News

Professor Karin Wuertz-Kozak is developing gene and cell therapies that may be the next step in tissue regeneration, a type of noninvasive treatment that could control the molecular mechanisms contributing to pain, mostly inflammation.

Multidisciplinary student teams gained co-op and internship experience working on projects for Rochester-area organizations serving people with disabilities.

What began as a photography project became a community movement. Led by an RIT assistant professor and powered by a network of collaborators, the GoodPhone Project is restoring a simple but essential service.

RIT graduate and undergraduate students helped Associate Professor Jie Qiao turn a research vision more than a decade in the making into a breakthrough that could change how advanced optical components are made.

Ben Garvey founded Great Lakes Gaming, a downtown Rochester complex that he sees as a country club for local gamers, where people can compete and socialize.

As a service engineer for Abbott in Detroit, Michael Kormos provides electrical anatomical mapping to locate and navigate heart arrhythmias and tissue damage.

More than a dozen emerging and established artists from RIT's metals and jewelry design BFA and MFA programs are in a group exhibition, "Continuum," that is on view during New York City Jewelry Week. The global showcase celebrates artists, designers, galleries, retailers, collectors, and curators who define today's contemporary jewelry field.

Northforker highlights RIT students participating in the inaugural Steamroller Printmaking Festival in Riverhead, N.Y., where approximately a dozen students will use oversized woodblocks carved for their RIT printmaking coursework to create large-scale prints using a steamroller.

RIT’s Creative Code for Music course encourages students to explore the intersection between technology and the arts. One manifestation of that involves showcasing their programming skills during a musical theater performance.

RIT's National Technical Institute for the Deaf has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to expand access to computing and information technology education for secondary and post-secondary students.

WHAM-TV highlights RIT engineering students participating in a Halloween-themed pumpkin launching competition at the University of Rochester, using handmade catapults, trebuchets, and air cannons to put their engineering skills into practice.

The ranking recognizes RIT’s mix of degree programs, emphasis on collaboration between creative and technical disciplines, hands-on production and research facilities, and partnerships with industry organizations.