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RIT Students to Showcase Their Innovation ...

A Rochester Institute of Technology student team has won the Software Design Invitational at Microsoft’s U.S. Imagine Cup finals April 22 in Los Angeles. The team competed against 154 teams from thr... [more]
Xerox Commits $2 Million to RIT Targeting ...

Xerox Corp., building on four decades of leadership in advancing environmentally sustainable practices, is committing $2 million to Rochester Institute of Technology to serve as a founding partner of the ... [more]
Four RIT Students Receive Prestigious Barr...

Four Rochester Institute of Technology students have been named 2008 Goldwater Scholars. The prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship is the premier award for top undergraduate students interested in pu... [more]
High Falls Film Festival to showcase stude...

Films produced by students, an alumna and a professor from RIT’s School of Film and Animation will be showcased at the annual Rochester High Falls International Film Festival. This year marks the se... [more]
RIT Tigers Men's Hockey Team Has Its...

In its first year of Division I postseason eligibility, the Rochester Institute of Technology men's hockey team has its sights set on making it to this spring's NCAA Division I Ice Hockey Cham... [more]
RIT forges new partnership with Delphi

Through the efforts of U.S. Congresswoman Louise Slaughter and New York's U.S. Senate delegation, RIT's Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies has been awarded a $2.75 million grant for a... [more]
Former RIT coach leads Super Bowl champion...

More than 70 former members of the RIT football program gathered Feb. 3 at the Radisson Hotel on Jefferson Road. They included players and assistant coaches, athletic trainers and cheerleaders. They ca... [more]
RIT helps team capture first place in comp...

RIT was part of an Indiana University-led research team that was recently awarded first place in the Bandwidth Challenge at Super Computing 2007, an international competition for leading edge, high-bandwi... [more]
President Destler ‘sports’ a n...

RIT President Bill Destler had his hair dyed orange during the halftime of the RIT men’s basketball game on Jan. 19. Destler had agreed to the dye job if both the women’s and the men’... [more]
Men’s hockey hosts Sacred Heart in A...

The RIT men’s hockey team plays its first home game in 54 days, as the Tigers host the Sacred Heart Pioneers at 7:05 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Ritter Arena. It will be the only two regular season... [more]
Major renovation planned in Student Alumni...

The Woodward Pool is getting a facelift—and RIT students are getting a place to put their feet up. A gift of $2 million, plus architectural and construction plan underwriting from The Summers Fo... [more]
Peak experience

After fighting prostate cancer, Jim Thies has taken on a new challenge: Mt. Kilimanjaro. Thies ’80 (chemistry) is preparing to climb the highest peak in Africa in February as part of a program call... [more]
RIT’s Gallery r Hosts Evening of Dis...

Rochester Institute of Technology’s Gallery r has brought the plight of Rochester’s homeless to the forefront with its thought-provoking exhibition “Unseen Neighbors: Homeless in Rochest... [more]
Energy entrepreneurs believe their inventi...

Energy sources such as ethanol made from corn and fuel cells that harness the power of hydrogen are among the potential solutions to the world’s dwindling supply of fossil fuels. While promising, s... [more]
Focused on innovation

Less than six months after arriving at RIT, Bill Destler continues to be amazed by what he finds. “I know of nothing like RIT,” Destler often tells alumni, faculty, staff, students, even the ... [more]
RIT to Open Dubai Campus in Fall 2008

Rochester Institute of Technology is planting roots in the Middle East with a planned campus in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, scheduled to open next fall. RIT President Bill Destler recently signed a memor... [more]

A group of RIT scientists has confirmed for the first time that supermassive black holes can produce powerful winds that shape their surroun...[more]

A video clip on the transition to Division 1 hockey
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(April 18, 2007) HENRIETTA - Plans for Collegetown — a megaplex of student housing and some retail on a corner of the Rochester Insti...[more]

