Rochester Institute of Technology

Six members of Rochester Institute of Technology's Theme Park Enthusiasts made a clean sweep in Orlando, Fla., by winning every award in a national competition to design amusement park rides.

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is proud to announce the recipients of a 2016 Love of Learning Award from Session B of the program. The awards help fund post-baccalaureate studies and career development for active Phi Kappa Phi members.

Junior Jessica Glaz of the RIT women's basketball team was named Liberty League Women's Basketball Player of the Week on Monday, for the week ending Nov. 20.

Junior James Bailey earned All-American honors as he represented the RIT men's cross country team at the 2016 NCAA Division III Men's Cross Country Championship on Saturday, Nov. 19.

Senior Emma Jones of the RIT women's cross country team became the first All-American in program history, as she finished 34th overall out of 280 runners at the 2016 NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country Championship on Saturday, Nov. 19.

Senior outside hitter Sarah Szybist of the RIT volleyball team was named a 2016 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Second Team All-America selection on Wednesday, Nov. 16.

College students from Maine to California traveled to Rochester Institute of Technology Nov. 4-6 to test their hacking skills in the annual Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition. The competition allows students to learn about cybersecurity from a different vantage point-offense, as opposed to defense. Teams from 10 national universities faced-off at RIT as they broke into computer networks, evaluated their weak points and presented plans to better secure them.

Mario Saucedo-Espinosa and Maria Romero-Creel took top honors at the annual 2016 SciX Conference for work in microscale separations and microfluidics.

Senior outside hitter Sarah Szybist of the RIT volleyball team was named the 2016 Liberty League Volleyball Player of the Year.

Three members of the RIT men's soccer team were selected to the 2016 Liberty League Men's Soccer All-Conference team and three members of the women's team were named to the 2016 Liberty League Women's Soccer All-Conference Team.

Liberty League commissioner Tracy King has announced that 573 fall sport student-athletes have qualified for the 2016 All-Academic Teams in their respective sports, including 55 from RIT.

Senior outside hitter Sarah Szybist of the RIT volleyball team was named the Liberty League Volleyball Performer of the Week on Monday, for the week ending Oct 16, 2016.

Freshman goaltender Terra Lanteigne of the RIT women's hockey team was named the College Hockey America Rookie of the Week on Monday, for the week ending Oct. 16, 2016.

Senior outside hitter Sarah Szybist of the RIT volleyball team was named the Liberty League Volleyball Performer of the Week on Monday, for the week ending Sept. 18, 2016.

Sophomore goalkeeper Peter Cinibulk of the RIT men's soccer team was named the Liberty League Men's Soccer Defensive Performer of the Week on Monday, for the week ending Sept. 18, 2016.

Sophomore Lauren Chester and first-year Sami Alur of the RIT women's soccer team earned Liberty League Women's Soccer weekly honors on Monday, for the week ending Sept. 18, 2016.

Sophomore Brianna Dimisko of the RIT women's tennis team was named the Liberty League Women's Tennis Singles Performer of the Week on Monday, for the week ending Sept. 18

Hex Casters, the card game created by five Rochester Institute of Technology students for a project in their game design and development class, has been licensed by Hasbro and is available on Amazon for $14.99.

Senior outside hitter Sarah Szybist of the RIT volleyball team was named the Liberty League Volleyball Performer of the Week on Tuesday.

About 150 students have joined RIT's fall sports teams, including men's and women's soccer, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's cross country and women's volleyball.

A student team from Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf has won the National Association of the Deaf College Bowl academic competition for the third consecutive year, and earned its sixth victory overall.

The 10-week program offers students the opportunity to work with faculty and staff mentors and gain business advice while developing digital products fit for the marketplace.

Designed around three basic ideals of Leadership, Scholarship and Citizenship, the Honors Program is for students who seek to challenge themselves in exemplary learning experiences.

Rochester Institute of Technology celebrated its 131st Academic Convocation in May. Diplomas were distributed to graduates following the event at separate ceremonies held by each of RIT's nine colleges and two academic centers.

The following new students are planning to join RIT this fall.

Congratulations on making the Dean's List! Degree-seeking undergraduate students are eligible for Dean's List if their term GPA is greater than or equal to 3.400; they do not have any grades of "Incomplete", "D" or "F"; and they have registered for, and completed, at least 12 credit hours.

Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf is honoring deaf and hard-of-hearing graduates who will continue on to earn doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) disciplines.

"It's Time: ExOut Extremism," a social media campaign created by Rochester Institute of Technology students, took top prize in a global challenge conducted by the U.S. State Department aimed at finding ways to counter terrorist propaganda online.

Several graduating Rochester Institute of Technology seniors were inducted into the Alpha Sigma Lambda Honorary Society.

Seventeen students from the National Technical Institute for the Deaf were recently inducted into the college's first national honor society, Epsilon Pi Tau.