Business and Management News

The Bernard Kozel StartUp Program is a 12-week immersive summer experience open to students from across the university and run through Saunders College of Business.

Saunders College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology made The Princeton Review’s combined list of top on-campus MBA programs in the country as part of its Best Business Schools 2027 rankings.

Saunders College of Business at RIT earned top statewide and national recognition in College Factual’s 2026 rankings, highlighted by its #2 position in New York for Management Information Systems.

Two student groups and an adjunct professor earned accolades at the society's annual awards ceremony. 

RIT applied statistics grad David Foy '89 turned a childhood knack for numbers into a finance career that's reached the top financial seat at GEICO.

Hassan Aziz will join RIT from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, where he currently serves as dean and professor of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences. He starts on Aug. 1. 

Rochester Business Journal profiles Rochester entrepreneur Raquel Lowry '18 (management), whose handbag and accessories business has grown from a side project into an international brand.

Shubha Shastry earned an RIT Executive MBA to bridge business strategy and patient care.

Jay McHarg, CEO of AeroSafe Global, has been named as the 2026 recipient of the Herbert W. Vanden Brul Entrepreneurial Award, presented by Saunders College of Business.

Black Enterprise highlights the launch of Oria by alumnus Josiah Faison '23 (finance), a digital storytelling platform designed to help families and communities preserve oral histories and generational memories through AI-powered archiving tools.

RIT men's lacrosse traveled nearly 2,500 miles and fought adversity to return to the NCAA Division III championship game in Virginia on May 24.

CEOWorld Magazine has ranked Saunders College of Business #38 among Best Hospitality and Hotel Management Schools in the World, and #26 in the US, for 2026. The list includes 116 schools.