News by Topic: Alumni

  • April 10, 2018

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    Metaproject lifts student designs to professional level
    By partnering with industry, RIT’s industrial design department’s Metaproject teaches students the role of research at every stage of the design process. After eight years, this senior studio has proven to be a successful vehicle for fostering innovative thinking and thoughtful product design.

  • April 9, 2018

    Members of REDCOM and RIT pose for a group photo outside the REDCOM office.

    REDCOM donates equipment to telecom lab
    REDCOM, a long-time partner of the telecommunications engineering technology program at RIT, recently donated its call control software to the university to provide students access to the latest technology being used for digital and IP-enabled telecommunications networks.

  • April 5, 2018

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    ‘Cool’ alumni start-up featured in ‘Inc.’
    Gaia, a company founded by RIT alumni, was featured in an Inc. article listing the top eight “Coolest College Startups” as named by the Student Startup Madness competition at South by Southwest. This company is almost entirely run by RIT students and alumni.

  • April 3, 2018

    Crowd of people with a banner above saying "imagine RIT".

    2018 Imagine RIT set for April 28
    Kick off the beloved Rochester festival season in the best way imaginable. Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival returns on April 28.

  • March 29, 2018

    Two people working on a astronomical imaging system.

    Using cinema technology for space missions
    RIT scientist Zoran Ninkov is developing and testing an astronomical imager inspired by an Oscar-award winning cinema projection system. The RIT astronomical imaging system is competing with other technologies for deployment on future NASA space missions for surveying star and galaxy clusters.

  • March 26, 2018

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    Photography alumnus lands at ‘New York Times’
    Tom Brenner ’16 (photojournalism), who almost quit photography, is now part of the White House Press Corps as a New York Times photographer. His duties include taking photos of the president and anyone who visits the White House for a public event.

  • March 20, 2018

    image by NASA astronaut Donald Pettit.

    University Gallery hosts exhibit of prints from space
    An exhibition of otherworldly photographic images taken during NASA astronaut Donald Pettit’s time aboard three space flights will canvas the walls of RIT’s University Gallery through the end of April. An opening reception will be held Thursday.

  • March 20, 2018

    an acrylic and pastel piece created by artist Tracey Salaway.

    Dyer Arts Center features ‘Beyond Form’ exhibit
    A new exhibit at NTID’s Dyer Arts Center features the artwork of deaf artists during “Beyond Form: Non-Objective Art.” More than 15 professional artists who are deaf or hard-of-hearing are participating in the exhibit; five of those artists are RIT/NTID alumni.

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