News Stories

March 15, 2018

Student dedicated to changing energy landscape

Fourth-year applied arts and sciences student Brandon Hudson is CEO of Connexus, a heating and cooling control and monitoring company that offers a suite of products designed to simplify the installation of any HVAC system.
February 22, 2018

Student Spotlight: Game designer and vibraphone player

Meet Justin Levine, a third-year game design and development major who plays the vibraphone in RIT’s Jazz Ensemble.
February 22, 2018

Conference to address substance abuse by youth and young adults

"Emerging Issues: Alcohol and Substance Abuse by Youth and Young Adults," will be held April 12 at the RIT Inn & Conference Center and is sponsored by RIT's criminal justice department.
February 20, 2018

Concert Band debuts compositions of Italian immigrant on Thursday

Compositions of Samuel J. Porcelli, an Italian immigrant who lived in the Rochester area, will be performed for the first time by the RIT Concert Band on March 1.
February 15, 2018

RIT Press receives award for innovative journal

An online journal published by RIT Press and focused on scholarship exploring the music of Haydn has been recognized for innovation in journal publishing in the humanities and social sciences with the PROSE Award from the Association of American Publishers.
January 24, 2018

The Wonderful World of Oz comes to RIT/NTID

The performing arts department at NTID presents The Wonderful World of Oz, April 19-22, with encore performances June 28-July 1 in celebration of NTID's 50th-anniversary reunion celebration.
January 24, 2018

RIT's FreezeFest celebrates the snow and cold

A performance by Joywave, snowboarding and ski course, escape rooms, grocery bingo, basketball and hockey games are some of the more than 20 events and activities planned for the ninth annual FreezeFest, Feb. 1-4.
January 5, 2018

RIT to digitize rare videos about ASL poetry and literature

NTID will digitize and make publicly accessible more than 60 videotapes held in the RIT/NTID Deaf Studies Archive that document the ASL poetry and literature movement in Rochester from 1970 through 2011.
December 11, 2017

New season of FIRST Robotics begins Jan. 6

More than 3,500 teams from around the world will be part of the 2018 FIRST Robotics Kick Off, viewing a live, worldwide telecast at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 6. The Finger Lakes Regional competition takes place March 16-17 at the Gordon Field House.
December 7, 2017

MBA students have winning edge in competition

MBA students at RIT's Saunders College of Business were named Global Top 100 Performers in a head-to-head competition against 1,754 teams from around the world in the Glo-Bus simulation strategy game.
November 21, 2017

Graduate's career takes an unexpected swing

In 2009, Ryan Steenberg graduated from RIT with a master’s degree in medical illustration. Seven years later, Steenberg was runner-up in the 2016 World Long Drive Championship.
October 24, 2017

NTID presents adaptation of The Story of Beauty and the Beast

The Performing Arts program at NTID will present a dance and music adaptation of The Story of Beauty and the Beast, conceived by Thomas Warfield, director of NTID's dance department.