News by Topic: Gifts

  • July 29, 2022

    student looking through a space in a server rack.

    Wayfair gifts $850,000 in servers to RIT’s Computer Science House

    When RIT’s Computer Science House put out a call for hardware donations last year, Fred Oettinger—an alumnus and staff engineer at Wayfair—got an idea. He knew that Wayfair had just what they needed. Wayfair, one the world’s largest destinations for the home, has gifted RIT’s Computer Science House (CSH) about $850,000 in server equipment.

  • July 18, 2022

    Jeffrey Harris and Joyce Pratt.

    $2 million gift establishes two new endowed professorships in RIT’s College of Science

    RIT will establish two new endowed professorships in the College of Science thanks to a $2 million donation from Jeffrey Harris ’75 and his partner, Joyce Pratt. RIT matched their donation with $4 million in funding as part of a $20 million challenge to encourage alumni, parents, and friends of the university to support faculty recruitment, retention, and research critical to RIT’s priorities and trajectory.

  • June 22, 2022

    graphic reads: gifts to celebrate the legacy of Bernard Kozel.

    Entrepreneurial endeavors at RIT get boost from Kozel gifts

    Local businessman and entrepreneur Bernard Kozel was known for having as much passion for helping others develop their businesses as he did for developing his own. Kozel’s dedication to supporting his partners, employees, and entrepreneurs in creating success is the inspiration behind several gifts to RIT.

  • June 6, 2022

    graphic reads: Transforming RIT, the campaign for greatness, current total of $906 million of $1 billion goal.

    Transforming RIT surpasses $900 million

    Transforming RIT: The Campaign for Greatness, the largest fundraising effort in the university’s history, has surpassed a major milestone. The $1 billion campaign has exceeded the $900 million mark.

  • May 23, 2022

    exterior of a building under construction.

    SHED construction nears homestretch

    Construction on the Student Hall for Exploration and Development (the SHED) this summer will begin to move beyond the complex to the surrounding area.

  • April 26, 2022

    three students posing for a photo.

    First graduates from RIT’s partner charter school poised to receive their RIT degrees

    A trio of trailblazing students who came to RIT from the university’s partner charter school will fulfill a long-term promise when they receive their college degrees at commencement this May. Zaid Abdulsalam, Ismael Cortes Jr., and Justice Marbury were among the first students to enroll at Rochester Prep High School, and they were the three students from the first graduating class in 2018 who chose RIT as their destination.

  • April 22, 2022

    Four male students pose for a camera in front of a green screen and the one in the center holds a sign that said, I ROAR for RIT Improv!

    Still time to ROAR

    RIT’s annual day of giving is over but there is still time to participate.