #BalanceTheEquation tour stops by RIT Monday
Women scientists and engineers from GE will stop at RIT on Monday to talk to female RIT students as part of the GE #BalanceTheEquation tour. The event will provide students an opportunity to network with GE leaders and RIT alumnae working at GE to learn what it means to join the technical workforce. -
March 31, 2017
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IdeaLab teams proposed healthcare solutions
Twenty-one RIT students from multiple disciplines participated in the spring IdeaLab@RIT, held March 25-26, and developed possible solutions to challenges provided to them by Rochester Regional Health patients and healthcare personnel. -
March 23, 2017
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Computing, data-sharing expert to speak April 11
Ann Quiroz Gates, department chair and professor of computer science at the University of Texas at El Paso, will be the guest speaker at the sixth annual Eugene H. Fram Chair in Applied Critical Thinking Signature Lecture. -
March 10, 2017
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Companies with RIT ties get $1M from state
Four early-stage companies launched at RIT have received more than $1 million through New York state’s Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise Investment Fund. -
March 1, 2017
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Top stories and videos for February
News about two alumni pitching on Shark Tank was the most read story last month. Check out all of February’s top stories and videos. -
March 1, 2017
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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 22, 2017
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Global Payments exec headlines Power Your Potential
Jane Elliott will be discussing “What is your personal Big Hairy Audacious Goal” as Saunders College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology hosts the eighth annual Power Your Potential women’s leadership event on March 3. -
February 21, 2017
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Health Innovation Challenge to open Imagine RIT
Each year, the Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival has opened with a challenge from RIT President Bill Destler. This year, the contest is an interdisciplinary health innovation challenge. -
February 15, 2017
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RIT to receive I-Corps grant
A partnership between NTID and the Simone Center for Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship will use National Science Foundation funding to provide support for deaf and hard-of-hearing STEM entrepreneurs. -
February 15, 2017
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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.
