Saunders News
Check out the latest news and happenings at Saunders College of Business. Email us at communications@saunders.rit.edu if you have news for us to include, or explore our Saunders Announcements for additional option on getting your messages out to the Saunders community.
January 11th, 2018
What a year! RIT had some great news to share in 2017. Among the top stories are the $50 million gift from Austin McChord and the announcement of David Munson as RIT's 10th president.
See 2017's top stories and videos below:
Stories:
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January 9th, 2018
Rochester Institute of Technology has been recognized for offering some of the nation's best online programs. The 2018 U.S. News & World Report Best Online Programs rankings, released today, featured RIT on five of its lists, ranking: 36th in...
January 5th, 2018
Deaf and hard-of-hearing college students with innovative product ideas can compete to earn cash and business expertise, thanks to Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf. The college has established the...
January 3rd, 2018
Rochester Institute of Technology's Center for Media, Arts, Games, Interaction and Creativity (MAGIC) will host the kick-off event for its second New York State Game Dev Challenge. The event is at 4 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 19, in RIT's Student...
December 13th, 2017
A 2009 alumnus has given Rochester Institute of Technology $50 million, the largest donation ever made to the university and one of the largest ever in the region.
The unprecedented gift comes from Austin McChord, founder and CEO of Datto, a...
December 13th, 2017
About Innovation and Entrepreneurship at RIT
RIT provides a unique, multidisciplinary ecosystem aimed at promoting and supporting innovation and entrepreneurial endeavors of its students, faculty and staff. That network includes:
The Albert...
December 7th, 2017
MBA students at RIT's Saunders College of Business were named Global Top 100 Performers in a head-to-head competition against 1,754 teams from around the world in the Glo-Bus simulation strategy game.
The Allied Apparition team earned a return on...
December 5th, 2017
Saunders College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology has been named one of the Best Undergraduate Business Schools 2017 by Poets...
December 4th, 2017
Check out all of November's most popular stories below:
Top News Stories
1. New RIT-inspired beer crafted by Three Heads Brewing to hit shelves Nov. 10
2. Top 10 U.S. colleges battle at National Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition
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December 1st, 2017
Five teams of student entrepreneurs at Rochester Institute of Technology pitched their business ideas to a panel of Rochester-area investors during the semi-annual Tiger Tank competition held in November, and challenged each other for cash,...
November 21st, 2017
As Fatmah Bamashmous painstakingly crafts furniture for her thesis in RIT's woodworking studio, she uses a mixture of traditional hand tools and state-of-the-art power tools. She has a distinct vision for what she is trying to accomplish, and...
November 21st, 2017
Saunders College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology has been noted for being among 85 full-time MBA programs in Bloomberg Businessweek's 2017 rankings of best U.S. business schools.
Saunders College ranked at No. 79, with a job...
November 21st, 2017
Two companies at Rochester Institute of Technology's Venture Creations incubator have been selected to compete for the $1 million grand prize in the New York state-funded Luminate NY accelerator program.
The companies, Positive Science and...
November 21st, 2017
Seven teams of students and faculty coaches representing a variety of disciplines spent a weekend in November brainstorming solutions to problems impacting individuals with differing abilities during the RIT Access Technology IdeaLab. The...
November 21st, 2017
Bill and Brenda Michaels like to tell people that they have three children and their oldest child is never going to leave the house.
That oldest child is their business, Fly Creek Cider Mill & Orchard in Central New York. The couple recently...
November 9th, 2017
Rochester Institute of Technology's Venture Creations incubator has been awarded a new four-year contract valued at $1.8 million from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), earmarked for early-stage, clean-energy...
November 8th, 2017
Rochester Institute of Technology's School for International Hospitality and Service Innovation has been selected as an official Education Partner of the New York State Hospitality...
November 8th, 2017
President Dr. Munson sat down with Saunders College of Business alumnus Jim Salzano ’87 to take part of our new podcast series Tigers Talk, which features conversations with notable alumni. Listen to the podcast on SoundCloud: soundcloud....
November 2nd, 2017
News about the Presidential Awards for Outstanding Staff was the most viewed last month. Check out all of October's top stories.
Top News Stories
1. RIT Presidential Awards for Outstanding Staff honor employee service
2. 17,000 expected at...
October 31st, 2017
Saunders College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology ranked eighth in the "Top 25 Online MBA Programs for 2018."
Saunders College online Executive MBA program also earned high placements the past three years since the inception of...