News by Topic: Alumni

  • July 25, 2017

    President Munson next to Professor

    Nathaniel Rochester Society celebrates 50 years
    The Nathaniel Rochester Society, established in 1967 to develop friends and ambassadors to promote and support RIT, celebrated its 50th anniversary July 20 and honored Joseph M. Lobozzo II as the 2017 NRS Award recipient.

  • July 12, 2017

    Portrait of Tim Albert

    RIT/NTID names Student Life Team director
    Marvin “Tim” Albert has been named director of NTID’s Student Life Team and will supervise and oversee co-curricular events including clubs and Greek life for RIT/NTID’s 1,200 deaf and hard-of-hearing students.

  • July 11, 2017

    Portrait of Stephanie Smith Albert

    NTID names director of diversity and inclusion
    Stephanie Smith Albert has been named the first director of diversity and inclusion at NTID. She most recently was the director of student life at Ohio School for the Deaf in Columbus, Ohio.

  • June 21, 2017

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    An exhibition featuring a life-spanning selection of illustrations and paintings by wildlife artist Arthur Singer will adorn RIT’s University Gallery beginning in August. “Arthur Singer: The Wildlife Art of an American Master” showcases one of the world’s finest painters of birds and nature scenes.

  • June 16, 2017

    Portrait of Joseph M. Lobozzo II

    RIT honors entrepreneur Joseph M. Lobozzo II
    Joseph M. Lobozzo II, founder of JML Optical Industries Inc., is the recipient of the 2017 NRS Award, the highest honor given by RIT’s Nathaniel Rochester Society. The award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding and significant contributions to the university’s advancement.

  • 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

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    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

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    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.

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