News by Topic: Alumni

  • August 6, 2018

    Melanie and Steve Shapiro pose for a photo wearing sweatshirts with the logo of their newest company, Token, on the front of it.

    Inventors develop ring to combat cyber threats
    Husband-and-wife entrepreneurs and RIT graduates Steve and Melanie Shapiro are celebrating the success of their third start-up, Token, an identity technology company that manufactures a biometric, encrypted ring with a fingerprint sensor with two-factor authentication.

  • August 6, 2018

    A portrait photo of Robert McLaughlin standing in front of a glass wall reading "society of software engineers."

    Software engineering projects build career
    The Alex A. Kipman ’01 Endowment for the Department of Software Engineering helps students like Robert McLaughlin ’18 work on cutting-edge projects. McLaughlin is one example of how students are already benefiting from RIT’s $1 billion blended campaign.

  • July 12, 2018

    RIT names Ellen Granberg as provost
    RIT has named Ellen Granberg as its new provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs. She joins RIT on Aug. 19 and will be the first woman in the university’s history to serve as provost.

  • July 9, 2018

    Magic Center building exterior.

    David Long appointed director of MAGIC Center
    David Long, associate professor in RIT’s College of Art and Design, has been appointed director of RIT’s Center for Media, Arts, Games, Interaction and Creativity and MAGIC Spell Studios. Long is founder and chair of the motion picture science program in RIT’s School of Film and Animation.

  • July 2, 2018

    Two people holding large check.

    Venture Creations companies place in accelerator competition
    Two client companies in RIT’s Venture Creations incubator have won recognition and prize money from the New York state-funded Luminate NY accelerator program. Positive Science won third place in the competition and $250,000, and Molecular Glasses won $10,000 and the Audience Choice Award.

  • June 27, 2018

    Company develops solar generators for hurricane victims
    David Rodriguez ’92 is the founder of inverSOL, a client company of Venture Creations business incubator that produces solar generator systems. The company will open a manufacturing and retail facility in Puerto Rico to help those living in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

  • June 25, 2018

    GIS dedicates Bal Dixit Laboratory
    The Bal Dixit Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Fire Protection Research is made possible by a $2 million gift from RIT alumnus and former trustee Sudhakar “Bal” Dixit.

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