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RIT's Saunders College of Business joins forces with Junior Achievement to educate Rochester City School district youngsters
As a child, Kathleen Hagelberger remembers how hard it was to decide what she wanted to be when she grew up, especially during her elementary school years when there is often limited exposure to possible jobs and careers. But Hagelberger hopes her involvement in a partnership among RIT's Saunders College of...
Researchers at NTID demonstrate accessible rower at Imagine RIT festival
As part of Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival, researchers at NTID's Center on Access Technology will demonstrate an accessible rower that allows deaf and hard-of-hearing athletes to understand the commands of the coxswain during competitions. Festival visitors can sit in a canoe and test their reflex response times by using...
RIT Baja race team wins first place overall at opening competition in Maryland
Rochester Institute of Technology's Baja Racing won first place overall among 95 collegiate teams competing in its opening race taking place on the University of Maryland-Baltimore County campus and at Budds Creek Motocross site. This year, colleges from across the U.S. and Canada were represented along with teams from Egypt, Mexico,...
Use virtual reality to deconstruct centuries-old artifacts at Imagine RIT
While most museums and archives have a "look, don't touch" policy, you can dissect rare artifacts held in RIT's Cary Graphic Arts Collection using virtual reality at the Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival on April 28.A team of 3D digital design students led by Steve Galbraith, curator of the Cary...
RIT students explore green infrastructure at the Rochester Museum and Science Center
A local focus on the environment will fill a tent at Imagine RIT. The Environmental Science in your own Backyard exhibit will feature issues facing the next generation of environmental professionals and innovative techniques, like green infrastructure, for mitigating environmental impacts.The exhibit will highlight several student research projects, including ongoing contributions...
RIT Dota 2 team competes in two collegiate esports national championships
A team of Rochester Institute of Technology students has become one of the best collegiate Dota 2 teams in North America, making it to the finals of two national championships.On April 15, the RIT esports team was flown out to compete in the finals for the American Video Game League's (AVGL)...
RIT's Barry Culhane receives NTID National Advisory Group award
Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf recognized Barry Culhane, executive assistant to the RIT president, with the 2018 National Advisory Group Outstanding Service Award. The group was formed during the establishment of NTID in the 1960s, and this is its highest honor.Culhane began his RIT career at...
RIT's College of Imaging Arts and Sciences forms alliance with elite design school in China
Rochester Institute of Technology's College of Imaging Arts and Sciences (CIAS) has formed a partnership with China's premier art school, which has graduated some of the most famous and recognized contemporary visual artists in the world today.Robin Cass, interim dean of CIAS, traveled to Beijing to finalize the partnership with the...
RIT/NTID Student Research Fair touts cutting-edge work of undergraduate, graduate students
Joan Bempong, a fifth-year BS/MS computer engineering student from Irving, Texas, believes that deaf women who use American Sign Language exhibit disparities in health literacy when compared to hearing women. She says limited health literacy may be caused by inaccessibility of mainstream information and healthcare services, as well as family communication...
Imagine RIT exhibit aims to take a bite out of food waste during and after festival
Here's some food for thought for visitors to the Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival: it's estimated that approximately 40 percent of edible food in the United States goes to waste. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, a U.S. household of four will spend up to $1,800 each year on...
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