News by Topic: Alumni

  • May 14, 2018

    logo text saying "NYC X Design, a celebration of global design".

    Design, engineering students exhibit at NYCxDESIGN
    Nearly 50 RIT students, faculty and staff from RIT’s College of Imaging Arts and Sciences and Kate Gleason College of Engineering are exhibiting a wide variety of projects at NYCxDESIGN—New York City’s annual celebration of design.

  • May 8, 2018

    Michael Ciminelli talks with another man, using his hands to emphasize his point.

    RIT honors RPD Chief Ciminelli ’78
    Rochester Police Chief Michael Ciminelli ’78 (criminal justice) received the Contributions to Justice Award at the Senior Luncheon and Recognition Celebration put on by RIT’s Department of Criminal Justice and Center for Public Safety Initiatives. Several criminal justice majors also were honored.

  • May 8, 2018

    Two older people holding a degree from RIT.

    81-year-old graduates after more than 50 years
    After more than 50 years, Bob Fitch will finally walk across the graduation stage this May. The 81-year-old will be handed an applied arts and sciences diploma from RIT’s School of Individualized Study.

  • May 4, 2018

    Three people in uniform putting a person on a gurney in the ambulance.

    RIT Ambulance celebrates 50 years of service
    RIT Ambulance started when a small group of students convinced administrators that the university needed its own ambulance service. Today, it is a recognized member of the area’s emergency medical services community.

  • May 1, 2018

    Eric Kunsman and family pose for a picture with award.

    Lecturer receives outstanding teaching award
    Eric Kunsman, a lecturer for the visual communications studies department in the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and an adjunct professor for the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, is the fifth recipient of the Edline M. Chun Award for Outstanding Teaching and Service.

  • April 27, 2018

    Sentiel structure and Eastman building.

    RIT names five new trustees
    Rochester Institute of Technology appointed five new members to its Board of Trustees. The appointments were announced at the board’s April 26 meeting.

  • April 17, 2018

    Award winners line up for a photo holding trophies.

    CAST celebrates alumni Rising Stars
    Six alumni from RIT’s College of Applied Science and Technology were honored as Rising Stars for outstanding achievements early in their careers, for significant public service and for helping to advance the careers of new professionals.

  • April 17, 2018

    man holding camera sitting in the back of a pick-up truck.

    Alumnus becomes ninth RIT grad to win Pulitzer
    David Wallace ’01, a photographer with The Arizona Republic, was part of a Pulitzer Prize-winning team announced Monday for explanatory reporting for a project on President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall.

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