News
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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. -
May 4, 2017
Saunders College hosts youth business competition
Saunders College of Business at RIT is hosting the ninth annual Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) Saunders College Competition on Friday. Ninety-two semifinalists representing 35 states will be at RIT to present their business plans to a panel of judges. -
May 3, 2017
RIT featured among ‘Colleges That Create Futures’
RIT is featured in the 2017 edition of The Princeton Review’s Colleges That Create Futures: 50 Schools That Launch Careers by Going Beyond the Classroom. -
May 3, 2017
Venture Creations teams win big in competition
Two clients of the Venture Creations Business Incubator at RIT—Empire Medicinals and ThermApparel—have won the top prizes at the 2017 Rochester Venture Challenge business competition, hosted by High Tech Rochester. -
May 1, 2017
BAGMAG wins top prize in Next Big Idea competition
Four teams of deaf and hard-of-hearing students from NTID went head-to-head April 26 during The Next Big Idea Competition, a Shark Tank-style business competition. BAGMAG, a hands-free solution for making skateboards easily portable on the back of a backpack, won first place. -
April 28, 2017
School of Design students' big ideas rewarded in competition
Industrial design student Hans Kohls was part of the team that took first place in the sixth annual Next Big Idea business competition held Wednesday (April 26) at RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
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April 26, 2017
Students pitch business ideas in Tiger Tank
Five teams of student entrepreneurs at RIT will pitch their business ideas to a panel of Rochester-area investors today in hopes of launching their products or businesses. -
April 19, 2017
Center for Urban Entrepreneurship offers workshops
RIT’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship is offering a series of free events and workshops for current or aspiring business owners seeking insight into understanding the market environment. -
April 17, 2017
RIT hosts Effective Access Technology Conference
RIT’s Effective Access Technology Conference, set for Friday in the Gene Polisseni Center, showcases the work, research and development that has been carried out by students and faculty to enhance accessibility for individuals across a wide range of physical or cognitive challenges. -
April 13, 2017
Venture Creations companies advance in competition
Four clients of the Venture Creations Business Incubator at RIT have advanced to the final round of the 2017 Rochester Venture Challenge business competition. -
April 13, 2017
Entrepreneurs compete in business plan competition
Thirty-five teams of student entrepreneurs will pitch their business ideas to a panel of judges at the fifth annual Finger Lakes Regional Semi-Finalist Presentation Round of the New York Business Plan Competition today at RIT.