News by Topic: Alumni

  • May 26, 2017

    Portrait of Hyacinth “Hope” V. Drummond

    RIT appoints new member to Board of Trustees
    Hyacinth “Hope” V. Drummond, an RIT alumna, has been appointed to RIT’s Board of Trustees. Drummond also sits on the boards of directors for Sojourner House at Pathstone in Rochester and the Morrison YMCA in Charlotte, N.C.

  • May 25, 2017

    A professional, black and white photo of the UNA team with the UNA logo and the Top 100 2017 Brasil logo.

    Alumni company makes Top 100 startups list
    UNA Smart, touted by developers as an innovative way to brew coffee and tea anywhere and anytime and created by five RIT alumni, was recently named to Brazil’s Top 100 startups list.

  • May 19, 2017

    Graduates taking pictures

    Commencement speaker: Success awaits hard workers
    Less than a decade after graduating, alumnus Austin McChord, founder and CEO of the widely acclaimed technology company Datto Inc., returned to campus today to give the commencement speech to some 3,500 graduates, including 32 students who earned Ph.D.s.

  • May 15, 2017

    People gathered for picture on stage of the "Student Beacon Awards"

    Division of Diversity honors students, alumnus
    The Division of Diversity & Inclusion hosted A Celebration of Excellence on May 3 and presented Beacon Awards to three students—Maria Smith, Rashik Sikder and Brendan John—as well as alumnus Orlando Ortiz ’04, ’08.

  • May 15, 2017

    Person posing with award at conference

    RIT student entrepreneur wins business competition
    Kailey Bradt, a student in RIT’s Master of Science in product development program from Corning, N.Y., won first place and $10,000 in the “Products” category at the eighth annual New York Business Plan Competition for OWA Haircare, a waterless shampoo product.

  • May 11, 2017

    People gathered in conference room

    NASA astronaut photography gets big boost from RIT
    Kevin Moser, an imaging science student, and alumnus Peter A. Blacksberg ’75 (photography) met with the heads of various NASA departments to present an algorithm that Moser developed to remove the effects of damaged pixels in photographs by astronauts on the International Space Station.

  • May 6, 2017

    Person demonstrating augmented reality at event

    A decade of innovation, creativity engages thousands
    The 10th Imagine RIT festival drew big crowds, despite cool and rainy weather. Tens of thousands came to experience nearly 400 exhibits in science, technology, engineering, fine arts and mathematics, including student research projects and displays organized by campus clubs.

  • May 3, 2017

    People posing with giant check

    Venture Creations teams win big in competition
    Two clients of the Venture Creations Business Incubator at RIT—Empire Medicinals and ThermApparel—have won the top prizes at the 2017 Rochester Venture Challenge business competition, hosted by High Tech Rochester.

  • April 25, 2017

    Portrait of person

    NTID alumna is featured Lyon lecture presenter
    Sasha Lakshmi Ponappa, director of the Program for Deaf Adults at LaGuardia Community College, will present “Finding Social Justice a Meaningful Home in Academia” as part of the Lyon Memorial Lectureship Series.

  • April 25, 2017

    A student drives the Baja Racing vehicle as the crowd looks on. The car sails through the air after driving over a ramp.

    RIT motorsport teams unveil new race vehicles
    RIT’s three sleek Formula racecars, Baja off-road vehicle, Hot Wheelz hybrid electric Formula car and EVO, the electric motorcycle, all built by RIT students, will be unveiled as part of the Imagine RIT festival on May 6.

  • April 25, 2017

    Logo for "RIT Global: Just Go!"

    Students win international scholarships
    RIT students have won a variety of international scholarships and fellowships for the summer term and upcoming academic year. They will be recognized at the Global Learning Symposium on Thursday.

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