News by Topic: Gifts

  • October 1, 2018

    The five Magquire Scholars stand for a photo outside with RIT/NTID President Gerry Buckley.

    RIT/NTID honors inaugural group of Maguire Scholars

    As part of the award, the four students will each earn $5,000 per year, up to four years, and must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.0 while actively participating in extracurricular activities or community service.

  • September 30, 2018

    Have you ROARed yet today?

    RIT’s annual day of giving is being celebrated from midnight to midnight today. During this time, members of the RIT community are encouraged to make contributions to their favorite area of the university.

  • September 27, 2018

    Brandon Hudson stands in a suit with purple lighting on him, speaking about his business at the competition.

    Company led by RIT student wins $250,000

    Brandon Hudson, a fourth-year applied arts and sciences major and CEO of Connexus, won $250,000 at the 76West Clean Energy Competition. Connexus is a heating and cooling control and monitoring company based in RIT’s Venture Creations technology business incubator.

  • September 26, 2018

    A group of women pose for a photo at the Grace Hopper Celebration.

    RIT joins in celebration of women in computing

    More than 30 members of the RIT community are attending the Grace Hopper Celebration, the world’s largest gathering of women in computing to celebrate accomplishments in technology and recognize the diversity behind them.

  • September 13, 2018

    Austin McChord, David Muson and Brandon Hudson stand together for a photo.

    RIT helps students take an entrepreneurial gap year

    Brandon Hudson is the first student selected for the Gap Year Entrepreneurship Fellows Program, which allows students with an ongoing enterprise to take a year to focus their full attention on the venture. He will receive $15,000 in support and mentoring while also making progress on his RIT degree.

  • August 24, 2018

    Three researchers dressed in white, sterile jumpsuits work together in a lab.

    RIT garners record $78 million in research funding

    RIT’s sponsored research portfolio grew in fiscal year 2018, reaching a record $78 million in funding. RIT received 340 new awards and had a record 333 principal investigators associated with active research awards.

  • 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 20, 2018

    Last year's class of Destler/Johnson scholars pose for a photo on the front steps of a house.

    RIT welcomes 2018 class of Destler/Johnson scholars

    RIT will welcome the ninth class of Destler/Johnson Rochester City Scholars at a ceremony on Monday. Since 2010, the program has provided more than 200 graduates of the Rochester City School District and Rochester charter schools with the opportunity to attend RIT tuition-free.

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