News by Topic: Alumni
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November 15, 2018
Four RIT faculty and staff alumni receive Golden Brick Award
Nathan Cahill, Donna Podeszek, Denishea Ortiz and Mary Beth Nally received Golden Brick Awards at the Faculty and Staff Alumni Breakfast and Golden Brick Awards Ceremony on Thursday morning. -
November 12, 2018
Alumnus Donald J. Truesdale named chair of RIT Board of Trustees
Truesdale, who has served on the RIT board since 2008, graduated from RIT in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration and finance. He is the co-founder and CEO of Ardea Partners LLC and founder of Tru Consulting Services. -
November 7, 2018
Toilet seat that detects congestive heart failure wins Tiger Tank
Postdoctoral fellow Nicholas Conn hopes to lower the hospital readmission rates of patients with congestive heart failure through a toilet-seat based cardiovascular monitoring system. -
November 6, 2018
Exhibition explores Marvel Comics artist’s creative process
“Anatomy of a Comic,” will provide a behind-the-scenes look at how Adam Kubert ’81 illustrated an entire issue of Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man No. 305. -
November 2, 2018
RIT celebrates graduate student work
More than 100 RIT master’s and Ph.D. students will highlight their latest research and innovations at the 11th annual Graduate Education Showcase. The event is the culmination of a weeklong celebration of its graduate students Nov. 12-16. -
November 2, 2018
RIT enjoys stellar night at annual SMPTE awards
Motion picture science students, faculty and alumni took home several awards at the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) 2018 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition on Oct. 25. -
October 26, 2018
RIT alumni recognized for outstanding research on black holes
RIT’s Office for Graduate Education recently celebrated groundbreaking research on black holes by two alumni at the annual Graduate Alumni Awards reception. -
October 26, 2018
IBM mobile cybersecurity center to stop at RIT on Friday
RIT Computing Weekend will have an extra special visitor—the new IBM X-Force Command Tactical Operation Center (C-TOC), which will be making its first visit to a university as part of the Nov. 2–4 event.
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October 23, 2018
RIT hosts Entrepreneurship Conference on Friday
The Entrepreneurship Conference at RIT features informational networking sessions, the student Tiger Tank competition and a keynote address from Mark Gentile, founder of Odyssey Software. -
October 22, 2018
RIT celebrates past and future of ‘Brick City’
The Rochester skyline was lit Tiger orange Saturday night as part of RIT’s annual Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend. More than 15,800 members of the RIT community came out Oct. 19-21 for 125 homecoming events, including celebrating 50 years since the move from downtown Rochester to Henrietta. -
October 15, 2018
RIT/NTID hosts Career Fair
Representatives from more than 50 local and national corporations, federal agencies and nonprofit organizations looking to diversify their workforce will meet with hundreds of deaf and hard-of-hearing students—who are also prospective employees—at the 18th annual Career Fair on Oct. 17. -
October 12, 2018
RIT hits the runway for Fashion Week of Rochester
Sixteen students and two alumni from RIT’s School for American Crafts showcased their jewelry creations at the ninth annual Fashion Week of Rochester.