News by Topic: Community Outreach
RIT is a proud member of the Rochester community and is dedicated to giving back, whether it’s through donating to charitable causes, organizing events to raise awareness of certain issues, or empowering local education.
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May 1, 2019
RIT’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship, City of Rochester partnership receives funding
RIT’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship, in partnership with Rochester Economic Development Corp., has received $137,500 in funding from J.P. Morgan Chase Bank to help build an entrepreneurial ecosystem that will benefit small-business owners and residents of the City of Rochester. The funding is part of a larger $400,000 gift from Chase Bank to the City of Rochester.
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April 30, 2019
Mobile technology lab brings lessons to students
WHAM-TV reports on the new RIT & AT&T Mobile Tech Lab. Computing security student William Eatherly pictured.
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April 27, 2019
Surprise spring snow doesn’t deter crowds at Imagine RIT
There’s always something new to experience at the Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival, which this year featured more than 400 exhibits, including a human hamster wheel, performances by student ensembles, cutting-edge video games and demonstrations to determine how color can affect your mood.
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April 27, 2019
Young entrepreneurs storm RIT for ‘Shark Tank’-style competition May 3
RIT's Saunders College of Business is the host and a sponsor for the 11th annual Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) Saunders College Competition. Young students compete in a Shark Tank-style competition for the opportunity to advance to the finals, where one student business will be named America’s Next Top Young Entrepreneur.
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April 25, 2019
High school students publish paper with RIT scientists analyzing rare bacterium
Three high school students working in a science lab for the first time made a surprising discovery with an RIT professor. Now, the young women are co-authors on a scientific paper announcing a rare bacterium that kills e-coli.
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April 25, 2019
Imaging system being developed by Seneca Park Zoo will take visitors to Madagascar
WROC-TV reports on project by RIT and Seneca Park Zoo to develop a virtual reality gaming environment that will let zoogoers experience a Madagascar rainforest ecosystem.
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April 18, 2019
Partnership brings business education to Rochester classrooms
A unique community collaboration among Saunders College of Business, Junior Achievement and local elementary schools introduces young minds to business, economics and free enterprise through discussions, hands-on activities and video lessons.
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April 16, 2019
Rochester community invited to learn about star constellations at RIT Observatory April 22
The Rochester Institute of Technology Observatory is hosting an open house to teach members of the Rochester community how to identify constellations, the patterns of stars in the sky that mark the figures of heroes, monsters, and characters from ancient myths.
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April 11, 2019
Projects seek to improve workplaces for disabled employees
The Times Union features RIT students Patrick Finnerty and Catherine Krawiec, part of a team that won second place in the CREATE Symposium.
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April 11, 2019
RIT students embrace Service Week with a Framing Frenzy
Some 200 RIT students, faculty and staff members participated in “Framing Frenzy” to build walls and frames for two two-story houses for Flower City Habitat for Humanity.
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April 4, 2019
Saunders program encourages high school women to explore studies, careers in business
RIT student Chelsy Ray “pays it forward” each spring when she welcomes a new cohort of high school women to Saunders College of Business for a day of exploration, activity and networking. For the past three years, Ray has co-led the Women Leading Business conference, an opportunity for young women interested in pursuing degrees or careers in business to get up close and personal with professional women in industry.
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April 4, 2019
Student Spotlight: Device helps children with physical disabilities
Meet Cesar Borges, a fifth-year biomedical engineering student, and Kalie Lazarou, an industrial and systems engineering student, who are part of a team working on the Overcomer, an assistive device that helps children with physical disabilities have a more inclusive playground experience.