News Stories

December 9, 2014

Renowned graphic design educator joins CIAS

Anne Ghory-Goodman, an award-winning graphic designer and educator, has joined the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences as a visiting scholar.
December 9, 2014

RIT expands relationship with AGI

The Vignelli Center for Design Studies will host Alliance Graphique International’s foundation operations.
December 8, 2014

Re-energize with ‘Destination Intersession’

Destination Intersession, hosted by The Wallace Center, is designed to help faculty renew and re-energize between academic terms.
December 8, 2014

FIRST Robotics kicks off 2015 season on Jan. 3

This year’s game will be announced at the national FIRST Robotics Kick-Off event during a live, worldwide telecast that will include FIRST founder Dean Kamen.
December 8, 2014

RITz dinner returns to prohibition era

This year’s guests will be treated to the decadent delights of a 1930s prohibition-era speakeasy to mark the 30th anniversary of the annual black-tie dinner.
December 8, 2014

Famine project is lesson in global engagement

For 20 days this fall, Kaitie Spaude fed herself on the equivalent of $1 a day—her take on an assignment to explore a region of the world. She picked a slum region of Nairobi.
December 8, 2014

RIT welcomes photo giant Clay Patrick McBride

Clay Patrick McBride, widely recognized in the photo industry for his striking portraits of top athletes and musicians, joined RIT this fall as a guest lecturer.
December 3, 2014

Engineering students raise thousands for charity

The students in engineering professor Robin Borkholder’s project management class worked this semester to raise more than $9,000 for local nonprofit agencies.
December 3, 2014

Student Government relaunches RITpedia

Student Government is hosting a “Wikithon” today to celebrate the relaunch of the online RIT encyclopedia RITpedia. Attendees can edit and contribute new articles.
December 2, 2014

Nabil Nasr named to United Nations panel

Nabil Nasr, director of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, has been named to the United Nation’s International Resource Panel.
December 1, 2014

Professors study nation’s electricity grid

Eric Hittinger and Eric Williams are researching the best way to produce and utilize America’s electricity with a grant from the National Science Foundation.
December 1, 2014

Top stories and videos for November

News about the 2025 Strategic Plan and 3D-printing prosthetic hands were among the most popular last month. Check out all of November’s top stories and videos.