Move over MySpace and Facebook, there is a new player in the social networking game. This one, however, isn’t designed for teenyboppe...[more]

by Michael Saffran, March 23, 2007 — William W. Destler has been named RIT’s ninth president. The RIT Board of Trustees made ...[more]

By Kelly Downs. RIT\'s annual "Big Shot" photography project will certainly live up to its name next month in the picturesque city...[more]

Bright colors, loud music, screaming fans, rough ’n’ tumble robots, and a pumped-up emcee declaring, “Let’s get rea...[more]

B.S. Degree in Information Security and Forensics Approved by Department of Education Rochester Institute of Technology is pleased to annou...[more]

Seventeen months after his first visit to campus, President Bill Clinton will return to RIT to serve as keynote speaker for RIT’s 122n...[more]

By Brandon Borgna, Jan. 11, 2007 — Students in RIT’s School of Film and Animation took top honors at the 2D or Not 2D Animation...[more]

(December 21, 2006) — The entrepreneurial spirit is taking hold in a high school at Edison Technical and Occupation...
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B.S. Degree in Game Design & Development Approved by Department of Education Rochester Institute of Technology is...
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Whitney Tressel will be skipping class Jan. 8 to attend a football game. There isn’t anyplace else Tressel, a huge football fan, woul...[more]

It’s designed to explore the depths of large bodies of water – and this past summer it reached the bottom of Lake Ontario. The ...[more]

The sense of accomplishment is obvious from the smile on 13-year-old Treland’s face. The seventh grader from suburban Rochester is qui...[more]

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., calls on members of Congress to renew the college tuition tax deduction during a news conference at RIT on Nov...[more]

With $309 million in gifts and commitments, RIT President Albert Simone announces the successful conclusion to “Pow...
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RIT athletics enjoyed a successful fall season, as several teams earned post season berths and many individuals enjoyed excellent seasons an...[more]

Gym class isn’t just about rope climbing anymore. RIT’s Student Life Center is adding 12 new classes to its already eclectic ar...[more]

The tiger is getting its sweater back—and just in time for the coming of cold Rochester weather. The orange and brown sweater was or...[more]

Anthony Vodacek Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory Center for Imaging Science Rochester Institute of Technology Funding:Funding...[more]

Thursday, November 16, 2006 8 pm Eastern / 7 pm Central / 6 pm Mountain / 5 pm Pacific Extracting Information From Medical Images ...[more]

Join us on Wednesday Nov. 8, at 4pm for the Center for Imaging Science Seminar Series: Presented by Don Cooke Information Scientist ...[more]

Again this past summer the College of Science hosted the Summer Undergraduate Research Program for Student Scholars, attr...
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Take a virtual tour of some of the people. places. and things to do on campus!  The video follows 4 students through...
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The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Rochester Institute of Technology $2.7 million to explore improving automotive fuel-cell performa...[more]

An all-out tug of war in the mud, hosted by the members of the Greek community at Rochester Institute of Technology, plays an important role...[more]

Dr. Christopher O'Dea of the Physics Department in the College of Science is studying "active" galaxies in the local universe. Gal...[more]

Dr. Xiaojun (Matt) Cao from the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences has won a prestigious National Science Foundation Car...[more]

More than 35 collegiate men’s and women’s teams from New York state, the East Coast and Canada will compete Sunday, Oct. 8, in t...[more]

This unique space, named Java Wally's, is offered as part of RIT Library for students, faculty, staff and visitors to RIT...
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Dr. John Kerekes in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science studies hyperspectral imaging systems and how they can be used for env...[more]

Dr. John Schott, Professor of Imaging Science and Director of the Digital Imaging & Remote Sensing (DIRS) Laboratory at RIT is one of th...[more]

In its first-ever survey of “Best Design Schools,” BusinessWeek names Rochester Institute of Technology among the top programs i...[more]

Dr. Karl D. Hirschman, Associate Professor in Microelectronic Engineering in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering and his students, are e...[more]

