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.

  • May 29, 2018

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    RIT puts final wrap on successful NYC Design Week

    Dozens of RIT students, faculty and staff left New York City exhausted yet inspired after the university’s most ambitious presence ever at NYCxDESIGN, the Big Apple’s sixth-annual celebration of design. Scores of visitors crowded into RIT’s seven exhibits and events showcased May 16 to 23.

  • May 29, 2018

    Cayla Denning sits at a table and demonstrates the prototype device for three young boys.

    RIT team advances in NASA challenge

    Students from RIT’s College of Applied Science and Technology qualified for the testing round of NASA’s Micro-g NExT design challenge, a national competition to build equipment prototypes.

  • May 14, 2018

    a Hexagonal pattern with words in them. Biggest text saying "machine learning".

    RIT hosts workshop on artificial intelligence

    RIT is presenting a three-day workshop about artificial intelligence and how the technology is being developed to advance industries such as manufacturing, security and heath care.

  • May 14, 2018

    logo text saying "NYC X Design, a celebration of global design".

    Design, engineering students exhibit at NYCxDESIGN

    Nearly 50 RIT students, faculty and staff from RIT’s College of Imaging Arts and Sciences and Kate Gleason College of Engineering are exhibiting a wide variety of projects at NYCxDESIGN—New York City’s annual celebration of design.

  • May 3, 2018

    Gabby Garcia and E. Philip Saunders pose for a photo together with trophy.

    Saunders College hosts young entrepreneurs contest today

    Saunders College of Business at RIT is the host and a sponsor for the 10th annual Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) Saunders College Competition, in which young students compete in a Shark Tank-style competition for the opportunity to advance to the finals.

  • April 30, 2018

    Three Clockwyse team members hold up a large check while the CPSI director talks to a crowd about their first-prize accomplishment.

    Emergency mass notification clock wins STEAM contest

    A team of three computer engineering majors has developed a prototype for an emergency mass notification clock, which won the top prize and $5,000 in RIT’s first STEAM competition, sponsored by RIT’s Center for Public Safety Initiatives.

  • April 27, 2018

    Small World That wins Next Big Idea competition

    Small World That, a central hub that connects the international deaf community through a website and app, took home the $5,000 first prize in RIT/NTID’s The Next Big Idea Competition, a Shark Tank-style business competition.

  • April 25, 2018

    App makes museum experience more accessible

    NTID is launching a mobile app to be used in its Dyer Arts Center that provides content in various forms, including video in American Sign Language, transcripts and audio and visual descriptions.

  • April 18, 2018

    Person looking at a sculpture intently.

    Potter receives prestigious grant

    Peter Pincus, visiting assistant professor in the School for American Crafts, has received a Biennial Grant from the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, a prestigious honor given to a small number of artists across the country to help them produce new work and push the boundaries of their creativity.

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