NTID Offers Educational Summer Camps for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students
Camps are planned this summer at Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf, where deaf and hard-of-hearing teenagers will get hands-on experience building computers...
View ArticleState Senate Committee Discussing Ways to Grow Video Game Development Industry
New York State Sen. Martin Golden is bringing his Senate Select Committee on Science, Technology, Incubation and Entrepreneurship to Rochester Institute of Technology on Oct. 22 for a fact-finding...
View ArticleNational Math Competition for Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Students
Deaf or hard-of-hearing middle school students from across the country can participate in Rochester Institute of Technology’s sixth annual Math Competition for Students Who are Deaf or...
View ArticleRIT News: Experts Available On Mandela Fake Interpreter
South African officials are embarrassed today after learning a man sharing a podium with speakers at Nelson Mandela's funeral was a fake sign language interpreter. How would organizers know whether an...
View ArticleRIT launches nation’s first minor in free and open source software and free...
Responding to student interest and a growing industry demand for workers with such skills, Rochester Institute of Technology is launching the nation’s first interdisciplinary minor in free and open...
View ArticleApplications Being Accepted for RIT’s Future Faculty Exploration Program
Applications are being accepted for the 2014 Future Faculty Career Exploration Program at Rochester Institute of Technology. The program for recruiting diverse faculty candidates, now in its 11th...
View ArticleProsthetists Meet 3D Printers: Mainstreaming Open Source 3D Printed...
Several nationally recognized organizations are coming together to sponsor a day-long conference highlighting and mainstreaming the work of e-NABLE, an online volunteer community of humanitarian...
View ArticleUniversities Should Follow RIT’s Role in Preparing Students With Disabilities...
Rochester Institute of Technology was credited by the National Organization on Disability at a news conference today as a good example of a university that successfully helps its students find jobs...
View ArticleKids Can Fidget—and that’s OK—According to RIT Design Expert/inventor Sandra...
Sandra Turner, a classroom design expert and adjunct professor at Rochester Institute of Technology who calls herself a “natural fidgeter,” has invented the “Fidget,” a lightweight modular chair for...
View ArticleRIT Sponsored Research Garners $52.7 Million in Funding
Rochester Institute of Technology’s sponsored research portfolio grew by 12 percent in fiscal year 2014, reaching $52.7 million in funding. RIT received a record 410 new awards in the fiscal year 2014...
View ArticleRIT Color Scientists Explain the Dress That Went Viral
Rochester Institute of Technology color scientists offer an explanation for why the color of the dress that went viral has some people seeing blue/black and other seeing white/gold. “An aspect of...
View ArticleRIT Researcher Turns Up the Volume on Prostate Cancer
A targeted molecular-imaging method under development at Rochester Institute of Technology could help detect early stages of prostate cancer and improve image-directed biopsies.(PRWeb June 24,...
View ArticleRIT joins the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Pioneer University program
Rochester Institute of Technology has become a Pioneer University within the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Higher Education program, joining a select group of universities worldwide dedicated to...
View ArticleRIT Collaborates with Staples on Sustainability Video
A new video produced at Rochester Institute of Technology, with funding from Staples Inc., illustrates the importance of sustainable purchasing decisions, explaining through animation how it matters...
View ArticleRIT Nighttime Community Photo Project Heading to Churchill Downs
The next RIT Big Shot promises to be a beautiful photo finish when Rochester Institute of Technology’s longtime community photography project captures a spectacular nighttime image of a national...
View ArticleRIT Sponsored Research garners $62 million in funding
Rochester Institute of Technology’s sponsored research portfolio grew by 18 percent in fiscal year 2015, reaching a record $62 million in funding.(PRWeb August 28, 2015)Read the full story at...
View ArticleRIT Expands Partnership with Beijing Jiaotong University
This fall, two new degree programs will begin in a joint collaboration between Rochester Institute of Technology’s Saunders College of Business and Beijing Jiaotong University’s School of Economics...
View ArticleRIT Is Part of Consortium Awarded National Network for Manufacturing...
Rochester Institute of Technology is part of a consortium recently awarded an NNMI grant to establish a research center for employing flexible electronics in manufacturing, contributing expertise in...
View ArticleRIT to offer bachelor’s degree in digital humanities and social sciences
RIT will soon offer a bachelor's degree in digital humanities and social sciences, combining core liberal arts studies with technical courses like computer programming.(PRWeb October 29, 2015)Read the...
View ArticleFirst Collegiate Pentesting Competition Tackles Cybersecurity Problem...
RIT will host the first collegiate penetration testing competition on Nov. 7 and 8.(PRWeb October 31, 2015)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/11/prweb13054762.htm
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