News by Topic: Alumni

  • December 11, 2019

    flowers and mementos on floor near doors.

    I-D features Ysa Perez '10 (professional photographic illustration) and a selection of her photography over the past year.

  • December 5, 2019

    Artist paints small wooden block.

    "Craft in America," a documentary series on handmade objects and the artists who make them, will feature furniture maker Wendy Maruyama '80 MFA (woodworking and furniture design). The episode is scheduled to air at 10 p.m. Dec. 27 on WXXI-TV.

  • December 3, 2019

    R. Roger Remington with Harper's Bazaar magazines in the background.

    Roger Remington, the Vignelli Distinguished Professor of Design, to retire in May

    R. Roger Remington, RIT’s longest-serving faculty member, will retire in May after 57 years at the university. In addition to building a nationally recognized graphic design program in the College of Art and Design, Remington transformed RIT into an international archival resource for design, earning many of the industry’s most distinguished awards along the way.

  • November 26, 2019

    environmental portrait of Patricia Moore.

    Dwell features Patricia Moore ’74 (industrial design), an internationally renowned designer, gerontologist, and leading authority on consumer lifespan behaviors

  • November 25, 2019

    Student works on amusement park ride make of K'nex pieces.

    ASME.org features David Swerzenski '17 (mechanical engineering) and talks to Tim Landschoot, principal lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Catherine Osadciw, fifth-year software engineering major.

  • November 18, 2019

    Man wearing hard hat holding blueprints.

    Alumni Update: Alumnus part of team that built large YMCA

    Tim Webber ’97 (civil engineering technology) helped design one of the largest YMCA facilities in the country: the Schottland Family YMCA, in Pittsford, N.Y. Webber is vice president and director of civil engineering at LaBella Associates, an international architecture, engineering, environmental, and planning firm in Rochester.

  • November 18, 2019

    Giant portrait of young man being installed on exterior brick wall.

    Alumni Update: Goldman cultivates love with photo project

    After years of working in commercial photography, Rob Goldman ’84 (professional photography) decided he needed to change his routine and focus on something new. Goldman quit commercial photography and embarked on several independent projects that focused on the reality, struggles, and beauty of life.