News by Topic: Creativity And Innovation

Breaking barriers is a specialty at RIT. Our students, staff, and faculty are always at the forefront, developing innovative technical solutions to today’s problems.

  • September 11, 2018

    Graphic of city of Rochester elements to look like a blocky video game

    MAGIC Center co-sponsors Rochester Game Festival
    Forty tabletop and video game projects created by local college students, faculty and game developers from Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse will be available to play during the second annual Rochester Game Festival on Sept. 15.

  • September 10, 2018

    Learn about engineering leadership programs
    Engineers, scientists, technical managers and other professionals looking to move into mid- and senior-level management positions in high-tech industries can attain the needed product development and leadership skills through programs offered at RIT. Learn more at a webinar on Sept. 26.

  • September 4, 2018

    RIT to open gallery space in historic Sibley Square
    The College of Art and Design is moving its gallery space to the historic Sibley Tower Building in the heart of downtown Rochester, where the newly named exhibition venue will invite the public to engage with RIT through creativity.

  • August 30, 2018

    A woman in a yellow and white jumpsuit stands at a podium in front of a crowd speaking. There is a large projection screen showing a clip of Sesame Street.

    RIT Metaproject is heading to ‘Sesame Street’
    Metaproject 09 is brought to you by the Sesame Workshop and the letters R, I and T. Industrial design students learned today that they will spend the semester designing products for the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street.

  • August 24, 2018

    President Munson outlines RIT’s 2025 Strategic Plan
    RIT President David Munson said exciting changes are in the works in RIT’s revised 2025 Strategic Plan that will help the university get closer to becoming a top-50 university, yet unlike any other top-50 university in the nation.

  • August 17, 2018

    Austin McChord in front of podium microphone.

    RIT well represented at Digital Rochester awards
    RIT will be well represented at the 2018 Greater Rochester Excellence and Achievement in Technology Awards, presented by Digital Rochester Inc., which recognize individuals and organizations from the Rochester area who are making contributions to innovation and technology.

  • August 9, 2018

    Ana Sorensen sits in a wheelchair and demonstrates how the LEV lift works for individuals to lift themselves up. She shows this to another woman who is engaged in the demonstration and reaches out to touch the assistive device.

    Students create assistive products for community
    The Studio 930 Design Consultancy program, a 10-week long multidisciplinary studio experience focused on the design and production of access and health technologies products, wrapped up with an exhibition Aug. 7.

  • August 7, 2018

    A 3D printer at work, printing 10 blue, flat, circular objects.

    RIT students learn value of entrepreneurship
    Saunders Summer Startup Program encourages multidisciplinary student teams to jumpstart their ventures in hopes of kick starting real companies. It culminates with Investor Demo Night on Wednesday.

  • August 6, 2018

    Michael Oshetski sits with a student in front of a laptop smiling.

    CEO of optics company senses bright future
    Michael Oshetski ’03 was watching the sun rise from an airport in Hong Kong when he turned to his good friend and coworker, Atul Pradhan, and asked if he wanted to start a company. Eight years later, the company is a multimillion dollar business changing the way the world senses with light.

  • August 6, 2018

    An aerial view of RIT's entrance in 1966. Much of the landscape is barren because the construction was not yet finished.

    Industrial design blitz celebrates anniversary
    A century-old oak tree that majestically stood at RIT’s Henrietta campus entrance when the first students arrived will be incorporated into the 50th anniversary celebration as part of the T-Minus 151 industrial design project.

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