For members of Rochester Institute of Technology’s Formula SAE racing team, all-nighters are the norm rather than the exception each s...[more]

One of the most CPU-intensive calculations in astrophysics is the gravitational N-body problem, in which a set of N parti...
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This interactive presentation will provide an overview of the field of imaging science, describe some of the many ways in which imaging sci...[more]

RIT scientists travel twice to India to work on damaged manuscript Scientists who worked on the Archimedes Palimpsest are using modern imag...[more]

Robert Rothman has built a bridge from RIT to the Galapagos Islands. Rothman, professor of biology, first visited the islands in 1989. He ha...[more]

Each year RIT celebrates its family and alumni weekend in the fall with our Brick City Homecoming. This year will be featuring Brad Garrett ...[more]

Meteor is a university-based project, whose short-term goal is to launch and place small payloads in low earth...
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Approximately 3,275 first-year students will arrive at Rochester Institute of Technology on Sunday. And on Monday, they’ll be welcomed...[more]

RIT continues to receive high marks in the annual U.S. News & World Report: America’s Best Colleges. RIT has consistently been lis...[more]

A hub of bioscience-related activity will open this fall, providing students and community members with access to some of the most technolog...[more]

The 2006 Miss Universe Pageant will have an RIT presence. Bilijana Mancic, who is entering her third year at American College of Management...[more]

Enhancing its reputation as a national leader in undergraduate, graduate and executive business education, Rochester Institute of Technolo...[more]

Thousands of athletes will swarm RIT in late July. Rochester is hosting the Empire State Games, the largest amateur sporting event in New Yo...[more]

Article by Jeanne M. Nagle Perception is a funny thing. Sometimes the conclusions we draw from what we see and hear can be right on target,...[more]

RIT Hosting Upstate Regional Concrete Canoe Competition April 28-29.  Teams from a dozen schools in New York and Canada will compete in...[more]

Three Rochester Institute of Technology science majors have won the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the premier undergraduate aw...[more]

Formed in November of 1999, Amityville, NY's Taking Back Sunday completed its lineup in December of 2000, when Adam Lazzara took over vocals...[more]

Dean Kamen, inventor, entrepreneur and an advocate for science and technology, will be the keynote speaker at RIT's 2006 Academic Convocatio...[more]

RIT is moving its nationally recognized Division III men's hockey program to Division I. The Tigers are joining the Atlan...
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Hundreds of Rochester Institute of Technology students and alumni, dressed in their best business attire will fill RIT's Gordon Field House ...[more]

It's hit or miss. The big question for Aaron Foss is: Will his chickens run during the first episode of ABC's newest primetime show, America...[more]

It’s the second one—but it’s still FIRST.  More than 2,000 participants and spectators are anticipated as Rochester I...[more]

RIT hosted students from Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, in Toronto, for an intense weekend interactive design competi...[more]

Every academic quarter between 500 and 600 students are involved in some way with the music program in RIT�s College of Liberal Arts. S...[more]

A segment from channel 7's local news about networking and security McAfee Inc., (NYSE: MFE) the pioneer and worldwide l...
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The Sentinel—a 110-ton, 73-foot high towering sculpture of steel and bronze at RIT—is the dramatic focal point on the university...[more]

Final class projects—common at RIT, a university known for applied learning—may bring to mind unique engineering design, innovative technolo...[more]

Carlos Mencia of Comedy Central's Mind of Mencia will perform at Rochester Institute of Technology on Friday, Jan. 27. The show in the Gordo...[more]

Pilots of light-sport aircraft—such as powered parachutes—can inspect and maintain their personal crafts with expertise after co...[more]

Dierks Bentley has impressed music fans while touring with the reigning Academy of Country Music's "Entertainer of the Year," Kenn...[more]

Back on Wednesday December 14, Bill Clinton and his new buddy Thomas Golisano were passing through town on their way to watch a Sabres game&...[more]

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