News by Topic: Gifts
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April 3, 2018
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Deadline approaching to buy RIT Alumni House bricks
RIT alumni can purchase bricks to be installed in the garden walkway of the new Lobozzo Alumni House, which is opening on campus this summer. -
March 19, 2018
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Promise Delivered: Alumnus makes largest gift in RIT history
On Dec. 13, RIT announced that Austin McChord is giving RIT $50 million, making McChord one of America’s 50 largest charitable donors in 2017. -
February 8, 2018
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Tigers can 'Thank a Giver' today
The donor appreciation event today recognizes the impact of philanthropy on the RIT community. -
December 13, 2017
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Alumnus gives RIT $50 million to foster entrepreneurship and cybersecurity
A 2009 alumnus has given RIT $50 million, the largest donation ever made to the university and one of the largest ever in the region. The unprecedented gift comes from Austin McChord, founder and CEO of Datto, a Connecticut-based data protection company. -
December 13, 2017
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A history of philanthropy for RIT
RIT has benefited from the generosity of many. Top lifetime donors to the university are James S. Gleason and the Gleason Family Foundation, B. Thomas Golisano and the Golisano Foundation, Eastman Kodak Co., The Nippon Foundation and E. Philip Saunders. -
October 12, 2017
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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. -
July 25, 2017
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Nathaniel Rochester Society celebrates 50 years
The Nathaniel Rochester Society, established in 1967 to develop friends and ambassadors to promote and support RIT, celebrated its 50th anniversary July 20 and honored Joseph M. Lobozzo II as the 2017 NRS Award recipient. -
June 12, 2017
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Destler and Johnson honored with gala dinner, gifts
RIT bid a fond farewell to retiring President Bill Destler and his spouse, Rebecca Johnson, in part by announcing $3.6 million in donations raised in their honor. The announcement was made at a gala dinner in honor of the couple. -
June 7, 2017
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RIT receives $1M to promote diversity
RIT has been awarded $1 million as part of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Inclusive Excellence Initiative to increase diversity and inclusivity among undergraduate science majors and develop a strategy for supporting their success. -
March 22, 2017
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Carillon set to ring across campus once again
The sound of the RIT carillon bells will be heard throughout campus for the first time in nearly three years on Friday. The system, which broke in 2014, was repaired and will resume chiming at 3 p.m. Friday. -
November 21, 2016
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RIT’s first Alumni House opening in 2017
RIT’s first multipurpose welcome center for alumni on campus is expected to open in the coming year. -
November 15, 2016
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RIT officially launches MAGIC Spell Studios
RIT today launched the building that will house MAGIC Spell Studios, a first-of-its-kind effort in higher education that will link RIT’s internationally ranked academic programs with high-tech facilities needed to commercialize computer gaming, film and animation, and digital media projects.
