News by Topic: Entrepreneurship

The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well at RIT. Thanks to resources and programs from the Saunders College of Business and the Simone Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, students are encouraged to take their out-of-the-box ideas and develop them into a fully realized products and business ventures.

October 23, 2017

RIT hosts annual entrepreneurship conference Friday

Entrepreneurship experts will share their words of wisdom with aspiring business owners during the 13th annual Entrepreneurship Conference at RIT. The event features information sessions, networking opportunities, student competition and a keynote address.
October 12, 2017

Grad’s gift completes Saunders College Challenge

RIT has received a $3 million gift from Joseph M. Lobozzo II ’95 (Executive MBA) to conclude the Saunders College of Business Challenge initiative.
October 9, 2017

Saunders College celebrates 10th anniversary

The celebration on Oct. 11 will unveil a permanent wall display featuring many of business school namesake E. Philip Saunders’ lifelong contributions to the business world.
September 20, 2017

RIT well represented at Digital Rochester GREAT Awards

A staff member of RIT and two alumni won top awards for their innovative creations and technology leadership at the 2017 Greater Rochester Excellence and Achievements in Technology Awards.
September 13, 2017

Scientist organizes symposium on ‘Global Women of Light’

Jie Qiao is collaborating with the Optical Society (OSA) Foundation to host the second annual symposium for women in optics and photonics on Sept. 17 in Washington, D.C., as part of the Frontiers in Optics OSA Conference.
August 22, 2017

Students pitch business ideas to investors

The Saunders Summer Startup Program held its Investor Demo Night, in which the 11 teams that spent the summer working on their business ideas got the chance to pitch their ventures to potential investors.
August 7, 2017

RIT well represented at Digital Rochester awards

The 2017 Greater Rochester Excellence and Achievements in Technology Awards, presented by Digital Rochester Inc., recognize the Greater Rochester community’s entrepreneurial spirit in technological achievement for advancing commerce and resource conservation.
June 16, 2017

RIT honors entrepreneur Joseph M. Lobozzo II

Joseph M. Lobozzo II, founder of JML Optical Industries Inc., is the recipient of the 2017 NRS Award, the highest honor given by RIT’s Nathaniel Rochester Society. The award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding and significant contributions to the university’s advancement.
May 25, 2017

Alumni company makes Top 100 startups list

UNA Smart, touted by developers as an innovative way to brew coffee and tea anywhere and anytime and created by five RIT alumni, was recently named to Brazil’s Top 100 startups list.
May 15, 2017

RIT student entrepreneur wins business competition

Kailey Bradt, a student in RIT’s Master of Science in product development program from Corning, N.Y., won first place and $10,000 in the “Products” category at the eighth annual New York Business Plan Competition for OWA Haircare, a waterless shampoo product.
May 12, 2017

Nine-credit course pushes critical thinking

“The Meaning of Things—in Three Objects” encourages critical thinking/entrepreneurship—where students study three objects (the sail, the harmonica and the game) and reflect on their design, history, social and cultural past.
May 6, 2017

A decade of innovation, creativity engages thousands

The 10th Imagine RIT festival drew big crowds, despite cool and rainy weather. Tens of thousands came to experience nearly 400 exhibits in science, technology, engineering, fine arts and mathematics, including student research projects and displays organized by campus clubs.

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