News by Topic: Alumni

The National Press Photographers Association, the leading voice advocating for the work of visual journalists today, has recognized the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences in the College of Art and Design with its two top student photography honors.

Leaf Corcoran ’11 (computer science), who founded itch.io—an online marketplace for indie game developers in 2014—is one of the key organizers behind an online campaign that has raised more than $5.6 million to benefit the people of Ukraine.

Larry Lewis ’04 (electrical engineering technology) was honored as this year’s FIRST Robotics Finger Lakes Regional Volunteer of the Year. This is the second time he has been recognized for work with the Penfield High School team, his organization of numerous new FIRST teams across the K-12 spectrum, as well as his inspiring work throughout the pandemic.

Air Force Magazine talks to Erich Hernandez-Baquero ’00 Ph.D. (imaging science), executive director of Raytheon Intelligence and Space, about “space superiority.”

Architect Michael Maltzan, whose firm is the design architect behind RIT’s performing arts complex, will be the next featured speaker for the Vignelli Center for Design Studies' Design Conversations Lecture Series.

More than 2,200 RIT students donned business attire to meet with recruiters from 160 prospective local, regional, and national employers during Wednesday’s university-wide career fair inside the Gordon Field House.

WHAM-TV talks to NTID student Raihiem Marshall and NTID Associate Professor Kim Kurz about the film CODA, which features NTID alumnus Daniel Durant.

RIT’s School of Film and Animation is once again ranked among the top animation schools in the country by Animation Career Review, a leading online resource of information for aspiring animation and game design professionals.

RIT alumnus David Honey ’76 (photographic sciences) was recently appointed deputy undersecretary for research and engineering with the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). Honey was nominated for the DOD position in August 2021 by President Joe Biden.

Two member companies at RIT’s Venture Creations business incubator are continuing their upward trajectory with the help of two multimillion-dollar investments: Casana, a healthcare technology firm that is reinventing in-home health monitoring, and Owl Autonomous Imaging (Owl AI), which is developing monocular 3D thermal imaging and ranging solutions for automotive active safety systems.

WXXI features Ben Garvey ’21 (applied arts and sciences), founder of Great Lakes Gaming.

Tiffany Panko, director of the Deaf Health Laboratory in the Center for Culture and Language at NTID, will be among 120 women in STEM personified in life-sized statues that will be on display in Smithsonian gardens and in select Smithsonian museums March 5-27 for the #IfThenSheCan — The Exhibit.